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Survey: Most Government Employees Don't Know about USDS, 18F
The federal fix-it team and tech rescue squad "may be one of the government’s best-kept secrets."
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John Kerry: Countries Without Free Speech Have Nothing to Brag About, or Teach the World
“Silence allows crime and corruption to rot whole countries,” Kerry says in speech on freedom of the press.
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Congressional Democrats Want Wifi in National Parks
It's a grim vision of the future: America's parks, teeming with visitors distracted by Snapchatting and Instagramming.
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DHS $6 Billion Firewall May Not Be Effective In Keeping Hackers Out of Government, Audit Says
EINSTEIN does not scan for 94 percent of commonly known vulnerabilities or check Web traffic for malicious content.
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Tweeting at a Federal Agency? The New ‘US Digital Registry’ Can Tell You for Sure
The registry aims to be the authoritative source for all official social media accounts used by federal agencies -- and a resource for developers.
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What Does the Chemical Safety Board Have in Common with OPM and Target?
The board does not keep track of computer systems it has outsourced to contractors, which could jeopardize information confidentiality.
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Report: IT Security Spending Set to Rise
The report argues that IT security is undergoing immense change, in part, thanks to the increasingly interconnected world of people, objects and infrastructure, known as the Internet of Things.
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Data Trade Group: Transparency Isn’t Enough
The Data Transparency Coalition is renaming itself the “Data Coalition” to reflect the “broad impact” of open data.
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So, You’re Starting Up a Tech Pilot Project? Follow These 5 Steps.
Keep it cheap and think simple.
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Slack Messages Could Be Subject to FOIA Requests
If you work for a government agency, your taco emoji are federal records.
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DHS Wants Better Social Media Screening Technology
In a new request for information, DHS said it is looking for open source “privacy, civil rights and civil liberties-protecting analytic methods."
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Nuclear Weapons Technology Is Out of Date
The majority of the systems in the Wyoming U.S. Air Force launch control center date back to the 1960s and 1970s.
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Buying Cloud Services: What the U.S. Can Learn from the UK
British government agencies have access to a comprehensive listing of cloud service suppliers available through pre-vetted vendors working on six-month acquisition cycles.
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The White House's Encryption Views Are All Over the Map
Some government officials are focused on catching criminals, while others worry about empowering hackers.
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Satisfaction with Federal Government Drops Yet Again
The Treasury Department had the lowest customer satisfaction score in the federal government, largely because of the IRS.
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Oversight Lawmakers Probe Extent of Juniper Hack Across Federal Government
Last month, the company announced the discovery of unauthorized code in its technology.
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Industry Group Weighs In: FedRAMP Needs Fixing
The industry group’s recommendations mirror efforts announced by the FedRAMP office last week, which focused on speeding up authorizations as well as increasing transparency.
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Here’s How the Pentagon Plans to Protect Security Clearance Data
The new IT systems storing background investigation forms on millions of federal employees and contractors will use end-to-end encryption.
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Report: OMB Cuts Contracts for Mobile Devices
The new policy could force agencies to consolidate their contracts over the next few years.
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