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Lawmaker: 'Encryption is Going to be a Big Issue in 2016'
Fueled by recent events and the 2016 election, expect the debate over encryption to heat up next year.
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Protests Against 18F’s Agile Development Deal Resolved -- But Next Steps Still Unclear
Introduced as a way to speed up the technology buying process, the BPA's implementation has been sluggish.
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OMB Aims to Curb Waste in Agencies’ Software Buying
The new policy tasks an interagency tiger team with developing governmentwide software agreements and requires agencies to appoint in-house software managers.
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Clinton Campaign Voter Records Breached; Hackers Invade Juniper Networks, & Pickpocket Bubba Gump Patrons
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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10 Tech Takeaways in $1 Trillion Funding Bill
There are 423 references to “cyber” in the 2,000 page bill.
Defense
Homeland Security: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
DHS and local law enforcement are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
Nextgov
Why the Intelligence Community Wants in On Quantum Computing
IARPA wants IBM -- and, soon, other bidders -- to develop the building blocks for a quantum computer.
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VA Names New Deputy IT Chief
Ron Thompson, a U.S. Army veteran, has more than 25 years of experience in both government and the private sector.
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FITARA: How IT Reform Became ‘Sexy’
FITARA is finally beginning to get the kind of attention from Congress, overseers and the public that one might expect of an area in which the government spends upward of $80 billion annually.
Defense
Pentagon Acknowledges Ash Carter's Use of a Personal Email Account
Defense secretary used the account to conduct at least part of his official business.
Oversight
NASA's 2016 Budget Is the Biggest in At Least a Decade
The space agency is going to spend some of the money on planetary-science missions.
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$1.1 Trillion Spending Package Extends ID Protection for Hacked Feds to a Decade
Right now, OPM is only providing a year of financial safeguards to 4.2 million current and former federal employees whose Social Security numbers were compromised
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FITARA: Progress at the 1-Year Mark
Barely a year old, the Federal Information Technology and Acquisition Reform Act is changing how agencies and their chief information officers procure, manage and operate technology.
Defense
National Security Agency to Unveil Workforce Restructuring in January
Adm. Rogers describes changes aimed at modernizing how the agency executes its mission.
Oversight
Ted Cruz Is Correct: The NSA Reform Bill Allows More Spying
With terrorism fears running high, Cruz and Rubio traded shots over government surveillance.
Nextgov
Agencies Get Marching Orders for Filling ‘Major’ Cyber Talent Shortage
Boosting the government’s information security workforce is a key part of the Obama administration’s long-term strategy for securing federal networks.
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Tomorrow’s Internet of Things Will Rely on Today’s Aging Networks – and That’s a Problem
U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott said government-owned networks have had a hard time keeping up with the rapid pace of change in technology.
Management
Audit: EPA Used 'Covert Propaganda' in Water-Rule Social Media Campaign
Social-media blitz violated propaganda, lobbying laws, GAO says.
Defense