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HHS Wants Help Updating Disease Tracking System
Public health agencies currently use legacy systems to exchange information about Ebola and measles with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Creative, Audacious or Destructive: The Different Personalities of Nation-State Hackers
What sets a Russian hacker apart?
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Pentagon’s Joint Information Environment ‘Picking Up Steam’
The Joint Information Environment is becoming more important to the Pentagon and military branches as they deal with constricted budgets and a top-down push to share data.
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Survey: People Want to Know About Government Data Breaches ‘In Real Time’
Millennials, however, were least concerned with the government's cybersecurity practices, according to the survey.
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State Releases Another Trove of Hillary Clinton Emails
The sixth such release, of more than 7,000 pages, includes references to Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck, monkey butts, and emojis.
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How the Federal Government Is Attempting to Protect the Internet of Things
Federal attempts to protect the network of devices and sensors -- for consumers and agencies -- are gradually building.
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Whistleblower: USDA Suppressed Findings About a Pesticide That Could Endanger Bees
These pesticides are big business.
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Say What? Even the Experts Disagree on Cyber Terminology
While mixing up cyber terminology may seem harmless, doing so could have real-world consequences.
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White House Issues Governmentwide Cyber Action Plan
The new guidance aims to protect the most high-value information assets the federal government holds.
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The Biggest Cyber Breaches of 2015 (So Far)
Thousands of hacks and data breaches occur every day, though many don’t make the headlines.
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Daily-Fantasy-Sports Operator Says Federal Regulation is Necessary
As investigators press industry, FanDuel CEO opens the door for government rules.
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Obamacare Enrollment Is About to Open Again, and Not Many Know It
Latest Kaiser poll shows obstacle to getting more Americans on health exchanges.
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No STEM Training? You Can Still be a Defense Cyber Intel Analyst
The Defense Intelligence Agency's cyber teams have room for "soft skills" and STEM training.
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Explainer: Why We Have Yet to See a Catastrophic Cyberattack Take Out the Power Grid
Compromising an email server or stealing personnel and customer records, while bad, won’t let an attacker stop the flow of water at a dam or overload a substation.
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Want DOD To Be More Innovative? Sorry, Government Is Inefficient on Purpose
“You can't have the entire U.S. government or the federal acquisition regulations change so we can do innovation,” says the head of a small arm of the Pentagon designed to facilitate rapid research and development of tools
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The Military’s SAT Could Soon Test for Cybersecurity Smarts
Right now, there aren't many options to identify a new recruit with a particular aptitude toward cyber.
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Federal Court Approves One Last Month of NSA Surveillance
Judges found that Congress expressly meant to authorize the phone-spying program for the 180 days before they are slated to end.
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Should VA Scrap VistA? CIO Evaluates Future of Home-Grown Health Records System
The assessment comes amid ongoing concerns about the multiple, failed attempts to develop interoperable electronic health records between VA and DOD.
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