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Federal Agencies Need to Demand Bigger Cyber Budgets
The unvarnished truth is that the government needs to spend a lot more on shoring up its defenses.
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Report: Pentagon Made Fewer than Half of Recommended Cyber Fixes Last Year
There are still 136 unresolved recommendations, a new report summary says.
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OPM Finally Begins Notifying Hacked Feds -- Via Snail Mail This Time
The letters will include a unique PIN the victim will need to register for the protections
Management
Obama Again Found Lacking in Open Government Efforts
Civil society groups call for faster FOIA, tougher policing of email record-keeping.
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CIA Announces First ‘Digital’ Directorate
The digital office is the first new directorate in more than 50 years.
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Could We All Have Cyber Doppelgängers in the Future?
The idea of a world with "mind clones" may not seem so crazy after all.
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Director: DARPA's Cyber Strategy So Far Has Been 'Patch and Pray'
DARPA needs to adopt commercial technology and re-purpose it for military use, Arati Prabhakar said.
Management
State Releases New Batch of Clinton Emails
The approximately 6,000 new messages mostly date from 2010 and 2011.
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Shutdown Threat Lifts but NSA Chief Says Cyber Workforce is Still Fed Up
“The single greatest perturbation has been even the hint of a shutdown,” said Adm. Michael Rogers, who heads both NSA and U.S. Cyber Command.
Defense
The Pentagon Used to Hook Everything To The Internet. Now It’s a ‘Big Problem’
The Internet of Things is supposed to make life easier. For the Pentagon, the quintessential early adopter, it has made life much harder
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Who’s Really in Charge of Federal Cybersecurity and Is It Time for a White House CISO?
High-profile cyber incidents haven’t led to a grand rethink of the government’s cyber org chart.
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Nationwide ‘Suspicious Activity’ Files Now Document Sketchy Online Activity
The post-9/11 counterterrorism surveillance program is now collecting reports of suspicious activity across the Internet.
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‘Inconsistent’ Scores Mar Annual Cyber Report Card, GAO Says
IG inspections of agencies’ cybersecurity practices may not tell the whole story.
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18F and USDS Want to Eliminate Federal Website 'Snowflakes'
A new step-by-step guide aims to help agencies revamp their website so the public can get a consistent experience across all government platforms.
Defense
John McCain: Pentagon’s Lack of Cyber Policy Is Illegal
Senators pressed Defense and intelligence officials on rules of war for cyberspace at a Tuesday hearing.
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NASA Names New CIO
Renee Wynn began her term as NASA's new CIO after more than two decades working for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Management
USDA Forest Service Maps the 'Wildland-Urban Interface,' or Areas Most Vulnerable to Wildfire
The agency has plotted where human development comes dangerously close to nature.
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NSA Chief: Clinton’s Private Email Server an Intelligence ‘Opportunity’
Rogers was responding to a hypothetical question from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s controversial use of a “homebrew” private email system.
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