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Contractors Say Proposed Hack Reporting Rules Aren’t Strict Enough
'This is exactly the interpretive, decentralized behavior that has produced the current state of network security vulnerabilities.'
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8 Tough Questions for the New CIO of the Library of Congress
As the library's first permanent CIO in three years, Bernard A. Barton Jr has a wide array of plans for helping it flourish in the digital age.
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Can Social Media Tracking Make Medication Safer?
FDA is considering analyzing social media data to learn more about product safety.
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FBI and DHS Warn of Security Risks from the Internet of Things
Wearables, thermostats and insulin dispensers and other everyday objects are not hack proof.
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How 3-D Printing Could Make Criminals Harder to Catch
Advanced technology could encourage criminals to be better educated, a new report claims.
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Intelligence Community’s Grand IT Plan Still Working Out ‘Pain Points’
The initiative is in the midst of converging multiple networks – all tied to various legal authorities – into a single network.
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NOAA Tries ‘Oddball’ Approach to Harnessing Big Data
NOAA wants environmental data as easy to access as sports scores.
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No Touching: Agencies Could Soon Collect Fingerprints from Hand Waves
"Contactless fingerprinting" is seen as more hygienic than ink and paper or computer pads.
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Why You Should Think Twice Before You Click on That Link
National Intelligence Office rolls out a “cyber hygiene” awareness campaign.
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How Can Agencies Balance IT Innovation and Cost Savings?
The tech explosion and declining federal budgets have put the government in a tough spot.
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DHS App Aims to Help First Responders Find Missing People
The "Lost Person Behavior App" is available for $9.99 from iTunes.
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Renewable Energy Lab Begins Moving More Sensitive Data to the Cloud
In 2009 NREL set out in earnest to open up and share its data through an application that became known as OpenEI.
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Intelligence Chief: OPM Hack Was Not a ‘Cyberattack’
The intrusion of OPM networks did not involve the destruction or manipulation of data.
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Plan for Responding to Barrage of Agency Hacks Coming this Fall, Federal CIO Says
The new recommendations will build on the 30-day “cybersecurity sprint” mandated by the White House this summer.
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DHS: Here’s Why Agencies Should Not Try to Boot Hackers by Themselves
The OPM hack as a teachable moment.
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Experts: Stop Calling Everything Cyberwar
Flubbing cyber terminology could have real-world consequences.
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The Internet of Things Might Force You To Restructure Your Team
Organizations taking several months to make decisions are "not thinking about the future."
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State Department Says It Is 'Strained to the Limit' With Clinton Emails
Agency says it need to shift massive resources to deal with a big FOIA backlog and the remaining unreleased messages from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary.
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2015 Bold Awards Recognize Government Innovators
From more than 1,000 nominees, Nextgov’s editorial team selected 10 winners who took strategic risks to boost their agency’s technological prowess.
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