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Shadow IT on the Rise But Feds Unsure How to Tackle Security Risks
Many federal technology decision-makers say they see widespread use of shadow IT in their agency, but consider themselves Ill-equipped to handle its accompanying security risks.
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UPDATED: Leidos Wins Massive Pentagon Health Care Records Contract
The Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract’s base value is $4.3 billion over 10 years, with an expected 18-year lifecycle value of $9 billion.
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White House Preps New Cyber Policy Dealing with Federal Contractors
The proposal, which could be published as early as today, follows hacks at two background checkers that compromised the security of personnel who handle U.S. secrets.
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Will Digital Service Funding Survive Congressional Penny Pinching?
The Senate appropriations committee last week approved an annual spending measure that would grant USDS just one-third of the new funding President Barack Obama requested to scale up the team.
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Senate Cybersecurity Plan Faces Hurdles
Significant issues remain for the proposed cybersecurity legislation, which is competing with at least two other issues for a vote before recess.
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The Future-Forward Cybersecurity Fix
The U.S. government is playing catch-up on security primarily because it has not been able to keep up with the advances in technology over the last decade.
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10 Years After Katrina, NOAA Preps for Launch of Powerful New Weather Satellites
The first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series will produce “30 times the data at five times the rate and twice the resolution” of the current crop of geostationary satellites.
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White House Grievance Portal Gets Upgraded
The White House will now aim to respond within 60 days.
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HHS On the Lookout for a Deputy CIO
The deputy CIO will help coordinate the department's cloud strategy, among other responsibilities.
Management
Obama Administration Dismisses Online Petition Requesting Snowden Pardon
The White House has been responding to "We the People" petitions Tuesday
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Census Wants Employees Prepared for Phishing Attacks
The training program is meant to make sure the bureau’s employees are armed with the appropriate knowledge and skill set to defend themselves against future attacks.
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TSA's Instagram Account is a Must-Follow
The Transportation Security Administration's stream features grenades, knives and birds stuffed in socks.
Defense
What is in the Justice’s Cybersecurity Memo?
Despite calls for its release, the government will not make public a memo that Sen. Ron Wyden says is crucial to the Senate’s cybersecurity debate.
Pay & Benefits
Does Identity-Theft Protection Really Work?
Victims of data breaches are usually offered identity-theft-protection services, but even the companies that promise to safeguard your identity are far from infallible.
Management
NSA to Purge Mass Surveillance Phone Data Collected
"Analytic access" to those records, which go back five years, will end on November 29, 2015, and they will be destroyed three months later.
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Obama Talks Federal IT on ‘Daily Show”
The commander in chief discussed the wave of Silicon Valley tech talent invading government, challenges in IT procurement and how better IT can lead to better federal customer service.
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ID Theft Prevention Might Not Protect OPM Hack Victims, Top Democrat Says
Experts advise those affected learn how to spot deception in emails, phone calls and social interactions.
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Could a Free Tool Have Stopped the OPM Hack? (And How to Get One for Yourself)
Created by two nonprofit companies, this software is completely free, can be used by anyone, and is actually pretty good at generating real, actionable intelligence.
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