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DHS Alerts Public to OPM-Related Phishing Scams

Emails claiming to come from the agency and contractor CSID might be after money, U.S. secrets or both, say experts.

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VA CIO: OPM Breach Is a Lesson for All Employees

VA defends against 55,000 new malware variants every day, according to the agency.

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Data-Driven Government? Not Yet. Feds Still Manage by Hunch

In a true data-driven culture, leaders need to be willing to rethink their plans and perhaps even change course based on what the data says, according to EPA CTO Greg Godbout.

Management

Hillary Clinton's Email Address at State Was in High Demand

A new batch of State Department emails shows that some powerful Washingtonians quickly got Clinton's private email address—and others were eager to get it.

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Why Chief Data Officers Should Really be Chief Digital Officers

Having a chief data officer is akin to the Army having a chief bullet officer or hospitals having a chief bandage officer.

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Why the Lawsuit Against OPM over the Massive Data Breach Faces an Uphill Battle

Demonstrating damages have been suffered will be the challenge, legal experts say.

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Court Revives Defunct National Security Agency Surveillance Program

The NSA’s phone dragnet is back.

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This NASA Software Aims to Make the Skies a Little Bit More Organized

The tool is expected to help air traffic controllers better manage the spacing between each aircraft as they make their final descent.

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OPM May Announce Size of Second Data Breach Next Week

The embattled federal agency is planning to reveal details about a breach of security-clearance information as soon as early next week, according to Hill sources.

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Australia Ramps Up Digital Services With Own 18F-Inspired Office

The Digital Transformation Office is expected to function in the manner of a startup and launch coordinated, user-centered digital services for the entire government.

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Federal Employee Union Sues Over OPM Hack, Citing Financial and Emotional Distress

Agency Director Katherine Archuleta and CIO Donna Seymour are named in the class action lawsuit.

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Why Open Data is the Future of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

“Don’t send a spy where you can send a schoolboy," says the intelligence official leading the agency's effort to work with unclassified data.

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DHS Group Wants Homeland Security to Share Database of Cyber Incidents with Private Sector

The effort builds on a 2015 White House executive order encouraging more cyberthreat information sharing between the public and private sectors.

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Feds: App Secretly Hijacked Phones to Mine Digital Money

The "Prized" app drained batteries and burned through mobile data, according to regulators.

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OPM Chief’s New Cyber Defense Operation Has Potential, Private Investigators Say

But GOP lawmakers have asked Obama to remove Archuleta.

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Remember the Time the CIA Bugged a Cat to Spy on the Soviets?

Americans have, for centuries, found creative ways to spy on friends, enemies, and everyone in between.

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What Do US Intelligence Agencies and Netflix Have in Common? Both are Amazon Cloud Customers

It’s been almost a year since Amazon Web Services stood up a cloud computing infrastructure for the 17 agencies within the intelligence community.

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DHS Restructures CIO Office

The reorganization is to "consolidate all service delivery functions" and "implement a newly revised governance framework," among other goals.