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The Women Who Rule Pluto
The New Horizons team may include more women staffers than any other NASA project in history.
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The Startup Shakeup: Can Small, Innovative Companies Break Into DC Contracting Scene?
Tech firms are adopting a new language to win a shot at innovation contracts.
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Here’s Everything the White House Says It’s Done on Cyber in 2015
The administration’s 30-day cybersecurity sprint officially wrapped up Sunday.
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What Comes Next After NASA’s Pluto Mission?
Space advocates hope the event makes the case that planetary travel is a worthy pursuit.
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After Monumental Breach, Banks and Even Farmers Are Buying NSA-Fueled Surveillance Gear
Recently, the government began allowing any private firm to buy the network monitoring tool.
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NSA joins GitHub, Shares Code for Cyber Tool
The agency is publishing the source code for its Systems Integrity Management Platform, which lets administrators make sure server clusters are compliant with security standards
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Tweeting About the New $10 Bill? Treasury’s Keeping Tabs on Your Tweets
The Treasury Department has started collecting and occasionally republishing the public's agency-related social media posts in order to gain a better handle on public sentiment.
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OPM Doesn't Know Who It Will Hire to Protect the 21.5 Million Individuals Affected by Hack
The agency said it would notify 21.5 million people and offer at least three years of free identity-protection services, but has not found a contractor that will do so on its behalf.
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DOD CIO: We Need to Consider Legal Issues Around Mobility
Access to new technology has infused organizations with tools that increase productivity. That’s great for employers, but not so much for mobile-device-wielding employees.
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By the Numbers: Victims of the OPM Hack
OPM now says it’s “highly likely” hackers made off with background check forms on all individuals who underwent a background investigation since 2000.
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Agencies Finally Move to Stronger Sign-ons as OPM Breach Widens to 21 Million
Officials now say the massive breach of background check and personnel files housed by OPM has spurred federal agencies into taking action to secure their networks.
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Pentagon Not Ready for Bring-Your-Own-Device Just Yet
DOD Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen said the initiative has been delayed as other business got in the way.
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What the Federal Government Can Learn from Disney World: Q&A with Greg Godbout
EPA’s Chief Technology Officer Greg Godbout has big plans for the federal government, and a lot of it seems to follow in the digital footsteps of Disney World.
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High-Tech Transportation: Can Congress Regulate Technology that Doesn’t Exist Yet?
Companies say federal regulations are needed before technology can evolve.
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Washington Can't Fix Computer Glitches
Wednesday’s NYSE and United Airlines problems wouldn't have been avoided if there had been a cybersecurity-information-sharing law in place.
Management
Cornyn: Deal to Bring Snowden Home Would Be 'Insulting and Inappropriate'
The fugitive leaker should serve at least 12 to 20 years, the Majority Whip said this week.
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5th OPM Hack Hearing Presents Yet Another Unanswered Question
No "credit check" can offset the risks to national security of compromised security clearance records.
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Video: Finding a Cure Aboard the International Space Station
How the investigation of protein crystals in space is helping treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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DHS Secretary: 'Federal Cybersecurity Is Not Where It Needs To Be'
DHS' multipronged approach includes public-private information sharing groups, among others.
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