Oversight
What Happens if Patriot Act Section 215 Expires?
The Snowden leaks revealed that the NSA was interpreting the law to vacuum up millions of U.S. call records every day.
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Inside the USAJobs Revamp and Other Digital Summit Highlights
Successful programs tended to come at problems from a user-centric point of view.
Tech
Archives Officials Worried Clinton Might Send Records to Little Rock
Chief records officer disputes legal group’s interpretation of 2012 emails.
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Watchdog Says Agencies Aren’t Tracking How Much They Spend on Smartphones
The federal government spends about $1.2 billion each year on circa 1.5 million mobile devices and services.
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Video: Apple Now Has New Location-Tracking Powers
How the tech company is improving upon GPS for its users.
Oversight
In Reddit Chat, Edward Snowden Calls Rand Paul's Filibuster a 'Sea Change'
The ex-spy answered users questions about NSA reform Thursday.
Nextgov
When It Comes to Protecting their Data, Americans Still Trust the Government More Than Facebook
Six percent of Americans say they’re “very confident” records maintained by federal agencies will be kept private and secure.
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Teaching Federal Contracting Officers About Agile Could Net You $320,000
This comes as GSA pushes for an agile blanket purchasing agreement.
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3-year Prison Sentence for Hacker Who Fraudulently Ordered $1M Worth of Agency Office Supplies
The Nigerian had faced up to 20 years in prison for phishing feds at EPA, the Census and other agencies.
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NIST Official: Businesses Need to Take More Responsibility for Cybersecurity
The need for public-private collaboration on cybersecurity has been echoed by other cyber experts.
Defense
The Secret American Space Drone is Going Back Into Orbit
Nearly four launches in, we still don't know what it will be doing up there.
Management
Judge Wants 'Rolling' Release of Clinton Emails
The State Department wants to put most of the Democratic front-runner's emails out in January, but a federal judge rejected that plan.
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VA Wants Your Help Building Better Prosthetics
The aim of the project is to build a suite of special prosthetics and other state-of-the-art technologies to support wounded veterans in their day-to-day lives.
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Single Sign-On For Government Applications Coming in Weeks
Citizens could soon manage most of their government accounts on one website.
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Navy Needs Help Making Sure Its Drones are Hack-Proof
Aerial weapons systems were not expected to become part of the so-called Internet of Things.
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What the Pentagon Thought the Future of Cybersecurity Would Look Like in 2001
The agency forecasted things like touch screens and automated cyber defense.
Management
Chris Christie: Edward Snowden Is a Criminal and NSA Fears Are 'Baloney'
The Republican governor and likely White House hopeful will accuse Hollywood and “civil-liberties extremists” of hijacking the NSA debate in a speech Monday.
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Building a Robot in Your Garage? You Could Get a DARPA Contract in Less Than a Month
DARPA's new Robotics Fast Track effort aims to reduce the proposal-to-contract turnaround time to less than a month.
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Congressman Wants Federal Buildings Outfitted with Bird-Friendly Features
The Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act aims to reduce the number of birth deaths resulting from birds flying into federal buildings.
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