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Federal Court Rules NSA Spying Illegal
The program “exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized," a judge ruled Thursday.
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Homeland Security Committee Considers Turning Nation’s Cellphones into Walkie-Talkies During Emergencies
In the event of a disaster, how does the government communicate with a population of cord cutters when cellphone towers are down?
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CNN and FAA Team Up to Test Drones
The FAA is considering the technology that Amazon would use to deliver packages remotely.
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OPM Gives Agencies Permission to Fast-Track Hiring of Digital Teams
Agencies will now have greater latitude to hire digital services experts on a temporary basis.
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Washington's Interest in Precision Drugs is Innovation, Not Cost
As House, Senate, and White House attention shifts toward biomedical innovation, the high cost of specialty drugs remains unaddressed.
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By Infusing Government Services with Tech, Sweden Aims to Bolster Social Welfare and Democracy
Some of the most popular government apps are those that let citizens manage and monitor their personal benefits, such as Social Security, parental leave and sick days.
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Watchdog Questions HUD’s ‘Inconsistent’ IT Dashboard Data
Agency officials are still manually uploading information about the agency’s eight major IT projects to the IT Dashboard.
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Lawmaker Wants to Connect More Federal Buildings to the Internet of Things
Under the bill, the energy secretary would learn from smart buildings in the private sector, and apply those practices to federal buildings.
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DHS Scales Back License Plate-Tracking Surveillance
The new system, announced last month, will compile license plate records from "at least 25 states" instead of all states.
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What Capital Bikeshare’s Busiest Bike Says About Open Data
Capital Bikeshare releases a plethora of data about its bike fleet. Developers have done some surprising things with the data.
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US CIO Tony Scott Says Federal IT is Now a ‘Contact Sport.’ Here’s the Rulebook.
New OMB guidance aims to break down barriers that have sprouted up between IT decision-makers and other agency officials.
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Why People Who Put ‘Data Scientist’ on Their LinkedIn Profiles Earn More Money
As the White House’s first chief data scientist, DJ Patil explains the growing importance of his field during his speech at the National Science Foundation.
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Senators Beg Techies To Bring Congress Into 21st Century
At Hack4Congress, developers attempted to write code that could improve campaign finance record keeping and facilitate cross-party dialogue.
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Democrats Press FCC to Unmask Koch-Backed Groups
Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats are pushing the KOCH Act to require tougher disclosure rules for political TV ads.
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VA Thwarts Over a Billion Cyber Threats -- Just in March
The department will need to scale its cybersecurity to prevent what could be an exponential increase in threats, according to VA CIO Stephen Warren.
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House Advances Bill to Limit NSA Spying
Nearly two years after the Snowden revelations began, lawmakers are scrambling to rein in government surveillance—before it’s too late.
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Departing Aerospace Industries Leader: First-Rate Nations Respect and Support Public Servants
In exit interview, Blakey criticizes congressional gridlock, urges Defense budget compromises.
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OMB Unveils FITARA Guidelines For Public Comment
The guidelines, posted on GitHub, are open for comment until May 30.
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Getting Tech to ‘Show Up’
Rolling back reforms sure won’t attract innovative players to the government market.
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