Management
The Best Pages on Some Campaign Websites are the Ones That Are Not There
Presidential candidates obsess over every aspect of their public images—even things like 404 pages.
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DHS Seeks Input on Public-Private Cyber Sharing Groups
Information Sharing Analysis Organizations are to be formed based on sector, sub-sector or region, and overseen by a standards board.
Management
SpaceX Gets Approval for National Security Launches
The move breaks a monopoly long held by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance.
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IRS Says Cybercriminals Nabbed Info on 100K Taxpayers
Agency sends warning to 200,000 taxpayers, half of whom will be credit monitored.
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NASA Wants to Help Propel Space Tech Past ‘Tipping Point’
An infusion of NASA cash could help propel these technologies into viable commercial applications.
Management
National Security Agency Starts to Shut Down Mass-Spying Program
Republicans said the White House was being "disingenuous" by threatening to shutter the surveillance program.
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NSA Tests Out Smartphones that Recognize Handwriting Motion
The National Security Agency has tested the use of smartphone-swipe recognition technology, according to the tool’s manufacturer.
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House OKs Bill to Promote ‘Exascale’ Supercomputing
The bill would require the Energy Department to research supercomputing technology, especially for reducing power consumption.
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Pentagon Kills $475M Cyber Contract
The solicitation would have outsourced support for cyberspying and network attacks against foreigners, as well as the defense of military networks.
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Hackers Scavenge CareFirst and Manipulate the Federal Reserve
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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.
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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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