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Commerce: Tell Us What You Want From Our Data
Crowdsourcing is a key part of Commerce's open data efforts.
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Watchdog: Library of Congress Lacks a Digital Blueprint -- And Doesn't Know How Much It Spends on Technology
A new watchdog report calls into question the Library of Congress' ability to keep up with the demands of the digital age.
Defense
Obama Declares Cyber Attacks A ‘National Emergency’
A new executive order will allow the government to impose financial sanctions against those waging malicious cyberattacks.
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18F Wants to Make More Dot-Govs Accessible to People with Disabilities
Many federal websites aren't designed for the visually and hearing impaired. 18F is trying to change that.
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Lost Your Green Card? Now You Can Replace it Online
The advance was aided by a White House digital fix-it team, a squad that also saved Obamacare website HealthCare.gov.
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Tony Scott on USDS: Influx of New Tech Talent a Balancing Act for Agencies
Making sure new digital teams are seamlessly integrated into agency operations has some officials fearing a potential culture clash.
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GitHub Battles Its Largest-Ever DDoS Attack
The code repository is used by several federal groups, including the White House.
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BYOD to the Pentagon? Pilot to Begin This Summer
One of the government’s most risk-averse agencies is making plans for a BYOD pilot program this summer.
Defense
Feds Charged With Stealing Bitcoin
A former DEA official and a former Secret Service agent are accused of using bitcoin to launder money during an investigation into Silk Road.
Oversight
Why Only One House Committee Is Investigating Hillary Clinton's Emails
The House Oversight panel had suggested it would do its own probe, but is standing down for now.
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Congressman Wants to Curb Copycat IT Systems at DHS
The DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act, introduced last week, would require the DHS chief information officer to report to Congress on plans for reducing duplicative IT systems.
Tech
Clinton Won't Hand Over Server, Says Emails Are Gone
Benghazi panel Chairman Gowdy complains she "unilaterally decided to wipe her server clean."
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Maryland College Team Wins International Cyber Policy Hackathon
At the end of a two-day cyber policy hackathon, the team from the University of Maryland University College was awarded the top prize for addressing a massive cyberattack on a fictional country.
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Data-Centric Jobs Already Flourish in the Federal Government
All told, there are some 1.6 million government workers (including state and local) in positions where data is “central to the job,” according to a recent Commerce Department report.
Tech
To Promote Justice, Agencies Must Expand Access to Legal Information
It’s not enough to have laws on the books if the people they’re designed to help don’t know about them.
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Human Trust Overpowered High-Tech Security in German Air Plane Crash
Experts say the downing of Germanwings flight 9525 seems like the classic case of the insider threat -- which belies easy tech fixes.
Tech
What is Coming From DARPA in the Next Few Years
The research agency is making underwater robots that can sleep for years and other robots that can fix satellites in space.
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Tech Alone Can’t Solve Government’s Customer Experience Clunkers
Still, the biggest challenge to the government improving its customer experience still lies with people, not tech, experts say.
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Cyber Social Network Launches
A new website fusing elements of Facebook and LinkedIn aims to help cybersecurity workers hone their skills and employers get a bead on new talent.
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