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White House Cyber Force Has a $140,000 Opening
Our cyber defenders are always on guard. Take that, China.
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GAO: Pentagon's IT Planning is Too Sluggish
GAO's third examination of the Defense Department's major IT programs found some projects spent an average of five years, two months and $452 million before establishing cost and schedules.
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How a Treasury Watchdog Found Long-Lost Lois Lerner Emails in Just Two Weeks
During evening hearing on the discovery, House members tangle over alleged ‘criminal’ acts and IG bias.
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Feds Dismiss Google's Fears Over FBI’s Hacking Power
Google’s claim that the expansion of search warrant authority is a “monumental” constitutional threat is grounded in inaccuracies, the Justice Department said.
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CIA’s New Big Data Hub Will be Hosted in the Cloud
CIA Chief Information Officer Doug Wolfe confirmed Wednesday the intelligence agency will start using Cloudera’s Enterprise Data Hub platform by April.
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What 'Cloud' Really Stands For? House Mulls Over Pentagon IT Programs
Acting Defense Department Terry Halvorsen urged lawmakers to prioritize efforts to update military IT, such the Joint Information Environment, a concept for a militarywide data sharing system.
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Big Data, Not Quick Data: Most Agencies Don’t Need Real-Time Analytics Yet
At a recent data conference, technologists from the departments of Transportation and Health and Human Services explained why real-time data analysis doesn't make sense for every agency.
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Attention, CIOs: Start Planning for FITARA Now
The Office of Management and Budget is still writing guidelines to more fully flesh out federal IT reform legislation.
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Embattled Safety Agency Head Used Personal Email -- Report
Chemical Safety Board head cited "hostile environment" in keeping emails private.
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IBM Tries to Sell Government on ‘Brain in a Box’ Technology
The low-power technology was funded by a grant from DARPA.
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The Federal Government’s Technology Problem is Actually a Design Problem
If you want to help federal tech, start with design, according to USDS consultant Dana Chisnell.
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VA IT Budget Proposes Boost for Cyber Spending
Spending on information protection encompasses more than a single budget account and is sprinkled across the department.
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The Case for a Cyber Red Cross
Some experts advocate for an impartial, nongovernmental organization that would respond to cyberattacks the same way the Red Cross responds to natural disasters and war conflicts.
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5 Forces That Could Transform Government IT
Analytics, cloud computing, the return of core systems and other forces are poised to change businesses and government over the next 18 to 24 months, according to a new report from Deloitte.
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Spy Research Agency Is Building Psychic Machines to Predict Hacks
Using publicly available Internet data, supercomputer-like systems will estimate when a prowler might try to breach a system.
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Multiple Companies Protest $1.6 Billion Pentagon Contract
The bid protestors contend the contract re-up is an improper sole-source request for cloud services that would give VMware an unfair advantage competing for DOD’s growing cloud demand.
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DOD Wants Physical Separation for Classified Data in the Cloud … For Now
The Pentagon isn’t ready yet for classified information to be stored off-premise in the cloud.
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Moving Beyond the PDF Era: 3 Reasons to Embrace Financial Transparency
President Barack Obama's 2016 budget request reflected the values of data-driven government.
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What Really Grinds Federal IT Managers’ Gears? Try the Hiring Process
The CIO Council has just wrapped up a survey of the IT workforce about its frustrations with the federal hiring process.
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