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Rollout of New CIO Powers Could be 'Uneven,' DOJ CIO Says
At a recent conference, Justice Department Chief Information Officer Joe Klimavicz said some agencies will be quicker to enact the federal IT reform.
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White House: Don’t Ask Us About Hillary Clinton’s Email Use
Josh Earnest said Tuesday that it’s up to the State Department to handle how its employees use email correspondence to conduct official work.
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Feds Say They Finally Have a Database of Every Cyber Job in Government
Federal cyberwarriors hail from more than 100 different job categories scattered across agencies.
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Why Big Data Gets a Bad Rap in Government
Believe it or not, big data is not all fire and brimstone, surveillance and mass spying.
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Hillary Clinton Not Alone in Using Private Emails to Govern
Government Executive survey shows a third of high-level executives see it done.
Management
Hillary Clinton Used Private Email While at State
Former Secretary of State didn't use state.gov account to conduct official business during her tenure at Foggy Bottom.
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6 Biggest Blunders in Government's Annual Cyber Report Card
The White House has released its yearly assessment of agency compliance with the governmentwide cyber laws.
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Funding Impasse Is Already Disrupting DHS Operations
Plans for new technologies and equipment remain up in the air.
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When Congress and Cloud Collided
A lawmaker came up with a new meaning for the term “cloud.” But DOD’s chief information officer isn’t smiling.
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New Tool Aims to Make Government Financial Disclosures More Transparent
From January 2016 and onward, OGE plans to require Senate-confirmed appointees to use the online system, called Integrity.
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Clapper: Maintaining Phone Call Surveillance is Like Buying Insurance
The nation's top spy said keeping logs of U.S. citizens' phone calls is a preventive measure for discerning potential threats.
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When IRS Tech Projects Start to Slip, Congress is the Last to Know
A few key tech projects at IRS are running over budget and behind schedule, and lawmakers are being left out of the loop, GAO said.
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Obama's 'Privacy Bill of Rights' Gets Bashed from All Sides
The proposal aims to give consumers more control over their own information, but privacy advocates say it doesn't go far enough.
Oversight
Court Once Again Renews NSA Spying Authority
Mass surveillance will continue for now, but is set to expire on June 1—unless Congress acts.
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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.
Oversight
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.
Management
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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