Tech
Tornado Swarms Are Now Upon Us
Twisters are arriving more frequently in large "clusters," say NOAA scientists.
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VA Plans to Build Nationwide High-Frequency Radio Network to Communicate During Emergencies
Network will cover more than 200 VA medical facilities.
Oversight
Mark Udall Touts NSA Reform (and Dings Obama) in Bid to Save Senate Seat
One of the Senate’s fiercest critics of government surveillance is attempting to leverage his track record on the issue to salvage his reelection.
Management
Data Is Driving STEM Recruitment
From heat maps to workforce demographics, the search for talent is on.
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Is FedRAMP Toothless? Rogue Cloud Systems Abound at Agencies, IGs Say
Auditors chalked up the missed deadline, in part, to a leadership vacuum.
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How Should the Government Respond to JPMorgan Hack?
If a nation state hacked JPMorgan, that deserves a government response, former top cop said.
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Pentagon Needs to Build Cybersecurity into the Acquisition Process
The Defense Department needs to turn its focus to the protection of battlefield systems.
Tech
Snowden's Closest Confidant Reveals What It Was Like Spilling the NSA's Secrets
“We knew we were going to piss off the most powerful people in the world," Laura Poitras told National Journal.
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FBI’s Most Wanted Hackers: A Bingo Buff, Chinese Military Members and a PI for the Brokenhearted
Pulling them from the keyboard likely won’t dent cybercrime, research indicates.
Tech
Edward Snowden: Supreme Court Will Strike Down NSA Spying Programs
The former NSA contractor also warned that Apple and Google’s new privacy protections on their mobile devices are not impenetrable.
Tech
The Simple Solution to Hiring Tech-Savvy Talent That Agencies Might be Overlooking
OPM says agencies could be underutilizing authority to boost pay for highly-qualified STEM workers
Management
Why the White House Is Using Emoji
In a report about the status of the nation's millennial population, Washington relied heavily on emojis and graphics, abandoning words almost altogether.
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Feds Buy Back USASpending Website After Contractor Bankruptcy
Move finally opens federal contracting data.
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CDC Tracks Cell Phone Location Data to Halt Ebola
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is adapting a WMD surveillance system to map the spread of the disease.
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The Force is Strong with This One: IARPA Picks ‘Jedi Mind’ to Predict Intelligence Trustworthiness
"Star Wars"-themed effort aims to anticipate behavior and gauge trustworthiness of individuals.
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Surprise: Every American Will Not Have an Electronic Health Record This Year
Both Bush and Obama set 2014 as the deadline.
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Millennials Kind of Clueless About Cybersecurity Careers
Millennials aren’t necessarily ready to take on the mantle of cyber savior.
Management
The CDC Is Using Twitter to Explain Ebola for the Second Time in Two Months
And people have just as many questions about the virus as they did during August's online chat.
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30 Years Later, NOAA Administrator Reflects on Her Spacewalk
The first American woman to walk in space shares her experience, three decades later.
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