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
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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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Peace Corps Sees Record Interest After Simplified Application Goes Online
Old application involved 60 printed pages and took as long as eight hours to complete.
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Q&A: White House Cyber Czar on Hiring Cyber Pros, Snowden and the Internet of Things
Michael Daniel has made it his personal mission to understand cybersecurity’s human factor.
Tech
How Astronauts Vote From Space
When civic-minded astronauts go into orbit, they don’t lose the ability to cast a ballot on affairs down below.
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App to Help Feds Nab Child Predators Expands to Android
ICE says iPhone version was a success, expands program.
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The Next Step in Securing the Border: Fido and a Smart-Sensor Collar
Wearable devices are gaining root in protecting U.S. borders.
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The FBI’s Secret Surveillance Program Is About to Go on Trial
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a case this week that could have seismic implications for how the government spies on Americans.
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Yes, Sunbathers, That's a Government-Commissioned Drone Above You
Small Coast Guard robot planes would be deployed for public-safety missions.
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US Needs a New Robotics Agency or the Machine Overlords Will Win … Or Something
Much is lost in the current patchwork approach, Ryan Calo argues.
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With Technology and Transparency on its Side, NGA Ready for Its Day in the Sun
The agency has taken a lead role in the intelligence community’s technology integration plan and spearheaded big data efforts.
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Is This the Year Cybersecurity Awareness Sinks In?
As October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Nextgov will explore the various facets of the cyberthreat.
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