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Hurricane Harvey Leaves 190,000 Without Phone, Internet or TV Service

The Federal Communications Commission is tracking communication networks in the region.

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Feds Warn Against Hurricane Harvey Charity Scams

FEMA and US-CERT have both warned citizens to verify that certain charities are legitimate before sending money.

Tech

NASA's New Space Telescope Is in Harvey's Path

Here’s how they’re protecting the $8.6 billion project.

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Trump’s Lack of ‘Moral Infrastructure’ Causes Cyber Advisers to Resign

Board members also condemned the president’s response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Oversight

USDA Mobile App 'Reaffirms' Trump Ethics Standards

The app gives employees easy access to federal ethics guidelines.

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Here’s a Cloud Guide Written by Feds for Feds. Will the White House Listen?

The interagency group has been sharing the draft to solicit further feedback and attract the White House's attention.

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How VA Turns Survey Data into Better Veteran Health Care

Real-time feedback could help the Veterans Affairs Department direct respondents to task forces for suicide or homelessness.

Management

OMB Steers Agency R&D Budgets Toward Security, ‘Energy Dominance’

Fiscal 2019 initiatives should be “budget neutral” and agencies should consider private-sector solutions, guidance states.

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Time’s Running Out to Prevent a Massive Cyberattack on Critical Infrastructure, Advisory Group Says

The report urges rapidly declassifying cyber threat information between industry and government and other measures to ease the exchange.

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Delayed NOAA Supercomputing Contract to be Bid Out in October

The agency shared more details about what it needs to process weather data.

Defense

What the Announced NSA / Cyber Command Split Means

Cyberwar and cyber intelligence are diverging, as are Cyber Command and the NSA. Here’s what that means for the man who leads both entities, the future of signals intelligence collection, and cyberwarfare.

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Trump Order Elevates Cyber Command

CYBERCOM is now a full combatant command rather than a sub-unified command beneath U.S. Strategic Command.

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Can Virtual Reality Be Used to Simulate and Treat Depression?

The National Institutes of Health are looking for small businesses to furnish the virtual reality technology.

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Pentagon Expanding Behavioral Biometrics With Keystroke Tracker

A new group signed to see if the technology can help fight insider threats.

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Dems Want Proof FCC Net Neutrality Page Was Actually Attacked

The agency said a coordinated attack forced it offline in May; skeptics suggest it was a flood of comments by net neutrality supporters.

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Why the American Technology Council Stands As Others Disband

The American Technology Council is comprised of government officials, not private-sector personnel

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OMB To Congress: DATA Act Could Advance Trump's Agenda

A pilot that gathers spending data directly from contractors and grant recipients could also help agencies better assess spending.