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New York DA to Trump: Have Our Backs Against Cop-proof Encryption

New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance advocated a congressional ban on cop-proof encryption, but legislation never got off the ground.

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Hatch's Innovation Plan: Reform H-1B Program, Protect Federal IT

The Utah senator plans to advocate for bringing in high-skilled immigrants who want to stay in the United States.

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Outgoing DOD CIO: 'There's Still A Lot of Work To Do'

Terry Halvorsen expects AI to play a greater role in cybersecurity soon.

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Why NIST's Framework Avoids a One-Sized-Fits-All Approach to Cybersecurity

Many companies are adopting the framework, but there’s still work to do, the NIST program manager tells Nextgov.

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What Former NSA Chief Keith Alexander Thinks of Trump's Cyber Stance

The former NSA director hopes Trump will allow government to more actively defend industry from cyberattacks.

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DOD's Next-Gen Electronic Health Records System Is Now Live At One Site

MHS Genesis has been deployed at the Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington.

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Deloitte Highlights Tech Trends to Watch

Agencies will have to wade through tech trends to determine what's of use.

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Congress Requests Review of EPA’s Use of Encrypted Communications

The use of encrypted communications applications across government is on the upswing, though such communications are still privy to sunshine laws.

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Lawmakers Want Self-Driving Cars To Thrive But Still Fear Hacks

Despite positives, manufacturers still face concerns that cars could be hijacked.

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Watchdog: Better Data Needed to Fight Medicaid Fraud

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversight data needs work, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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A NASA Engineer Was Required to Unlock his Phone at the Border

A U.S.-born scientist was detained at the Houston airport until he gave customs agents the passcode to his work-issued device.

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Forrester Predicts Less Money for Federal Tech, More for State and Local

However, total public sector spending in 2017 and 2018 is still expected to grow by 2 percent.

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Service Robots Will Soon Be Making 'House Calls In Space'

DARPA this week picked a commercial partner to help build out the system.

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Should We Leave Earth to Colonize Mars? A NASA Astronaut Says 'Nope'

Instead of finding a nook elsewhere in the solar system, we ought to be focusing on solving the issues with our own planet.

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Homeland Security to Unveil 12 New Tools at Cyber Conference

The tools tackle malware attacks, internet visualization and social media analysis.

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Trump's Advisers Want to Return Humans to the Moon in Three Years

The plan could dramatically shift the mission of the space agency, prioritizing low-Earth orbit activity over distant exploration.

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House Science Democrats Want to Investigate White House Cyber Vulnerabilities

The lawmakers cite vulnerabilities in Trump’s Twitter and cellphone in a letter to committee leadership.