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Human Rights Group Ranks Best and Worst Messaging Apps for Privacy

Microsoft, BlackBerry and Snapchat fared poorly in the rankings from Amnesty International.

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GSA Launches Phase 2 of Making It Easier

The agency continues to work on speeding up the contracting process.

Tech

The Air Force Doesn’t Know How to Test Its Future Robotic Wingmen

How do you surprise a drone that can revise its strategy hundreds of times in an eyeblink?

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Denying Trump’s Denial, U.S. Intel Chief Says There’s More Evidence of Russian Hacking

The nation’s top intelligence official says “forensic and other” evidence proves Russian election interference.

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IRS Needs to Physically Secure Its Computer Rooms

An IG report finds IRS needs to update physical access procedures to restricted rooms.

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Agencies Can Now Buy Through GSA’s Cyber SINs

The agency announced 15 vendors have been approved for the new cyber-focused special item numbers.

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DOD Wants You to Hack the Pentagon Again and Again

The department is prepping a contract vehicle for bug bounty programs.

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IG: Cyber Weaknesses Persist in Energy Dept.'s Unclassified Systems

The audit found the department's systems are operating at higher than necessary risk.

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GSA Organizing New Artificial Intelligence Group

The community of practice will focus on how artificial intelligence can improve citizen services.

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GSA Wants a Digital Federal Staff Directory

Ideally, users could search for equivalent employees across agencies.

Tech

Timing Glitch in DATA Act Makes It Impossible for IGs to Meet Reporting Deadline

Agencies won't have spending reports ready until 2017, so watchdogs get extension on reviewing those reports.

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Mission Possible: A Spy Agency Builds a Tech Scout Network

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is embedding in startup incubators.

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NSA Defense Chief Imagines a Cyber Response Without Borders

NSA official Curtis Dukes offered Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre as a model.

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Aneesh Chopra: Relying on Bid Protests Is ‘Absurd'

Bid protests in the federal government have increased 60 percent since fiscal 2008, but their success rate has declined.

Tech

IRS Dropped $12M on an Email System That It Couldn’t Use

Inspector general faults procurement process for multi-year cloud subscriptions that didn’t work with the agency’s IT setup.

Tech

The Apps They Carried: Software, Big Data, and the Fight for Mosul

A variety of digital tech tools aim to provide coalition forces some sense of the dangers around the next bend.