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Pentagon Seeks Tech for New Background Investigation Bureau

DISA seeks commercial options to support the new background check system.

Management

The Transportation Department Officially Puts a Car In the Self-Driving Race

Federal regulators have released comprehensive guidelines for the emerging technology.

Defense

The Man in Charge of Stopping the Next Snowden

Moving past the summer of 2013 has proven difficult for the intelligence community.

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The Insider Threat: A Historical Perspective

Trained as a forensic psychologist and a 15-year veteran of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Michael Gelles has long had an interest in the bad guys within organizations.

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NOAA Awards 2 Contracts Under Commercial Weather Data Pilot

Under the deals, two companies will essentially act as private sector guinea pigs, using their satellites to collect and distribute radio occultation data to NOAA.

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VA Innovator Network To Expand, Less Than 1 Year In

It started out at eight pilot sites in November, but could soon expand to about a dozen more this year.

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Hurd Introduces Modernizing Government Technology Act to House

New IT legislation is a combination of Hurd’s MOVE IT act and the IT Modernization Fund championed by U.S. CIO Tony Scott

Oversight

The Military's Tech Matchmaker Is Getting Ready to Open Its Wallet

Carter says DIUx will also get a new Austin branch, its third after Boston and Silicon Valley.

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Feds Should Investigate Digital Loss Prevention Protection

Even though most federal networks are already packed with cybersecurity protections, the need for DLP could easily be overlooked.

Management

Edward Snowden's Suggestion for Obama: A Presidential Pardon

The whistleblower says the president should pardon him because his leaks were in service of the public good.

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18F Expects to Break Even in 2019; Looks to Show Value

Dave Shive said the tech hub “expects to be cost recoverable” by 2019, in line with GAO’s best-case projections.

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McCain to White House: If You Won’t Establish a Cyber Defense Policy, Congress Will

A Senate Armed Forces Committee blasted the White House for "ignoring" issues related to encryption.

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FedRAMP Is Now At Least 3 Times Faster

“We’re now talking under four months for the first authorization,” FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich said.

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Report: Want Innovation? Hire and Empower CTOs

Chief technology officers should be empowered to deliver new solutions and approaches.