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Pentagon Seeks Tech for New Background Investigation Bureau
DISA seeks commercial options to support the new background check system.
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Evil Charging Stations, Smartphone Hackers: NIST Outlines Mobile Threats
NIST seeks input on the wider threats mobile devices pose to enterprises.
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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Alexa, How Can Government Adopt Artificial Intelligence Faster?
If I were Alexa, I'd say open source and transparency.
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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.
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NSA Director: Cyberattacks On State Election Systems Still a Concern
Sen. John McCain pressed Adm, Michael Rogers during a hearing Tuesday.
Tech
Lift-off for NASA Mission to Collect Grains From an Asteroid That May Be on Collision Course with Earth
Scientists are hoping to collect 100g of material from asteroid Bennu.
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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GSA Makes It Easier To Buy 'Highly Adaptive' Cyber Services
Agencies can start buying the new services starting in October.
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Report: Want Innovation? Hire and Empower CTOs
Chief technology officers should be empowered to deliver new solutions and approaches.
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