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How USAID Thinks About Mobile Apps
If apps don't communicate with each other, the data they collect isn't useful to aid workers.
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DOD's Cyber Lessons for OPM
Acting Director Beth Cobert says OPM is trying to create widely accepted credentials for cyber skills.
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IaaS Growth Drives Federal Cloud Market
Infrastructure-as-a-service offerings lead federal cloud purchases, but other categories show growth.
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GAO Sustains Bid Protests of $17.5B DISA Contract
The watchdog group said DISA didn't provide a reasonable basis for comparing the cost of competing proposals.
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GAO: Expect Delays in DATA Act Financial Reporting
The mechanics of reporting that data are messy, a watchdog report finds, and officials at least in one agency think they might miss the deadline.
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OMB Policy Revamps Mobile Device Buying
The goal is to slash fragmentation and duplication of 1,200-plus mobile agreements and 200-plus service plans managed by the federal government.
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DHS Chief: ‘We Are Actively Thinking About Election Cybersecurity’
DHS officials are considering designating the election process as a critical infrastructure category.
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Election Cyber Gaffes: Which Party's Has Been Worse?
An identity protection company ranks the cybersecurity problems of each candidate.
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What VR Proponents Think Congress Needs To Know
A group of virtual reality companies convened at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to demo their technology.
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GSA Offers Playbook to Upgrade Legacy IT
The guidance includes both a playbook and investment review process agencies can use in conjunction to “increase the likelihood of success” for modernization or migration efforts to support mission functions.
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Education Official: Virtual Reality Can Reduce Reliance on the Classroom
Virtual reality headsets can be for more than 3-D movies.
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DARPA Funds IoT Malware Detection Project
Researchers developed a way to monitor devices' thermal emissions to detect program irregularities.
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Can Encryption Protect Government Files Forever?
Suddenly, just like athletes who might initially be able to hide their doping only to later get caught by improved testing standards, the government found itself relying on a protection scheme that could no longer keep hidden its secrets.
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What the DNC Hack Could Mean for Democracy
Suspected foreign interference in an American election might be a taste of what's to come.
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The Government Has Approved the First Private Landing on the Moon
"Only three super powers have ever landed on any planet—we will become the fourth super power."
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DOD Issues Final Rule to Avoid Counterfeit Electronics
Focuses on the careful selection of suppliers and verifying the authenticity of electronic parts
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White House Ramps Up Federal Drone Programs
The Interior Department will soon use drones for search and rescue missions.
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NIST Tries to Define ‘Internet of Things’
Technologists can’t really agree on what qualifies as part of that network of devices and sensors.
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FAA: Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just Eight Months
There are already more registered drones than there have been planes.
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