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How Easy-to-Use Data Tools Unleash Employees
That’s what turns data analytics platforms into decision-making engines, a pair of government technology leaders said.
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Seven Government Tech Bills that Died in Congress
Next session, lawmakers must decide whether to reintroduce legislation to strengthen the chief information officer, lock down network-connected devices, protect elections and more.
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Swamped By Cyberthreats, Citizens Need Government Protection
Governments can help citizens protect their own cybersecurity by providing practical advice and meaningful support.
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IRS Wants to Be a Testbed for Bleeding-Edge Tech
The new pilot would create a phased buying process with ample testing in IRS environments.
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Should Vendors Submit Contract Bids During a Government Shutdown?
Deadlines are deadlines, even if no one is there to check.
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The Devil’s in the Details as GSA Seeks to Consolidate the Multiple Award Schedules
The agency is entering an important transitional year as it combines its many schedules into one.
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Federal Contractors Need to Prepare for a Long Government Shutdown
A shutdown of government operations for any length of time will have a significant effect on the contractor community, especially small businesses.
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Justice Hits Chinese Hackers For Attacking U.S. Navy, Agencies, Companies
Hackers with the Chinese government hit 45 targets in campaign going back years.
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DHS Turns to Existing GSA, NIH Contracts to (Mostly) Replace EAGLE
The department will use existing governmentwide acquisition contracts rather than recompete another EAGLE contract vehicle.
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Plan to Dumb-Down the Power Grid In Name of Cybersecurity Passes Senate
The bill would establish and fund a public-private partnership to look at retro, analog options for securing the nation’s electric grid from digital threats.
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Lawmakers Want IG to Dig into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Crowd
The trio of informal associates is reported to wield outsized influence over personnel and procurement decisions at the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Pentagon to Connect Experimental Background Check App To Other Systems By Year’s End
The Defense Department is testing its nascent app on 1,000 security clearance applicants ahead of an October deadline to take over all investigations work.
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A Government Shutdown Doesn’t Mean All the IT Shuts Down
Both baseline infrastructure and critical IT systems have to stay on during a shutdown, which means some IT staff won’t be furloughed.
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If Feds Go Home For a Shutdown, Do Their Phones Go With Them?
A handful of potentially impacted agencies have updated their guidance since the last shutdown.
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Homeland Security Delegation Visits Asia for Emerging Tech Ideas
An agency group is going abroad for ideas about 5G, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cybersecurity.
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Report: Tech Shops Don't See Themselves Driving Change
Nearly 60 percent of civilian tech specialists cited insufficient funding as a major barrier to IT modernization.
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Transportation Is Consolidating Its IT Contracts into a Single Vehicle
The Enterprise IT Shared Services contract will be available departmentwide but task orders will have to flow through the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Updated Trusted Internet Connection Draft Lays Framework For Flexible Policy
The draft policy puts it on the Homeland Security Department to develop use case examples for how agencies can ensure safe connections wherever and however feds are working.
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Poor Security Could Leave U.S. Defenseless Against Missile Attacks
The details of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system are vulnerable to inside and outside threats, the Defense Department inspector general found.
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