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Americans Say They’re Ready For Robots To Deliver The Mail
A survey conducted by the Postal Service Inspector General polled citizens on how they would feel if a robot delivered the mail with—or instead of—a human.
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Trump Homeland Security Adviser Bossert Resigns
Bossert was instrumental in developing the administrations cyber policy.
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Army Eyes Faster Weapons Development with a New Collaboration Hub
Super-strong materials, cyber defenses are on the agenda as the Army Research Lab launches new partnerships.
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The IRS Is Stopping Fewer Fraudulent Returns. And That’s A Good Thing.
The agency had identified only about $46 million in phony refunds as of late February.
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Coast Guard to Adopt Defense Department’s Electronic Health Records
The U.S. Coast Guard will go with the Defense Department’s MHS Genesis health records program, the same option currently being considered at Veterans Affairs.
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Energy Department Offers $1.8 Billion to Dethrone China in Supercomputing
The department plans to develop at least two exascale supercomputers that would be more than 10 times more powerful than today’s reigning supercomputer.
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Deterring Russian Hacking Will Take More Than Latest Sanctions, Experts Say
The sanctions aim to pressure Russian oligarchs to pressure Putin in turn, but it will be a long time before behavior changes.
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All Bid Protests Must Be Submitted Online Starting in May
The Government Accountability Office expects the system to be more efficient.
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Pentagon Picks Former JP Morgan Executive To Be CIO
Dana Deasy brings considerable private-sector experience to the Defense Department’s efforts to transform its IT operations.
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White House: Government Identity Verification Tools Aren’t Meeting The Threat
The order comes as personal information that organizations once used to verify people is increasingly available online.
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Treasury Builds Data Lab To Inspire ‘Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Government’
The Data Transparency Office went beyond the DATA Act mandate to build visualizations showing where agencies’ $500 billion in contract spending goes each year.
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Report: Men Are More Comfortable Giving Up Biometric Data Than Women Are
Women are more than twice as likely as men to say they don’t want the government collecting any of their biometric information.
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White House Lags Far Behind on Email Security Benchmark
The White House has not installed the DMARC security tool on 18 out of its 26 email domains.
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Is Blockchain Right for Your Agency? Here’s a Quiz to Find Out.
The quiz is part of a step-by-step guide for vendors and agencies looking to bring blockchain to the government.
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Treasury Office Wants Security For the Cloud From the Cloud
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is conducting market research on two cloud security schemas, each of which could lead to a solicitation down the road.
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General Dynamics Completes CSRA Buy
General Dynamics finalized its acquisition of IT contractor CSRA for $9.7 billion.
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The Pentagon is Letting Hackers Loose on Its Travel Management System
Ethical hackers will scour the platform for security gaps in the department’s fifth bug bounty program.
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Social Media Screening Won’t Slow Down the Visa Process, State Department Says
The department wants to screen five years of social media and email from all visa applicants but doesn’t expect longer processing time “for most visa cases.”
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OPM Says Agencies Have One Year To ID Cyber Workforce Gaps
The Office of Personnel Management started the clock Monday for agencies to identify, report and mitigate cybersecurity workforce shortfalls.
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