Digital Government
First-ever online census lags on tech issues
Plans for a first-ever online census are lagging on IT readiness, a government watchdog says, and there's still work to do securing systems and data.
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What WhatsApp Users Need to Know about Google Drive Backups
There are some risks.
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Census Bureau Must Fix 3,100 Cyber Vulnerabilities Before 2020 Count
The first digital census has suffered from delays and ballooning IT costs, an auditor’s report states.
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Does the CFAA apply to voting machine hacks?
Recent Department of Justice statements cast doubt around whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act would apply to hacked voting machines.
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Key open gov deadline nears with no public action
Can stakeholders and activists take this White House at its word that it is sincerely interested in advancing open data and open government policy?
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Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform
Unicorn startup Slack is launching an apprenticeship program for formerly incarcerated people. But will the industry ever hire from the inside en masse?
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The To-Do List Method for People With Crazy Lives and Short Attention Spans
There is an alternative system for getting things done.
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A Simple Tweak to Google Search Now Helps Veterans to Find Jobs
Only about half of all veterans in the U.S. participate in the workforce at all.
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A Good Keyboard Is the Ultimate Workplace Luxury
It's the item you interact with more than anything else in your workplace.
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How Mobile Data Could Help Manage the National Parks
The data could be used to create better park experiences despite overcrowding.
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Facebook's VPN App Pulled From Apple Store For Privacy Violations
Onavo Protect can't protect you from Facebook.
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Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism
Google and Facebook are easy scapegoats, but companies have been collecting, selling, and reusing your personal data for decades, and now that the public has finally noticed, it’s too late. The personal-data privacy war is long over, and you lost.
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Working in an Open Office? Set Rules About Noise With Your Neighbors
Setting boundaries is important.
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DISA approves newest Samsung phones for unclassified use
DOD employees can now use government-purchased Galaxy S9 smartphones with the Defense Information Systems Agency's DOD Mobility Unclassified Capability.
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Senators Stuck in Washington Focus on Elections
The Senate also passed an $860 million “minibus” funding bill.
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Apple, IBM, and Google Don’t Care Anymore if You Went to College
Companies will hire the candidates whose experience and skills best suit them for the job.
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Senate bill targets Chinese tech companies
Two senators want to make it the official policy of the United States to curb Chinese influence of the U.S. technology supply chain.
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