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You Can Now See Exactly How Creepy All the Facebook Russia Ads Were, Down to the Specific Targeting
The ads range from obvious partisan content to pictures of funny animals.
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New rule eliminates state regs on VA telehealth
Medical practitioners in the Veterans Health Administration system will be able to conduct telehealth appointments regardless of location under the new "anywhere-to-anywhere" rule.
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If You Want Facebook to Stop Targeting You For Ads, Follow These Instructions
There are 11 steps and one recommendation.
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Marketing Your Mission and Other Ideas to Help Agencies Attract Young Talent
The administration wants more young people in its government ranks, especially in tech.
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Thornberry tries to hold back efforts to erode 'fourth estate' reforms in FY19 NDAA
As members of the House Armed Services Committee debated late into the night marking up the defense bill, the chairman pushed back on attempts to undo plans to examine combining or eliminating Pentagon back office functions.
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Senate Intel offers election security guidelines
A new report on election security by the Senate Intel committee calls for paper backups for state voter registration databases, risk assessments for voting machine manufacturers and better sensor technology for state and local election systems.
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U.S. Coast Guard Is Putting Cubesats Over the Arctic
As the icecap melts and activity rises in the high latitudes, the commandant says his force needs better situational awareness.
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Census Gambles on Shorter Cybersecurity Testing for 2020 Count
Experts worry the rushed process could leave some security gaps unaddressed.
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Oversight chairman agrees to subpoena DOJ after census hearing no-show
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is moving to subpoena the Department of Justice after the head of its Civil Rights Division skipped a hearing on the 2020 census.
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ID, traffic management next up for drones
Remote ID capabilities and a low-altitude traffic management system are the next building blocks for drone integration into U.S. airspace, the FAA director told Congress.
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House mulls revival of shuttered tech office
An appropriations bill funding the legislative branch calls for a study of resurrecting the defunct Office of Technology Assessment.
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The Government's Tech Talent Gap is (Still) Getting Worse
And diversity efforts show mixed results.
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Trump Praises the 'Tireless Dedication' of Federal Employees, But Says They Can Do Better
The president made his remarks in announcing Public Service Recognition Week.
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Your fingerprints aren’t as unique as a snowflake. Yet.
Governments and law enforcement bodies are searching for better fingerprint capture technology, and the results of a recent contest demonstrate they may be getting closer to a solution.
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Facebook Is Exploring a Subscription Fee
The company has looked into offering a service like this before.
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How Harvard is helping government do digital better
Steve Kelman reports on the results of a project-based Kennedy School course on public-sector innovation.
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Net Neutrality Fight Returns to the Hill
Plus lawmakers want to know what the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is doing about Equifax and what 's delaying the Veterans Affairs Department's health record purchase.
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NDAA update: AI funding, space warfare and a ban on Chinese phones
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry’s markup of the 2019 Defense bill will be debated May 9.
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Don’t Panic, FedBizOpps Is Working. It Just Has a New IP.
Some users might need to update their security settings to continue using FedBizOpps services.
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