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The Most Important Exchange of the Zuckerberg Hearing
The Facebook CEO’s defense of data collection is slipperier than it seems.
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Bots Share the Majority of Links on Twitter
Do you really know who you're retweeting?
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Lawmakers hear from Census officials on citizenship question
Following a closed-door briefing from top Census officials, lawmakers still have questions about a move to ask Americans about their citizenship on the 2020 population count.
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IRS chief may be overselling tax IT modernization
Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told a House panel that the agency has made significant progress on legacy system CADE2, but that conflicts with recent statements from the CIO.
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Will government regulate Facebook?
Senators used Mark Zuckerberg's Capitol Hill appearance to raise concerns about unauthorized use of social media data, but it's unclear if new social media regs are coming.
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How to Give Feedback That Actually Works, Without Hurting Anyone More Than You Have To
Poorly delivered feedback can wreak havoc on your organization.
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When the U.S. is a tech laggard
While the United States dominates many areas of IT, Steve Kelman notes that the hotspots for certain sectors are clearly clustered elsewhere.
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How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Used by Cambridge Analytica
More than 70 million Americans were affected.
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If You Traded Crypto on Coinbase, the IRS Might Be Coming For You
Some of the top-earning users traded over $20,000 on the exchange in a single year.
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DHS cyber office names chief data officer
Preston Werntz, who helped establish the Automated Indicator Sharing program at DHS, has been hired as the chief data officer for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.
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After botched acquisition, Coast Guard joins Pentagon electronic health record system
After repeated entreaties from powerful lawmakers, the Coast Guard is joining the Pentagon's MHS Genesis electronic health record system.
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“Why Am I Seeing This Ad” Explanations on Facebook Are Incomplete and Misleading, a Study Says
Some of the answers are vague at best.
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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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The biggest challenges for true modernization in 2018
The drive for IT transformation is reaching far beyond technology into every aspect of agency operations.
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GAO: Medicare Agency Isn’t Doing Enough to Ensure Beneficiary Data Is Secure
The agency hasn’t established firm rules for how researchers must secure the data.
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How the Government Could Fix Facebook
After years of allowing the world’s largest social network to police itself, Congress and federal regulators are discussing some promising reforms.
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GSA May Replace Slack For Workplace Collaboration
The agency is seeking information on a tool that “extends beyond” Slack’s current capabilities.
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On AI and the military, researchers look to draw a line
Google researchers and academics across the world are petitioning organizations on the cutting edge of AI to steer their efforts away from military applications.
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Is DOD overlooking its own innovators?
Silicon Valley has become synonymous with innovation, but government leaders might be missing out on what’s going on in their own labs.
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