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US Students Aren’t Bad at Math—They’re Just Not Motivated
American students are simply not trying hard enough.
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Congress keeps IRS spending on a short leash
Senate appropriators are continuing a series of spending restrictions and reporting requirements for the IRS in FY2018, even as planned IT modernization lags.
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Mapping our changing coastline
Congress is looking to boost an ongoing project to aggregate U.S. coastal mapping data.
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As the US Air Force Turns Its Focus to Space, This Small Team Could Lead the Way
Once seen as a threat to traditional acquisition channels, the Operationally Responsive Space office is making it faster and cheaper to put new capabilities into orbit.
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What Do China’s Police Collect on Citizens in Order to Predict Crime? Everything
These databases can scoop up everything from addresses, to medical history, supermarket membership, and delivery records.
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How AI can make use of DOD's data stockpile
The Pentagon is sitting on a hoard of data but doesn't know what to do with it. A new report makes the case that artificial intelligence is the solution.
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Should Congress protect agricultural data?
Health and finanical information are subject to special treatment under the law -– and some experts are wondering if agricultural data should get similar protection.
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The Most Important Skill for 21st-Century Students Is the Discipline to Say “No”
The ability to recall facts (we have Google) and parrot popular arguments (the canon is dead) has become obsolete.
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The Dangerous Data Hack That You Won’t Even Notice
By focusing only on hackers’ efforts to extort money or mess with our political process, we may have been missing what is potentially an even scarier possibility.
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NDAA brings back drone registration
The defense bill restores FAA registration requirements for small-drone operators, after rules were struck down by the Court of Appeals.
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What are voting machine companies doing about cyber?
Five voting machine companies responded to questions from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and largely downplayed the threat to their products, pointing to other dangers in the election system.
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Why the U.S. Fails at Worker Training
Automation and globalization are making some workers’ skills obsolete. Why can’t the federal government figure out how to successfully prepare Americans for the future?
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Senate panel grills former Lockheed exec about potential conflicts
John Rood, the Lockheed Martin executive nominated for undersecretary of defense for policy, is drawing questions on how he would treat his former firm.
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Silicon Valley's Worship of Innovation Can Get in the Way of Actual Change
Too often the tech industry skips past what it means to make innovation work, especially at scale.
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Technologists, privacy advocates push back against algorithmic 'extreme vetting'
The Trump administration's plan to use predictive software to rate threats posed by immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers will result in discriminatory decisions, say a group of privacy advocates and computer scientists.
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Acting CIOs Still in Place at One-Third of CFO Agencies
Many of the top tech positions in government remain unfilled.
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Bid Protests Decline in 2017
Contractors filed fewer contract protests for the first time since 2013.
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Tech Industry Insiders Want to Standardize Data Scientists
A few companies are creating a Data Science Standards Board that Booz Allen Hamilton thinks could help government hire better.
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