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Signs That You Are Working With a Serial Sexual Harasser
A couple ways you can definitely see it coming.
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Senate bill would establish new higher-ed data system by 2020
A bipartisan bill would revamp the way the Department of Education collects higher-education data and relies on an obscure cybersecurity method to protect student data.
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Open data tools promote Census awareness
Tech groups from nonprofits, companies, federal agencies and universities from across the country unveiled various digital tools based on federal data.
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Research Shows Jerks Get Ahead in Spite of Their Jerkiness, Not Because of It
Nice guys don't always finish last.
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More Than 200 US Diplomats, Civil Servants and Servicewomen Say They’ve Been Harassed at Work
An open letter titled #metoonatsec accuses their industry of systemic discrimination and harassment.
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House panel presses FAA to curtail drone dangers
As a new report warns small UAS can do far more damage to planes than bird strikes, legislators worry that "idiots who have toy drones" will delay legitimate UAS uses.
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How To Network At Conferences Even If You're Not a Natural
Don't miss out on the most valuable aspect of attending a conference.
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Changing the Language in Job Ads Could Help Bring More Women Into Tech
Using gendered words or phrases can be exclusionary.
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Report: Government Websites Are (Somehow) Getting Worse
Most federal websites fail metrics related to load time and secure connections, according to a think tank assessment.
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Federal website performance continues to lag
Federal websites continue to slip on performance metrics related to page-load speed, mobile friendliness, security and accessibility, an ITIF report finds.
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GAO: OMB, federal CIO need to be more involved in high-priority IT projects
An audit found that the Office of Management and Budget has discontinued or de-emphasized regular reporting and oversight on high-priority IT projects and could be passing up billions in cost savings across the federal government.
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Lankford cites almost a half-trillion in government waste
A Republican senator's annual government waste report cites IT boondoggles, programs with insufficient oversight and structural impediments to efficient hiring.
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Why is there so much customized software in the federal government?
Former federal CIO Tony Scott explains why agencies must kick their addiction to custom code.
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Trump Administration Has Talked Up Social Media Vetting, But It’s Nothing New
Arlington-based deep web search engine provider Giant Oak says agencies have been perusing social media accounts long before Trump took office.
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Delayed Security Clearance Reforms Could Increase Costs for Agencies
Continuous evaluation could remain a pipe dream as cash-strapped agencies get no guidance from the top.
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To Charge Your iPhone X as Quickly as Possible, You Need to Spend Another $94
It’s as if $1,000 wasn’t enough to begin with.
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Industry Weighs In on Pentagon’s Cloud Adoption Plan
First, avoid vendor lock-in, the industry group said.
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