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On Second Thought, Keep Your Laptop With You, FAA Says
Laptops in checked luggage actually increase the risk of fire.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against VA for sole source EHR
Health technology firm CliniComp says it will appeal a dismissal of its lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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How the U.S. Marshals Service Saved $300 Million By Identifying Over-Charging Prisons
The service rents space for prisoners awaiting trial from federal, state and local jails—and realized that it needed some more leverage negotiating rates.
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"Burnout" Is Not Only a Personal Problem, It's a Workplace Problem
Highly stressful workplaces are often poorly designed, socially toxic, and exploitative environments.
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Seattle Has 5 Big Pieces of Advice for Amazon’s HQ2 Winner
Being HQ1 has been no picnic.
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Congress Makes Budget Progress, Gets Snubbed by Cyber Czar and Preps for Fake News Fights
Senators also want to know why it's taking the agencies so long to remove Kaspersky anti-virus.
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What One Tech-Focused Lawmaker Says Stands in the Way of Modernization
Rep. Gerry Connolly renewed his call for the federal chief information officer and chief technology officer positions to be filled.
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Big Tech Companies Won’t Change Until They Are Regulated Like Banks
There would be many bureaucratic hurdles to overcome, however.
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Facebook Treats Its Ethical Failures Like Software Bugs, and That’s Why They Keep Happening
Facebook should have anticipated that its ad platform could be misused.
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Can FOIA be fixed?
A federal advisory committee offered tech and procedural suggestions to improve agency performance on meeting Freedom of Information Act requests.
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This Technology Could Help Solve IED Detection — And Airport Security Too
New radio-wave sensors are designed to suss out hidden explosives —whether in car bombs or carry-on laptops.
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Mash Up Library of Congress Data, Maybe Win $5,000
The Library of Congress launched a new data competition searching for new ways to use legislative data sets from Congress.gov.
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Don’t Bet Against the Baltimore-Washington Area in Amazon’s HQ2 Search
The region put in multiple bids: one from D.C., one from Baltimore and a joint proposal from two Northern Virginia counties.
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Mattis Opposes Splitting Defense CIO Duties
The defense secretary’s letter also objects to a requirement that the Defense Department notify other nations before responding to cyber threats.
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Could the Senate’s Plan to Speed Up Bid Protests Backfire?
A shorter timeframe to review contracting disputes could put significant stress on the Government Accountability Office.
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GSA, OPM Nominees Pledge to Build Public Trust Through Open Data Programs
Emily Webster Murphy, GSA administrator nominee, pledged to expand open data programs while Jeff Pon, OPM director nominee, said he promised to ramp up information security efforts.
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A Big Employer Is Finally Addressing a Major Pain Point for Job Applicants
In the so-called war for talent, Johnson & Johnson is trying something unusual.
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IRS to supply real-time income verification under Senate bill
A bipartisan bill just introduced in the Senate would put the cash-strapped IRS on the hook for developing a way of conducting income checks for the financial industry.
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DHS Wants to Stop the Next Anthrax Outbreak with Open Data
The Homeland Security Department is offering $300,000 for data solutions that can detect biothreats before they spread.
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