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IT acquisition reform's time is now
Promising examples abound, but real leadership focus is needed to achieve meaningful digital government services and security.
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Commerce chief indicates flexibility on 2020 census funding
Despite Trump's request for a $1.4 billion cut to the Department of Commerce, secretary Wilbur Ross indicated room for some budgetary flexibility to pull off the 2020 census.
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DARPA Picks Boeing To Build Its New Space Plane
The research agency hopes its XS-1 jumpstarts a whole new industry of very-low-cost satellite launches.
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Federal Government Is Concerned Coworkers Don’t Hang Out As Much As They Used To
A newly released unusual document highlights that Americans spend less time with their colleagues than they did in the 1970s.
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There Is a Place for USDS, 18F in Trump Administration
U.S. Digital Service would receive $19 million, while 18F would get $21 million.
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Trump’s First Defense Budget Has North Korea Written All Over It
There’s lots of money in the Pentagon’s 2018 spending proposal to stop missiles of the sort that Pyongyang keeps launching.
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Agencies Struggle to Stop Using Social Security Numbers as Identifiers
Ten years after agencies were to limit using SSNs, they've seen "limited success," GAO said.
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The Bumps, Cuts and Zeros in Trump’s Tech Budget
Federal IT sees an overall boost in spending, but many research programs take a hit.
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Census funding falls short of Obama-era plans
President Trump's budget proposal falls almost $300 million short of his predecessor's proposal for fiscal year 2018, raising concerns that an already-challenged census could be in historic trouble.
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Ex-CIA chief: cyber domain is Russian playground
As the U.S. works to understand how Russia intervened in the 2016 election and prevent future interference, Russia is learning lessons to refine its tactics for future influence operations says former CIA chief.
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Trump Budget Creates $228M Technology Modernization Fund
Agencies would be able to borrow from the fund to update systems, but they would need to pay it back.
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Trump budget pushes IT modernization
As expected, the proposed federal budget contains $228 million for a general fund for IT modernization projects.
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For Trump’s Budget to Work, the US Will Need the Biggest Technology Boom Since World War II
In order to deliver both massive tax cuts and end U.S. borrowing within the decade, Trump’s budget forecasts the U.S. economy will grow at a real rate of more than 3 percent
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Coding Is Not 'Fun,' It’s Technically and Ethically Complex
Insisting on the glamor and fun of coding is the wrong way to acquaint kids with computer science.
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Contract to Watch: State Department's $850M Effort to Revamp Passports and Services
The Bureau of Consular Affairs is aiming for better customer service for passports and renewals.
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32 Optometrists Without Indoor Plumbing And Other Facts You Can Find In Census Data
MapD created an interactive dashboard visualizing ACS data.
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Many Workers at 'World-Changing' Tech Companies Might as Well Work at Wal-Mart
The tech industry’s nontech workforce has a very different experience than Silicon Valley's software engineers.
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The Government Wants You to Stop the Next Edward Snowden
For security clearance holders, the DHS campaign “If You See Something Say Something” is not a slogan—it’s a mandate.
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Congress Questions Software Bug Hoarding, WannaCry Patches and Modern Pirates
The PATCH Act is an effort to balance “national security and general cybersecurity,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, part of a group that introduced the bill, said in a statement.
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