Digital Government
Social Media’s Silent Filter
Under-the-radar workers have scrubbed objectionable material from Facebook and other sites since well before the fake-news controversy.
Digital Government
A Woman’s Pioneering Exoskeleton Technology Could Allow Paralyzed People to Move Again
The exoskeleton is built with products anyone could purchase for a few hundred dollars.
Digital Government
A Visual Search Engine for the Entire Planet
Descartes Labs lets you point-and-hop between features in China and the United States.
Digital Government
CIA Silent as Wikileaks Claims to Publish Thousands of Agency Files
The group says the 8,000-plus files detail the existence and function of key hacking tools.
Digital Government
Senate Narrowly Passes Repeal of Obama Fair Pay, Safe Workplace Rule
Repeal of what critics call contractor "blacklisting" heads to a receptive President Trump.
Digital Government
Government Matters: Budget Cuts and Hiring Cyber Talent
A new administration continues to present challenges to government agencies.
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Lawmakers target disappearing records
Two bills before the House Oversight committee deal with the problem of electronic records being altered or lost.
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Facebook Is Making Life Absurdly Difficult in German Court
The German government is threatening the social media giant with hefty fines if it doesn’t deal with fake news and hate speech.
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‘Worst to First’: How the U.S. Postal Service Cleaned Up Employee Discrimination Complaints
USPS tackled its backlog of complaints and now provides that service to more than two dozen other agencies.
Digital Government
5 technology priorities for President Trump
The Obama administration improved government technology, but the Trump team must push it further forward.
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Iraq Agreed to Share More Information With US to Avoid Travel Ban
Other countries will have a harder time pulling the same trick.
Digital Government
Russia’s Spear Phishing Tactics in the 2016 Election Are Boring Compared to Its 2008 Hack of the US Military
Long before the world knew the contents of Hillary Clinton staffers’ inboxes thanks to Russian hackers, the country went after an even bigger US target.
Digital Government
The Cyberwar Information Gap
Unlike a conventional military strike, state-on-state cyberattacks can go unreported for years.
Digital Government
Trump’s Braintrust Just Won an Immigration Battle with Silicon Valley They Have Been Fighting for Years
The H-1B visa is favored by US tech companies, as it allows them to source specially-skilled STEM workers from abroad.
Digital Government
White House Selects Deputy CTO From Peter Thiel’s Rolodex
Choosing someone with a background in venture capital breaks from the technology company and long-time government executives the Obama administration preferred since creating a CTO role in 2009.
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Is It Wise to Foil North Korea’s Nuclear Tests With Cyberattacks?
“This could set off very serious alarm bells in Beijing and Moscow.”
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Can IGs and agencies agree to a code of conduct?
Steve Kelman argues "The Art of the Deal" offers a possible path to more constructive oversight.
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Kickstarter Is Teaching the Tech World the Meaning of Gender Equity and Fair Pay
Most companies say they’re striving for a balance of genders and a fair showing of ethnic and other minority groups on staff. Most are failing.
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