Digital Government
Lawmakers push DATA Act for financial industry
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is offering a bill to modernize the financial reporting process by mandating a standardized, machine-readable data format.
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What Happens If a Nuclear Bomb Goes Off in Manhattan?
A computer model is in the works to simulate how New Yorkers would respond in the the first 30 days after a nuclear attack.
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CIO Council to Agencies: Share Your Developer Platforms
18F's login.gov could be a step in the right direction.
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Facebook and Instagram Will No Longer Allow Their Data to Be Used for Surveillance
The policy revamp comes five months after the ACLU revealed that more than 500 US police forces were accessing users’ location data from the site.
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How the Energy Department Uses World's Largest Wind Tunnel
Strong wind provides strong data.
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I Ran Intel at the Pentagon. Here’s My Advice on Insider Threats
If I were still in government, this is what I would be telling Defense Secretary Mattis and the DNI.
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Does Congress need a digital service?
As trust in elected officials and media reaches historic lows, open government advocates believe increased transparency and public engagement are vital to rebuilding that faith.
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The real story about COTS for the VA
An advocate for the VistA system warns a rush to commercial electronic health records could come with serious risks.
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Canada, U.S. talk data sharing
Following on an Obama administration agreement on cross-border data sharing last year, DHS Secretary Kelly meets with Canadian security officials for the first time.
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State Department CIO: ‘If People Aren’t Laughing At You, Your Goals Aren’t Big Enough'
Frontis Wiggins' plan includes revolutionizing how the agency does innovation.
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A DNA Computer Has a Trillion Siblings and Replicates Itself to Make a Decision
To date these machines have only been theoretical.
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Watchdog: DHS Isn't Ready for Social Media to Become a Bigger Part of Visa Screening
The department's social media pilot programs lack adequate benchmarks, so DHS doesn't have a good way to evaluate whether they're working.
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The Key to Life on Mars Could Be an Institution Dedicated to Global Potato Research
Before it can send astronauts to Mars, NASA needs to figure out how to feed them there.
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Better Tech Is Arriving to Defend Against North Korean Missiles. It Won’t Cool Regional Tensions
Next year, the U.S. plans to deploy a shipboard interceptor to help protect Japan. China and Russia will not be amused.
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When 'compliance' should be a dirty word
Steve Kelman makes the case that using the word "comply" can have unintended consequences.
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The Most Striking Thing About the WikiLeaks CIA Data Dump Is How Little Most People Cared
There’s one other big difference between now and 2013.
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What happens to Healthcare.gov?
Under the new GOP health care proposal, future online health care marketplaces could be state-based, private or non-existent.
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IT contractor to pay $45 million to settle software overcharge
Software giant CA will pay the U.S. government $45 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the General Services Administration for software licenses.
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The 9-1-1 Paradox
Emergency call lines in the United States rarely fail, yet they're more vulnerable than ever.
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