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U.S. Digital Service might get 10-year lease on life
Proposed legislation would authorize USDS for a decade, but it will take some heavy lifting to push the bill through before the next president is elected.
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DHS wants agile delivery services
DHS is looking to capitalize on cloud computing, agile development and mobile technologies to find innovative ways to deliver IT services.
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Build or buy? Census chooses both
The Census Bureau is planning a hybrid approach to its data collection for 2020 and beyond.
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The Promise of Terrapattern: The Visual Search Engine for Satellite Imagery
Finding empty pools for skateboarding has never been so easy.
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Homeland Security Wants Its Own Contract Vehicle for Agile Services
DHS is considering making its own agencywide contract, like GSA’s Agile BPA.
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Email privacy legislation stalls in Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding off on further action on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, as members are divided on warrant standards for email intercepts.
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Pentagon Is Building Massive Hub of Insider Threat Data
Some civil liberties advocates say the system could create a culture of mutual suspicion that silences whistle-blowers.
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White House Issues Cyber Framework for Protecting ‘Precision Medicine’ Patient Data
Personalized treatment means gathering lots of PII.
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Pentagon leads in IoT spending
Sensors have primarily been a military affair, according to a new report, but civilian agencies could stand to gain from data collectors.
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Hackathon, policy moves designed to apply tech to foster care programs
The White House launched a two-day hackathon to develop better data tools for foster care providers and social workers and announced a host of policy initiatives to back up the effort.
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IG: OPM still lacking in planning for IT overhaul
The report is the latest in a series of scathing assessments of the Office of Personnel Management's IT practices from the agency's inspector general.
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Senate Committee Advances Measure Letting Agencies Crack Down on Personal Email
The bill allows agency heads to bypass federal rules requiring them to consult with unions about workplace matters in order to block access to certain websites.
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Federal CIO on IT Upgrade Fund: ‘The Bigger Risk is Not Doing Anything’
There is bipartisan dismay at the age of some critical IT systems that house everything from taxpayer data to benefits claims.
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Here Are 10 of the Oldest IT Systems in the Federal Government
The application programming languages undergirding some federal IT systems were new when "The Andy Griffith Show" premiered.
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A Look At the Military’s New Stealth Bikes
These motorcycles of the future are turning heads at special operations conference in Florida.
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American Schools Are Teaching Our Kids How to Code All Wrong
No more teaching watered down content and using simple coding apps.
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State IG: Clinton violated records policy
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't comply with State Department policies implemented under the Federal Records Act, according to a report from the State Department inspector general.
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Air Force looks for 'software-defined' spectrum
The Air Force wants to use advances in software and hardware to make its radio communications more adaptable to various mission environments -- without sacrificing security.
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‘Ticking Time Bomb?’ Congress Probes Obsolete Federal Tech
Some of the oldest systems in government are more than 50 years old. Spending on system replacements or new tech development has declined by billions in recent years.
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