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Video: 3 Ways to Make the Most of Google Docs
The word processor has a few extra features you might not know about.
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Spy Chief Finally Moves Ahead with Using Social Media in Federal Background Checks
Publicly available social media postings may soon be incorporated into government background investigations.
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Watchdog: 18F Caused a 'Data Breach' Using Slack
The messaging and collaboration application exposed sensitive information to outsiders.
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Navy’s NGEN Recompete Could Go Out to Bid in January
The next iteration of NGEN will allow the Navy and Marine Corps to acquire more commercial capabilities in addition to the 34 service areas under the current contract.
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Watchdog: 18F's Slack security exposed GSA data
GSA's innovation shop 18F enabled unauthorized data access by linking Slack and Google Drives with an open login standard, according to an inspector general alert.
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Have a Drink and Talk Open Source with Nextgov
Where else in Washington, D.C., can you drink for free and speak geek?
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VA Wants to Protect the Medical Internet of Things
Internet-enabled medical devices could provide a gateway for hackers.
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Inefficient Federal IT Like Paying 400 IT Specialists to Maintain a Single iPad
“We're paying a lot of money for fixed capacity that we invested in 10, 20 years ago,” U.S. CIO Tony Scott says. “Call it crazy, I think it's time to bring an end to this."
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New details on IC's insider threat patrol
Robert Litt, ODNI's top laywer, told a closed Senate hearing in 2012 about how intelligence agencies use data and computer systems to uncover potential insider threats.
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Pentagon Shakes Up Silicon Valley Outreach
Defense Secretary Ash Carter gives DIUx new leaders, a new office and a promotion.
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ISIS Launches App -- For Kids
The terrorist group has found a new way to promote its message to children.
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Culture Change in Federal IT Starts at the Top
A leader plus top cover plus the right people equal great technology, one official says.
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No More Rock Climbing Walls? Silicon Valley’s Insane Perks Are Unsustainable
With venture capital funding drying up and cash-strapped businesses eager to get liabilities off the books, some companies have had to face the unthinkable: limiting the free-for-all.
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Big data and disasters
A new report from a DHS advisory board spells out what government can do to maximize the use of big-data analytics in national security and emergency situations.
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New USPS legislation won't touch tech, probably
Lawmakers are exploring their options for an agency in dire need of aid.
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Why Facebook Scares the Media -- And the US Government
Facebook’s potential is without precedent. But its public scrutiny will be unprecedented, too.
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Video: Why Is Twitter Blocking Intelligence Agencies From Data Mining Tweets?
Other tech companies are also trying to distance themselves from the government.
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Survey: More Than Half of Feds Want to Unleash As Much Data As Possible
These effort should “go beyond basic sharing," 60 percent of the survey respondents said.
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Watchdog: FEMA Needs Better Plan for ‘Cobbled Together’ IT Systems
By its own admission, FEMA’s IT environment is a tangled morass of systems and applications.
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