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What Private Information Did Uber Give the Government?
The ride-sharing service has released its first-ever transparency report, detailing the user and driver data it provided to local and state regulatory agencies.
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Secret Weapon? Did the FBI Pay Hackers to Break into that iPhone?
The hackers were reportedly paid a one-time fee for their services.
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House, Senate committees back $4.2B for IT at VA
House and Senate appropriations panels approved funding measures that essentially match administration requests for the Office of Information and Technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Senator: Using USAJobs.gov is Like ‘Typing information Into the Black Hole’
Agencies should start using social media platforms such as LinkedIn to post job openings, said one witness at a Senate roundtable.
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Senator: OPM Should Have a Special Office for Veterans
The idea came up during a discussion of USAJobs.gov.
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Navy IT Official: Laws Aren’t Flexible Enough for Emerging Technology
Technology is evolving too rapidly for legal policies to keep up, and it’s hindering the military’s ability to meet its mission, the Navy's deputy CIO says.
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Here’s What the Pentagon Wants Its Satellites to Do in 15 Years
The ability to take on new missions will help tomorrow’s constellations survive war in space.
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OPM wants to fold deep web, social media into background checks
As a new security clearance agency develops, OPM's background checkers are seeking automated tools to review a variety of web-accessible information sources.
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National Weather Service Will Stop Yelling Forecasts At You
The National Weather Service plans to adopt a gentler tone by swapping out its all-caps messages for mixed-case letters.
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OPM Seeks Social Media Tracking for Background Checks
OPM is conducting market research to find companies that can perform automated social media tracking and other types of Web crawling.
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DOD Tech Chief Talks Data Centers, Modernization and Cyber Workforce
The Defense Department’s top techie discussed the Pentagon’s most pressing IT issues.
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HHS Says Health Records Should Communicate With Each Other. What Does That Mean?
HHS wants your input on how to measure "interoperability."
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White House Sends Bill for $3B IT Fund to Congress
Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House Democratic whip, said he would sponsor the legislation and plans to formally introduce it when Congress returns to session next week.
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The taxman’s tech troubles
The agency spends $2.5 billion annually on IT across more than 20 major systems, yet it still relies on a central data processing setup that went online in the 1960s to keep its revenue-collecting cogs turning.
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Navy Christens First Robot Ghost Ship
Autonomous vessels like this submarine hunter will play a growing role in future naval missions and will soon crowd the seas.
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Facial-Recognition Software Might Have a Racial Bias Problem
Depending on how algorithms are trained, they could be significantly more accurate when identifying white faces than African American ones.
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The Dark Side of Big Data
Surveillance and public-benefits programs gather large amounts of information on low-income people, feeding opaque algorithms that can trap them in poverty.
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Official: DHS Looking to Silicon Valley for Help on Internet of Things Security
During a budget hearing, a lawmaker asked Science & Technology under-secretary Reginald Brothers how the Department plans to secure the Internet of Things.
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With New Programs, GSA Wants Startups to Sell To the Government. Will They Work?
The “Making It Easier” initiatives are a first step, but aren’t enough to attract startups to the federal market alone, experts say.
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