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Pentagon Chief May Upgrade CYBERCOM to Full Combatant Command
As network warriors pound away on ISIS in the battle for Mosul, Carter says it’s time to consider full-COCOM status for cyberwarfare.
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Agencies dream of commercial app stores
The future of mobility lies in finding the right ways to update mobile apps securely without impeding their main selling point: speed.
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What Makes a Good Coder?
You should learn, because learning is what makes the difference.
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Social Security Wants to Know What its Customers Want -- Before They Do
To some, the thought of a government agency anticipating the needs of its customers is Orwellian at best.
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Army releases telehealth RFI
The Army Medical Department is looking for an IT platform to provide remote access to health services.
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Crunch time for Data Act guidance
Senior officials at GAO and OMB agree that clear governance will make or break Data Act reporting, and that guidance will take shape in the next few weeks.
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Defense Secretary Pitches Austin Techies on Pentagon Work
Ash Carter continues his outreach tour to robotics labs and startup centers.
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Crowdsourcing: the democratization of organizational production
Steve Kelman argues there's more than just cost-benefit analysis behind the growing use of ground-up knowledge sharing.
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Google Wants to Call Drones to Medical Emergencies at the Push of a Button
A new patent awarded to Google outlines a device that can call for a drone to fly in with specific medical equipment.
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Comment flood slams federal website
A sudden burst of interest in copyright law threatened to take down Regulations.gov and, activists worried, keep people's voices from being heard.
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We’re Closer to a Future Where We Can 3-D Print Anything
We were promised sneakers and dinner at the push of a button, and instead we got tchotchkes.
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With Job Website, Spy Agencies Try to Reach Younger Applicants
The intelligence community’s new website includes a “job exploration” function that tells high school students how to get involved in government work.
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How the West Wing Got New Wi-Fi
First, workers had to remove 13,000 lbs of unused cables left inside the White House walls from previous upgrade efforts over the years.
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Nextgov's Aliya Sternstein Wins Award for OPM Hack Coverage
The awards are also known as "the Pulitzer Prize of business media."
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DHS issues solicitation for Security Operations Center
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a solicitation for a suite of cyber tools to better protect the agency’s own networks.
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Most Americans Spend Two Full Workdays a Month on Facebook
Procrastinating on Facebook appeals equally to the young and old
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Are CIOs to Blame for the Legacy IT Crisis?
GAO research shows the average tenure for an agency CIO barely tops two years.
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Federal Community Mourns Bob Welch (1942-2016)
Co-workers say, above all else, their friendship with the mentor and visionary will be missed.
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What the Pentagon’s Bug Bounty Program Won’t Fix
The defense secretary reveals a prize pool of $150,000, but will the program reveal the limits of Silicon Valley solutions to DOD problems?
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