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'The best leaders allow themselves to be persuaded'
Steve Kelman notes that a critical leadership trait is far harder than it sounds.
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Which Tech Company Hires the Most Tech MBAs
The e-commerce giant Amazon is the biggest employer in the tech industry of graduates from elite business schools.
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Commerce Dept. offers guidance on foreign tech regs
The Commerce Department is piloting a new program aimed at helping U.S. businesses navigate foreign digital domains.
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Army releases data strategy
Army CIO Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell wants to give Army users and applications quicker access to a range of data.
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FedRAMP takes agile BPA for a test drive
The cloud services vetting office wants to open its process to the public via a dashboard built under 18F's agile blanket purchase agreement.
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Dems Question Secret Service’s 'Monitoring' of Threats Involving Trump Events
One way the Secret Service keeps tabs on threats, in general, is by tracking social media.
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Obama to Techies: Uncle Sam Needs You
"The reason I'm here, really, is to recruit all of you,” Obama told the crowd at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
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Tech teams aim to upend procurement
Teams of techies will bring new acquisition models to seven agencies as part of the Digital Acquisitions Pilot.
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Obama warns against 'absolutist' positions on encryption
The White House had said Obama would not weigh in on the Apple case, but he spoke at length on the issue of encryption in the first visit by a sitting president to the South by Southwest festival.
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All the Federal Agencies that Fly Drones over US Soil
On Wednesday, USA Today reported the Pentagon “has deployed drones to spy over U.S. territory for nonmilitary missions over the past decade."
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Debating Income Equality? Get the Facts Right with this New Commerce App
A team of data gurus is hoping to transform stores of siloed government data into fresh insight into one of the toughest challenges in America.
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Video: How Drones Can Help Save the California Coast
One organization needs volunteers in California to fly their drones over the shore to take pictures.
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What the Ukrainian Blackout Means for the Future of Cyberwar
The world’s first cyber-caused electricity blackout shook security experts around the globe. Here’s what it means for keeping the lights on.
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Air Force looks for data help from DIUX
Representatives of the Pentagon's Silicon Valley office will soon reach out to tech firms that specialize in data visualization.
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Report: Almost Half of IT Migrations Doomed to Fail
Successful migrations are likely to play a large role in the success or perceived failure of modernization efforts across the federal landscape.
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New White House Open Source Policy Makes it Easier for Agencies to Reuse Custom Software
The new Federal Source Code Policy will also include a pilot program to release some federally funded custom code to the public.
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White House wants more sharable, reusable code
Federal CIO Tony Scott is pushing out a plan to allow custom code developed by or for the government to be shared across agencies, and in some cases released to the public.
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US Is Going to Let Foreign Students Stay Longer—If They Studied STEM
Tech companies have long argued for immigration reform to let in more skilled workers.
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GSA Looks for New Schedule 70 Manager to Oversee $15B in Tech Contracts
The agency is looking for someone to lead the largest IT acquisition vehicle in government.
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