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Recoding Government: Finding the Tech Change Agents Who Drive Federal Innovation
These innovators know that to stay relevant, they need to continue developing their skills and be mindful of the changing times and fast-evolving technology.
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Which Country Has the Most Hack-Proof Health Records?
Guardtime is helping Estonia move its citizens’ health records to a database, based on blockchain technology, that nobody can mess with.
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Frequent NSA Collaborator AT&T is Backing Apple in its Fight Against the FBI
Apple has refused to comply with a Feb. 16 order from a federal judge to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
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Verisign gets extension on .gov duties
GSA extended Verisign as the .gov top-level domain registrar for a year while it mulls how to bid out the work.
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How Your Office Chair Improves Creativity
Can holding a brainstorm sitting on office swings around a conference table spur better ideas?
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The Self-Flying Plane Has Arrived
Automated controls already do a lot of the work of flying a plane. Could they someday take off without anyone in the cockpit?
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Pentagon Taps Google’s Eric Schmidt for New Innovation Brain Trust
The new advisory board aims to help DOD be more like Silicon Valley
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Pentagon Now Taking Bids on $17.5B Encore III Contract for Global IT Services
The contract is essential to the Defense Department’s Joint Information Environment.
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The Five Most Colorful Moments From the Apple-FBI Congressional Hearing
“We’re asking Apple to take the vicious guard dog away and let us pick the lock,” FBI director James Comey said in his testimony.
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IT Problems Still Bedevil DOD-VA Health Care Center
Because of different network security standards, the two departments share resources over three networks -- not one.
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Defense Chief to Silicon Valley: We’re on the Same Side
As the FBI-vs.-Apple battle heats up, the defense secretary makes his own pitch to the tech industry.
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Survey: Modernizing Legacy IT Actually Leads to More Security Challenges
Federal IT decision-makers cited incomplete transitions and a lack of familiarity with new systems.
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IT Upgrade Fund Faces More Skepticism in Congress
Lawmakers say they want to see more details about the plan.
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When agile development is change management in disguise
The current and former heads of 18F agree that when it comes to digital services, the tech is often secondary at best.
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Feds show off tech for international development
Officials at the "Defense, Development and Diplomacy" summit at the State Department cautioned the audience about the pace of technology development in the government sector.
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Senators seek to foster governmentwide approach to IoT
A new bill would create a framework for discussing policy for the growing Internet of Things space.
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US Now Launching Cyberattacks Against ISIS, Defense Secretary Says
This battle for Mosul ultimately will be the biggest U.S. operation in Iraq since the end of the last war.
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Could Twitter-Savvy Teens Help Government Tackle Social Media Screening?
“As we're doing a background investigation, how could you not go look at their Facebook page?" said Rep. Jason Chaffetz.
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Tech Workers Increasingly Look to Leave Silicon Valley
Many are flocking to burgeoning tech hubs such as Austin and Seattle.
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