Digital Government
Google Gave Up on China in 2008. Here’s Why It’s Heading Back
When American Internet companies do business abroad, they are sometimes forced to do a repressive government’s dirty work.
Digital Government
Survey: CIOs Struggle to Measure Success in Dollars and Cents
More than half of the CIOs surveyed -- 63 percent -- said they struggle to calculate the return-on-investment of successful IT projects or to communicate those cost savings to other parts of the agency.
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18F lends the contracting community a hand
Steve Kelman points to GSA's CALC tool as an example of what smart collaboration can accomplish.
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OPM offers new incentives for cyber recruiting
While OPM flexes incentive options for cybersecurity workers, the intelligence community does public outreach to warn against threats arising from the breach.
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What CIOs really think about FITARA implementation
In a candid and wide-ranging discussion, the leaders tasked with making IT reform a reality debate the key (and sometimes still missing) ingredients.
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Mapping Hundreds of Power Disruptions and Cyberattacks Caused by... Squirrels
The work hopes to counter political fear-mongering over terrorist cyberattacks.
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The Wikipedia Pages We Look Up Most, Globally
Who was mad at whom at the start of World War II? Or right now in Westeros, for that matter?
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DARPA Seeks Secret Tech for Undersea Communication
The Pentagon’s research agency is holding a proposers' day Jan. 26.
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Army Testing Robo-Parachutes That Don't Need GPS
The military needs what goes up to come down without the global positioning system.
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Counting on innovation for census 2020
The woman leading the 2020 enumeration of the American population says well-laid plans will be the key to success.
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NOAA Is Building a Facebook for Whales
Marine biologists have crowdsourced a facial-recognition algorithm to help them identify the animals on the spot.
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Number of Deaths in Police Custody Higher than Media Reports: DOJ Data
The story of police brutality has been missing one data point – a federal accounting of the problem.
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House panel seeks GAO probe of state insurance marketplace IT
Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want to know if states can afford to sustain IT systems for health insurance marketplaces in the absence of federal funding.
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'Good enough' isn't good enough to secure NRC network center
Although the security operations center that monitors network operational security for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission works, it could work better, according to an audit by the agency inspector general.
Digital Government
This Court Case Could be a Major Blow to FTC’s Data Security Efforts
Most companies facing a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission try to settle as quickly as possible. But not Michael Daugherty.
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When Are Americans Willing to Share Personal Data? When They Think They're Getting Something in Return
In short, people are making careful risk calculations every time they’re asked to give up personal information, deciding on a case-by-case basis whether the potential tangible benefits make the exchange worth it.
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'You Are Too Bossy': Women in Tech Reveal What It’s Really Like
In a new survey, most respondents have been treated differently because of their gender.
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FBI Seeks New IT Chief
President Barack Obama recently tasked the agency with beefing up the IT infrastructure behind national background checks for gun purchases.
Digital Government
Google Hires Former White House Staffer to Handle European Antitrust Cases
Tech firms have increasingly turned to former White House officials to lead their lobbying efforts.
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