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Who Left a Gigantic US Voter Database Sitting Naked on the Internet?
Information on more than 190 million U.S. voters has been floating around the Internet.
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Should Cryptographers Take on the Surveillance State?
One scientist likened the danger posed by modern governments’ growing surveillance capabilities to the threat of nuclear warfare in the 1950s.
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Lawmakers Take on Federal IT Fossils
A Dec. 22 letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden seeks answers about the age -- and overall health -- of the agency’s mission-critical computer systems.
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The Year in Federal IT: Top 10 Most-Read Nextgov Stories of 2015
Coverage of the Office of Personnel Management hack topped the list of most-read Nextgov stories this year.
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How a Creepy Logo Doomed DARPA’s Surveillance Program
Some of the military-technology agency’s images are disconcerting. Others are actually kind of cute.
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Has the Obama Administration’s Push on Transparency Run Out of Steam?
At a time when the government is doling out $3.8 trillion annually, taxpayers are still questioning where all that cash is going.
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FITARA set to pick up speed in 2016
Federal CIOs face more deadlines, but are taking new powers to heart.
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Federal Tech Predictions for 2016
SolarWinds CTO, Joel Dolisy, told Nextgov about his predictions for what the federal IT space will look like in the coming year.
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Exploiting tactical cyber intelligence
A new report from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance examines four keys to a successful cyber intelligence program.
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Defense Health Agency looks to civilian side for health IT contracts
A January industry day will detail how the Defense Health Agency will tap civilian side contract vehicles to satisfy health IT requirements.
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Patent application systems could be offline through Christmas
A power outage knocked out USPTO’s web services just ahead of the major holiday.
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Lawmaker: 'Encryption is Going to be a Big Issue in 2016'
Fueled by recent events and the 2016 election, expect the debate over encryption to heat up next year.
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Build or buy? Critical Census IT decisions loom in 2016
The coming year is full of critical milestones as the Census Bureau prepares for 2020, but fundamental strategy questions remain unanswered.
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Protests Against 18F’s Agile Development Deal Resolved -- But Next Steps Still Unclear
Introduced as a way to speed up the technology buying process, the BPA's implementation has been sluggish.
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IRS programming glitch costs millions in errant tax refunds
A code error led to the IRS paying out tens of millions in suspect tax refunds that it meant to peg for further examination.
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Video: Inside the Ruins of an NSA Spy Station
During the Cold War the U.S. built a secret facility to gather intelligence on East Germany. That facility still exists.
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The Real Story of NORAD’s Santa Tracker
It sounds too good to be true. And, as it happens, it almost certainly is.
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OMB Aims to Curb Waste in Agencies’ Software Buying
The new policy tasks an interagency tiger team with developing governmentwide software agreements and requires agencies to appoint in-house software managers.
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The Life-Saving Train Technology That Congress Isn’t Fully Funding
The omnibus budget bill allocated money for a railroad-safety measure that prevents accidents. But not enough.
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