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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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Mark Zuckerberg’s Plea for Internet Freedom Means Nothing if he Keeps Kissing up to China
Where was Zuckerberg’s statement when China blocked Instagram, another property owned by Facebook?
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DuckDuckGo, the Search Engine That Doesn’t Track its Users, Grew More Than 70% This Year
But it has also struggled to crack the mainstream.
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Special Ops Want Agile Experts to Process Top Secret Data
The military force wants to embed a "multidiscipline agile development team" to process data so frontline decision makers can use it.
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10 Tech Takeaways in $1 Trillion Funding Bill
There are 423 references to “cyber” in the 2,000 page bill.
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DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
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Congress passes $1.1T spending bill
Congress passed the omnibus appropriations bill on Dec. 18, funding the federal government through fiscal year 2016 and averting a possible shutdown.
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A bot named for a 'West Wing' character helps onboard 18F's new hires
18F developed a Slack bot named Dolores Landingham that's helping to ease the transition for new employees.
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