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Federal Appeals Court Rules NSA Spying Illegal
The phone data collection program “exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized," a judge ruled Thursday.
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5 ways to turn big data into better government
USDS's Mina Hsiang says big data offers simple solutions to the vast majority of customer complaints.
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FAA partners with 3 companies to test real-world UAS uses
Agency also unveils the B4UFLY app, which is designed to help novice users fly their drones safely and legally.
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6 questions to ask before any big data migration
Resist the pressure to jump right in, and make sure there is clarity on these fundamental goals and scope.
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Senators look for answers on FOIA reform, Clinton emails
Legislation can accomplish only so much when up against "an instinct of secrecy," says Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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OPM Gives Agencies Permission to Fast-Track Hiring of Digital Teams
Agencies will now have greater latitude to hire digital services experts on a temporary basis.
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Lessons Learned from Australia's Chief Technology Officer
Australian government’s chief technology officer, John Sheridan, is a big proponent of taking small steps to achieve large, federal IT service goals.
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Watchdog Questions HUD’s ‘Inconsistent’ IT Dashboard Data
Agency officials are still manually uploading information about the agency’s eight major IT projects to the IT Dashboard.
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Video: Open the Books with Open Data
How data transparency saved money in Los Angeles.
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Twitter Data Shows Few Powerful Users Can Control the Conversation
A Twitter user at the 99th percentile for followers will have 50 times as many as the median Twitter user.
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NASA data aids Nepal earthquake recovery
Multiple NASA offices are involved in an effort to upload large amounts of data to a country where Internet bandwidth is limited.
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Do We Need to Add an 'A' to STEM?
The House's education and the workforce committee want art and design included with science, technology, engineering and math.
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The Internet Mapmakers Helping Nepal
How "crisis mappers" activate after a catastrophe
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Delivering on the promise of big data
Agencies have moved beyond the buzzword and are making big data part of their everyday missions.
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US CIO Tony Scott Says Federal IT is Now a ‘Contact Sport.’ Here’s the Rulebook.
New OMB guidance aims to break down barriers that have sprouted up between IT decision-makers and other agency officials.
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Senators Beg Techies To Bring Congress Into 21st Century
At Hack4Congress, developers attempted to write code that could improve campaign finance record keeping and facilitate cross-party dialogue.
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The Presidential Contender that Would Dismantle NSA Spying.
Hillary Clinton is reluctant to take a clear stance on mass surveillance. But Bernie Sanders has no problem knocking the spy agency’s “Orwellian” programs.
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How the Pentagon Could Soon Share Americans’ Data With Foreign Militaries
The new cyber strategy could provide allies with Americans’ information gathered under proposed legislation.
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Space Is Being Polluted with Junk Faster than We Can Dispose of It
There are thousands of satellites in Earth’s orbit, of varying age and usefulness. At some point they reach the end of their lives, at which point they become floating junk. What do we do with them then?
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