Digital Government
Agencies Botch IT Savings Estimates by $3.8 Billion
Drastic revisions by the departments of Defense and Homeland Security accounted for most of the savings discrepancy.
Digital Government
Shortage of IT Security Professionals not Unique to Government
The information security workforce gap isn’t a federal government problem; it’s a worldwide problem.
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SEC Reveals It Doesn’t Use Email Snooping Power It Defends
Chairwoman Mary Jo White said the commission isn’t using subpoenas to acquire emails from ISPs, despite a long-running defense of the practice.
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PortfolioStat savings slip, SCADA attacks soar, Army mulls civilian cyber and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Video: Making An Impact With Open Data
Why government needs more tools to get open data to the people.
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ACLU: Government Should Encourage Anonymous Browsing
In a statement, ACLU asserted that the two-year timeline is too slow, especially for sites used by inspectors general to collect reports about waste, fraud and abuse
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Google's Other Big Research Project: Curbing Its Own Prejudice
Even for a company that's trying to produce driverless cars and "solve" mortality, getting employees to overcome their own biases is a challenge.
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Cent’anni! A DARPA toast to long-life software
Research agency wants self-updating programs that can run for a hundred years.
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Former FBI Director Talks Cybersecurity
Mueller admitted it was his responsibility, as director of the FBI, to ask for clarification on broad technology projects.
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DARPA is spending big on big data
An analysis of DARPA's budget request for FY 2016 shows big data investments have increased 69 percent since 2014 and this might only be the beginning.
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The Legal War Over Net Neutrality Has Begun
Groups representing all the major cable and phone companies have filed lawsuits against the FCC's rules.
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No Filter: Government Publishing Office Now on Instagram
In its sixth foray into social media's many platforms, the Government Publishing Office has now joined Instagram.
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OMB Blueprint for IT Reform Coming Soon
Agencies still need to get to work determining how to meet FITARA because a postponement in OMB guidance won’t be an excuse when Congress comes calling.
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Could Demographic Information Boost the Number of Women in STEM?
Women remain a minority in STEM research programs and one reason for that could be the unequal distribution of grant money between the sexes.
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GAO: Billions More To Be Saved by IT Reform
GAO on Tuesday released its fifth annual assessment of federal inefficiencies highlighting IT initiatives that could be more efficient.
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Army Wants Robot Four-Wheelers and Decepticons
The service is outlining a multidecade plan for autonomic and robotic systems.
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Republicans Push Fast-Track Bill to Kill Net Neutrality
While some lawmakers look for compromise, Rep. Doug Collins wants an immediate repeal of the FCC's controversial Internet rules.
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The Federal Government Needs a ‘Master Plan’ for Getting More Cyber Talent into Government
The government continues to face a laundry list of challenges in recruiting and retaining cyber talent, including fierce competition from the private sector and an inability to shell out top-dollar salaries.
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