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Kinder, gentler... sort of

FCW's cartoonist comments on Congress' new IT overseers.

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EXCLUSIVE: Energy Department Gets New CIO

Michael Johnson, an official with the White House science office, is stepping into the role.

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Rollout of New CIO Powers Could be 'Uneven,' DOJ CIO Says

At a recent conference, Justice Department Chief Information Officer Joe Klimavicz said some agencies will be quicker to enact the federal IT reform.

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Why US Officials Stopped Talking about 'Cyberwar'

A future awaits where countries share intelligence one minute, and hack and cyberattack each other the next.

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What Clinton's Email Habits Reveal About Federal Records Laws

Federal regulations don’t outright ban the use of personal email accounts to conduct official government business.

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Feds Say They Finally Have a Database of Every Cyber Job in Government

Federal cyberwarriors hail from more than 100 different job categories scattered across agencies.

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Silicon Valley's Best and Worst Jobs for New Moms and Dads

A look at major differences in the tech industry’s approach to parental leave

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8 mobile trends for 2015

A major trend is cost, says a DMI survey. If agencies continue using three or four devices per employee, the total price of ownership is going to get prohibitive.

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The Internet of Things Is So Easy, We Built Our Own

For less than $100, we built a Barack Obama Detector for your desk.

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Clinton never used State.gov email as department head

Private account used extensively; scope of archiving unclear.

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New Tool Aims to Make Government Financial Disclosures More Transparent

From January 2016 and onward, OGE plans to require Senate-confirmed appointees to use the online system, called Integrity.

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Video: Open Data and Fostering Citizen Advocacy

The third installment in our collaboration with Socrata's Open Data TV.

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When IRS Tech Projects Start to Slip, Congress is the Last to Know

A few key tech projects at IRS are running over budget and behind schedule, and lawmakers are being left out of the loop, GAO said.

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Meet FTC's Chief Geek

Ashkan Soltani is the new chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission—the tech industry's biggest privacy watchdog.

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The White House Is Now a Great Stepping Stone for Cushy Tech Careers

Some tech companies appear to be placing their bets on influential recruits rather than K Street.

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Federal Court Authorizes NSA Mass Surveillance Through June

Unless Congress acts

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GAO: Pentagon's IT Planning is Too Sluggish

GAO's third examination of the Defense Department's major IT programs found some projects spent an average of five years, two months and $452 million before establishing cost and schedules.

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Is FCC Becoming Too Politicized?

In the wake of the historic net-neutrality decision, an independent agency is more polarized than ever.

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IRS email probe awaits new software

IG finds "potential criminal activity," but the investigation is on hold pending settlement of a dispute with a vendor over software licensing rights.

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Car Keys and Nuclear Keys: Big Data and the Internet of Things

It will be up to the federal government to stitch together massive amounts of data into a comprehensible “nation of things.”