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Army Wants Software to Predict Hypersonics’ Weather-Based Survivability for Joint Military Tests
A new sources sought notice focuses on software that informs “go/no go” weather launch decisions.
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Mismanaged Cloud Services Put User Data at Risk
Cloud security practices matter a lot.
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Hicks: Today’s Russia Problem Mustn’t Distract from Tomorrow’s China Problem
An increasingly complex security environment is complicating the Pentagon’s efforts to ease tech firms’ frustrations.
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Warren Presses Defense Secretary on Wasteful Contractor Spending
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said adding to the Pentagon's topline for 2023 to account for inflation would just invite "defense contractors to pick taxpayers' pockets."
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Senate Confirms Laurie Locascio to Lead Tech Standards Agency
The bioengineering professor and NIST alum was nominated by President Biden back in 2021.
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Air Force Cyber Lead Selected to Serve as Joint Staff CIO
She’ll need confirmation from the Senate to proceed.
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How a Social Worker Became the Defense Logistics Agency's First Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Under her leadership the agency is ‘just starting’ to really understand what it means to apply data as a strategic asset.
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Biden’s Management Agenda Update Adds Metrics to Workforce Goals
The White House’s first update to the president’s management agenda, first released last November, lines up tasks for agencies and attaches individual officials to goals.
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Biden team looks to raise customer satisfaction levels
The latest update to the President's Management Agenda includes targets for lifting federal customer satisfaction ratings up from historic lows.
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Code for America's CEO on this moment in civic tech
Amanda Renteria talks about the recent customer experience executive order, the non-profit's work in federal and state government service delivery and what's next.
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Inglis Says He Won't 'Dictate' Cyber Workforce Policy
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said that part of his job in the cybersecurity workforce arena will be ensuring that the roles of different agencies are coordinated.
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Login.gov plans to scale up without facial recognition tech – for now
The General Services Administration isn't ruling out using biometrics in its Login.gov service, but the agency has concerns about equity and accessibility.
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Public Health Agencies Seek More Data Interoperability
Officials from several different government offices say their modernization efforts prioritize data integration for improved internal and external sharing.
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Microsoft to Offer Its Office 365 Platform for Classified Workloads
Microsoft’s popular software-as-a-service offering is undergoing government review to ensure it can host some kinds of classified data.
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Pentagon Increases Cyber Funding Request for 2023
With more than $11 billion in cyber funding, DOD plans to add cyber teams, continue roll out of zero trust architecture, and improve cybersecurity support for the defense industrial base.
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What trends are driving public sector planning in 2022?
A new report identifies cooperation, resilience and service delivery as key themes as governments plan for a post-pandemic future.
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Executive Order Coming to Facilitate European Input on U.S. Government Surveillance
Major U.S. information technology companies are hoping to charm the European Union’s high court with a third attempt to clear their way in moving data across borders where laws governing privacy and data security have been fundamentally different.
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Agencies Need More Tech Expertise to Support Future Data Privacy Legislation
California Rep. Zoe Lofgren said her proposed bill to govern data privacy standards will require expert judgements by regulatory agencies.
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Panel closes in on federal data use recommendations
The Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building is preparing a series of recommendations which officials said will center around increased stakeholder engagement and fostering public-private partnerships for effective evidence building methods.
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