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House Passes New Security Requirements for HealthCare.gov
The bill, which is unlikely to become law, would notify consumers within two days if their information is hacked.
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House passes bill to inform users of HealthCare.gov breaches
Supporters say the bill would protect individuals' personal information while opponents say the goal is to discourage people from using the site.
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States Join Effort to Rein in NSA Surveillance
California legislation would prevent the state from aiding the agency's collection of phone and Internet metadata.
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Short-term stopgap could be needed to keep government open
Legislators say they will likely miss the Jan. 15 deadline for a new appropriations package by at least a few days.
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Seizing the real open-gov opportunity
GitHub’s government evangelist, a former Presidential Innovation Fellow, says collaboration, not cost, could be the big win of 2014.
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White House Opposes HealthCare.gov Security Bill; House Vote Expected Friday
Republicans want to notify consumers within 48 hours if their data is stolen from the site.
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The Private Companies With the Most Telework Jobs
The FlexJobs' list is based on jobs posted by 25,000 businesses.
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The Navy Fast Tracked Its Record Scanning System Over the Holidays
System slated to digitize 13 million pages of health records this year.
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Top Info Security Execs Earn as Much as Other Chiefs
Government can offer a sense of service to compensate for lower salaries.
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Let Your Kids Hack and Other Tips From Technology Pros
Education should provide the confidence to experiment, White House forum participants conclude.
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The Internet of Everything is worth trillions
New value of $14.4 trillion will be created in the private sector worldwide and $4.6 trillion in the public sector, according to an analysis from Cisco.
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IT aids best practices for citizen engagement
A new report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government says IT is a boon to the public’s involvement in government problem-solving.
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Government can borrow from private sector’s big-data playbook
Real-time systems offer a multitude of potential benefits for the civilian side of government, according to an executive at MemSQL.
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Four things to watch in big data
Splunk's vice president of public sector business sees a surge in "non-traditional" big data users.
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GSA’s Chief Technology Officer Departing for the Private Sector
Casey Coleman is headed for AT&T.
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Why You Shouldn't Use a Laser-Equipped Gun as a Presentation Tool
Pointing lasers at airplanes (and pilots) is also a bad idea.
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An Analog Data Breach: A 1971 FBI Break-In
Burglars come forward after more than 40 years.
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Costs Could Climb for $1.5 Billion Terrorist Tracking System
A planned upgrade of a DHS database at the heart of the nation's effort to thwart foreign threats keeps going back to the drawing board.
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