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You Don’t Need Leadership Training to Lead

An interview with retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the nature of leadership.

  • By Mark A. Abramson
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Government’s Growing Problem: Paying Its Technical Debt

Could automation help chip away at the technical debt agencies have accrued?

  • By John Breeden II
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How CX Leads to Higher ROIs in the Federal Market

Don’t modernize for modernization’s sake.

  • By Zachary Trojak
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The Problem With a ‘Smart’ Border Wall

To resolve Trump’s impasse, many lawmakers have proposed boosting surveillance technology to create a virtual border wall. Is that more humane and effective?

  • By Tanvi Misra, CityLab
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Why Our Government Leaders Must Take the Wheel on Self-Driving Vehicles in 2019—and How They Can Do it

Such vehicles will enable older adults, people with disabilities and people who are housebound to get around with greater ease.

  • By Gary Shapiro
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Federal Networks Under Attack: How Artificial Intelligence Will Save the Day

It's time to stop being a step behind hackers.

  • By Bartley Richardson
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3 Steps to a More Secure Federal Supply Chain

A self-assessment is the first step in understanding where potential threats may come from.

  • By Tony Pelli
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Rethinking Data Center Optimization with a Service Mentality

These updates can make a real impact if agencies take the right steps.

  • By Cameron Chehreh
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Technology Legislation Slowly Crawling Forward

These bills could benefit the federal government's operations.

  • By John Breeden II
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A Mission Assurance Strategy Built for 2020 (and Beyond)

Our connected reality presents massive challenges to military and commercial entities working to safeguard networks from growing threats.

  • By Randy James
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When Regulating New Tech Harms Public Safety

Facial recognition technology is new and nascent, but not a departure from the innate abilities humans are born with. Efforts by states to limit its use harms public safety and deters innovation.

  • By Carl Szabo
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Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy

The company enables the surveillance that supposedly offends its values.

  • By Ian Bogost, The Atlantic
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The Shutdown’s Impact on Cybersecurity Talent

The government cannot afford to lose these people.

  • By Eric Trexler
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5 Paradoxes of an Innovation Culture

They’re hard to create, and hard to sustain.

  • By John Kamensky
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5 Ways Mobile Tech Can Optimize the Federal Supply Chain

Mobile devices can process more data and deliver richer capabilities than ever before.

  • By Chris Balcik
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Government

Private businesses already use AI to find efficiencies in their own business and improve the return-on-investment of products and projects.

  • By Steve Bennett
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FaceTime Is Eroding Trust in Tech

Tech paranoiacs have been totally vindicated.

  • By Ian Bogost, The Atlantic
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How to Grow the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent

Much more can be done to help ensure a safe cyber future for all.

  • By Sylvain Gil
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Understanding Today’s Mobile Software Supply Chain Risks

The reality is that supply chain risk is also a concern in the software frontier.

  • By Tim LeMaster
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Don’t Play Mob Ball: What Acquisition Pros Can Learn from Kids Soccer

PEOs tend to grab onto a hot new contract approach like elementary schoolers chasing a ball.

  • By Roger Thrasher, Defense One
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