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$1.2T Infrastructure Plan Offers Lucrative Target for Fraud
The problem is that lawmakers don’t always make preventing fraud a priority.
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Follow These 3 Ts for Faster, More Effective Application Development
Government agencies must optimize application development to realize digital transformation goals. Facilitating collaboration and aligning DevOps, IT, security and mission owners is crucial to this mission.
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Modernizing Procurement Could Help Federal Agencies Increase Efficiency
Implementing contract lifecycle management system automates procurement systems to allow for faster, simpler and more accurate procurement.
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Is It Time to Ditch Daylight Saving Time?
While many will soon enjoy an extra hour of sleep, our children and pets will be the first to wake.
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You Know How to Identify Phishing Emails
A cybersecurity researcher explains how to trust your instincts to foil the attacks.
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College Cost Calculators Aren’t Precise, but They Could Easily Be Made Better
College expenses determined by net price calculators can vary by an average of $5,700.
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Are You Really Smart, or Is It Just Google?
“We’re seeing that people even forget that they googled a question,” a researcher said.
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Whistleblowers Risk Everything—Lawmakers Must Protect Them
Two pivotal pieces of legislation pending before Congress would strengthen weak whistleblower protection laws.
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How a National Health Care Database Could Address Mission-Critical Health Data Gaps
It’s time to consider a cloud-based national health care database to make better public health decisions and prepare for any future health crises.
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What Agencies and Industry Can Learn from Sharing Cyber Threat Intel
Federal agencies should seek industry partners that can keep them better informed and offer resources they can’t access.
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How Struggling Government Contractors Can Navigate Uncertain Times
Your management team will be measured on how you navigate this environment.
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Can Facebook’s Smart Glasses Be Smart about Security and Privacy?
How can someone know if the wearer is looking at you or looking at personal information about you?
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Trailblazing Women Who Broke into Engineering in the 1970s Reflect on What’s Changed – and What Hasn’t
Women who got their start in the male-dominated profession 40 years ago have advice for today’s newcomers in STEM.
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How Government Is Failing Public Servants
A new book argues that federal and state governments need to articulate a vision for training their workers for problem solving in the 21st century.
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Operational Technology in the Crosshairs
Yes, utilities use both IT and OT, but so do data centers.
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Cellphone Data Shows that People Navigate By Keeping Their Destinations in Front of Them – Even When that’s Not the Most Efficient Route
People navigate cities in much the same way animals navigate their environments.
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Federal Health Care Organizations Seek New Prescription for Managing Device Vulnerability
The threat landscape in the medical sector is massive and expanding daily with exponential growth in connected medical devices.
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