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Federal Agencies Stand to Gain From a Vocational Approach to Cybersecurity Education
We need to steer students away from assuming they need a four-year degree and toward the option of cybersecurity taught as a vocation.
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Government May Tap Older Tech to Secure Modern Infrastructure
There might be something to keeping physical switches in power grids.
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What Connected Patients Risk
Internet-enabled medical devices are designed to improve patient safety but pose a significant risk if left unsecured.
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How Behavioral Science Could Improve Federal Programs
The private sector has been using psychological insight for years to promote certain outcomes.
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The Federal Data Strategy is a Trump Plan We Should All Support
It’s stakeholder-driven, it’s bipartisan and it’s reasonable.
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What Is a ‘Smart City’ Supposed To Look Like?
The vision of the technology-powered metropolis of the future is being sold with images that bear little resemblance to the real world.
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Collaboration the Key to Resolving Spectrum Skirmishes
Spectrum is limited but it doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.
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What Would 5G Technology Mean For Government?
The next big leap forward for cellular phone service is approaching.
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The Problem With Diversity in Computing
Tech’s discriminatory culture might never change, no matter how many women and people of color are invited into the room.
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3 Ways Government IT Leaders Can Get Off the Budget Merry-go-round
Some business practices can lessen the impact of fiscal uncertainty.
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Mass Surveillance Is Coming to a City Near You
A tech entrepreneur wants to track the residents of a high-crime American community.
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Can Government Manage Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence?
Black-box decisions aren't going to cut it.
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The Risk Management Framework Is Dead. Long Live the RMF.
A framework is just that: a frame of reference from which to adapt according to your needs and situation.
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Building a Better Infrastructure Through Agile Integration
Approaches taken over the past decade no longer fit the needs of agile development and hybrid cloud.
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How Federal Agencies Can Move Innovation Forward
There’s hard work ahead to truly capture the full potential of artificial intelligence.
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To Fight Online Disinformation, Reinvigorate Media Policy
Disinformation, toxic speech, and polarization online are a result opaque digital information systems. The fix? We can start by updating the approach of media policy for the new environment.
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