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5 Soft Skills That Could Land You a Cybersecurity Career

Soft skills are just as critical as technical aptitude when preparing for a career in this booming field.

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What Happens When You Always Wear Headphones

I decided to noise-cancel life.

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Kids Might Close Government’s IT Talent Gap

Technology literacy rates are on the rise, likely due to the emphasis placed on STEM education in schools.

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It’s Time for a National Digital Strategy

And its focus should be to drive simplified citizen interactions across government.

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The Technology That Could Transform Congestion Pricing

As cities like New York move ahead with plans to charge motorists to enter certain urban areas, we need to think about the best ways to manage road tolling.

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The Logical Next Step in the Technical Evolution

Military services are already embracing IT as a service. Will civilian agencies follow suit?

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The Citizen is Always Right

How to regain trust through a focus on customer experience.

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What Facebook Could Have Been

A shareable online diary was an obvious idea in the early 2000s. What if a college student’s version hadn’t won out?

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Public Service Recognition Week: Highlighting the Important Work of Our Nation’s Civil Servants

Praise isn't why federal employees go to work every day.

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The Transformative Potential of Hybrid Cloud Within Government Agencies

Here are three ways government agencies can facilitate and accelerate their move to hybrid cloud.

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The End of Cyberspace

Internet theorists and companies once declared themselves free of nations and governance, but that’s all over now.

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The Government Wants To Teach Drones Some New Tricks

Recent Army contracts focus on the skies while DARPA is focused on underground efforts.

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Can Blockchain Finally Bring a Centralized Source of Truth to Government?

Blockchain offers a future devoid of third-party intervention and a worldwide ecosystem of secure, easily-accessible information.

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Automation’s Impact Today Goes Well Beyond the Obvious

Automation is a champion for those with self-motivation and drive.

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Twitter Is Not America

A new Pew study finds a gulf between the general population and Twitter users.

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Speed: The Most Essential Concept in Cyber

Speed defines both the success of the defender and the attacker.

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Government Workforce Management—Overdue for an Overhaul

Agencies are handicapped by outdated management rules—it isn’t a worker problem, it’s a system problem.

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When a Country Bans Social Media

Sri Lanka’s ban on social media forces a question nobody wants to ask: What if a global media network is impossible?

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Moving from Random Acts of Digital to Real Transformation

Too often, government agencies and businesses alike pin their hopes on a single type of transformative technology.

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The U.S. Military Must Win the Battle for Innovation

The Defense Department shouldn't be developing technology through inefficient bureaucratic processes developed in the 1950s.