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Armed services plan for an increasingly mobile future
The Air Force, Marine Corps and Army are looking to bring logistics tracking and wireless learning capabilities to mobile devices for troops.
Ideas
3 Ways to Infuse Digital into Your Agency’s DNA
Random acts of digital aren't enough for a transformation.
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Mobile apps demand collides with security concerns
The Defense Department has an aggressive mobile strategy, but can it keep up with demand and security patches?
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Tillerson: Cloud part of State's 'redesign'
Amid massive changes to the workforce and mission, the nation's top diplomat is also looking to an IT refresh, but the timeline is unclear.
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The Customs System That Clogged Airports In January Isn’t Fixed, IG Says
The agency doesn't have a backup system in place if another outage happens, the watchdog said.
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Security firm reveals another NSA leak
The data, including a virtual hard drive containing classified Army documents, was for a time unsecured and available for anyone to download.
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ICE memo says Chinese-made drones are snoops
An ICE intel memo claims that a Chinese UAS maker is dumping cheap drones on the U.S. market to capture sensitive infrastructure data.
Policy
GAO: Federal CIO Shirking Oversight Responsibilities On Critical Projects
The lack of CIO involvement in major projects could allow them to slide off the rails, GAO says.
Cybersecurity
How to Stay Secure While Holiday Shopping
Don't let cyber thieves or unsecured devices ruin your holiday.
Digital Government
Industry Weighs In on Pentagon’s Cloud Adoption Plan
First, avoid vendor lock-in, the industry group said.
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Google Collects Android Users’ Locations Even When Location Services Are Disabled
The practice is troubling for people who’d prefer they weren’t tracked.
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The Most Important Productivity App Is the One That Stitches Them All Together
Welcome to the world of Recipes and Zaps.
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Feds Can Hire Short-Term Tech Talent for Modernizing
Office of Personnel Management announced a hiring authority would let agencies fill positions for up to a year.
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Classified cloud now an option for federal agencies
Amazon Web Services' new AWS Secret Region promises security that meets secret classification requirements.
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Amazon Web Services Announces Secret Cloud Region For CIA
The company is able to host government data in the cloud at unclassified, sensitive, secret and top secret classification levels.
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Is Your Thanksgiving Under Surveillance?
Here's food for thought while you're chowing down on turkey this year.
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The Tiny, Passionate Group Battling Google, Facebook, and Amazon’s Grip on US Minds and Wallets
The group believes they need to be stopped before they destroy the US economy and democracy itself.
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