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How carriers prove they are up to the EIS challenge

Telecom companies that won places on the $50 billion EIS contract must demonstrate their back-office capabilities for GSA.

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Samsung Wants Your Behavior to Unlock Your Phones

The company has significant market share among Defense Department customers but plans to pursue civilian agencies.

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Hurricane Harvey Leaves 190,000 Without Phone, Internet or TV Service

The Federal Communications Commission is tracking communication networks in the region.

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Using Twitter to Save a Newborn From a Flood

Search and rescue is evolving fast in the social-media age.

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FAA, FCC tackle hurricane complications

Unauthorized drones in the air over hurricane disaster zone and telecommunications outages are among the myriad issues facing response agencies as Hurricane Harvey churns through Texas.

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The Hidden Features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8

This phone won't explode.

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Company Places Bounty on WhatsApp and Signal Bugs

Half a million dollars is available to the hacker who can crack into the encrypted messaging apps.

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A Giant Telescope Listening for Aliens Could Be Disrupted by Millions of Tourists’ Cellphones

A theme park built around the device has seen nearly 3.8 million people in the first half of 2017.

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USDA Mobile App 'Reaffirms' Trump Ethics Standards

The app gives employees easy access to federal ethics guidelines.

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This Is the Samsung Note 8, the Phone That Must Not Explode

The new phone resembles a larger version of Samsung’s flagship devices.

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Here’s a Cloud Guide Written by Feds for Feds. Will the White House Listen?

The interagency group has been sharing the draft to solicit further feedback and attract the White House's attention.

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GSA Official: For Cloud to Mature, Talk More About Opportunity and Less About Security

Instead of "lift and shift," agencies must focus on making IT processes more efficient in the cloud.

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The Supercharged Facial Recognition of the Iphone 8

Have your face scanned in just a few millionths of a second.

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Are federal agencies ready to bail on data centers?

High-level IT officials across several agencies are ready to say goodbye to on-premise infrastructure.

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Three vendors win SSA's $7.8 billion IT services contract

The Social Security Administration has selected CGI Federal, Leidos and Northrop Grumman for a potential 10-year, $7.8 billion contract for IT services.

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Take a Bite Out of Android Oreo

A new operating system should be all about the filling.

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White House advisory group warns of '9/11-level cyber attack'

A private-sector cybersecurity advisory committee wants the U.S. to pivot to a higher state of readiness when it comes to preventing catastrophic cyberattacks.

Digital Government

Delayed NOAA Supercomputing Contract to be Bid Out in October

The agency shared more details about what it needs to process weather data.

Digital Government

Banks Are Now Monitoring How Often Top Employees Sit at Their Desks—But That’s Not the Problem

Barclays claims the monitoring will determine how much office space the bank needs.