Modernization
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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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.
Modernization
This Is the Samsung Note 8, the Phone That Must Not Explode
The new phone resembles a larger version of Samsung’s flagship devices.
Modernization
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.
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Managing the risks of data sprawl
A formalized risk framework can help agencies gain control of their entire information lifecycle.
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Does the IRS have a cloud strategy?
Congress and watchdog agencies have dinged the IRS for lacking an enterprise cloud strategy seven years after it became the official policy of the U.S. government.
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Gartner explains the hype
Blockchain, AI and IoT all have the potential to transform government IT, the research firm's latest analysis predicts.
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