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NS 2020 notice, IARPA winners, NASA goes 4K and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Intelligence Community’s Grand IT Plan Still Working Out ‘Pain Points’
The initiative is in the midst of converging multiple networks – all tied to various legal authorities – into a single network.
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All the Ways the Government Can Use Your Phone to Watch You
If law enforcement officers want to surveil your cellphone, they have two ways to do it.
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DHS App Aims to Help First Responders Find Missing People
The "Lost Person Behavior App" is available for $9.99 from iTunes.
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Renewable Energy Lab Begins Moving More Sensitive Data to the Cloud
In 2009 NREL set out in earnest to open up and share its data through an application that became known as OpenEI.
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GAO dings IRS, Secret Service techs-up for pope and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Video: How to Save Data When Backing up to Google Photos
Don't choose between saving your photos and your data.
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IRS reveals potential scope of cloud play
Judging by responses to vendor questions about an RFI, the IRS is thinking big about cloud-based customer service tools.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Here’s Why Agencies Should Not Try to Boot Hackers by Themselves
The OPM hack as a teachable moment.
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Absolutely Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Apple Event
Apple definitely had a lot to share, detailing updates to its watches, phones, tablets and set-top box.
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Cable trouble undercuts FCC's huge cloud move
Hardware problems have kept the agency from finishing its long-planned move to the commercial cloud on schedule.
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Lesson From the Ashley Madison Hack: Cloud Makes Everyone Vulnerable
Most of us get to be thoroughly relieved that our emails weren't in the Ashley Madison database. But don’t get too comfortable.
Digital Government
Census Has Big Tech Plans for the 2020 Count. Will They Stay on Track?
The agency plans to outfit field workers with mobile devices and allow people to use the Internet to fill out the survey.
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NFL Will Outfit Every Player with Movement-Tracking Wearables This Season
These devices will generate an enormous amount of real-time usable statistics, and could dramatically change the way fans and teams watch and analyze games.
Digital Government
DHS Delays Refugee Rapid DNA Tests Aimed at Stemming Human Trafficking
The onsite, one-hour minilabs could help curb human trafficking, officials say
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Justice Department to Require Warrants for Cell Phone Tracking Technology
The new policy does not apply to state and local police departments that have used cell-site simulators to track criminals
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PSC presses GSA for EIS clarifications
A letter from the industry association reiterates questions about cost and structure for critical telecom contract.
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New DISA deputy wants to fortify networks
A few weeks into the job, Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel is calling on the Defense Information Systems Agency to do a better job of making Pentagon networks more resilient and secure.
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