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FBI seeks on-premise cloud for crime data division
The FBI is looking to expand its virtual brain.
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FBI Explores Commercial Cloud Capabilities
Needs 1 petabyte of storage, which is enough to house the U.S. population’s DNA and then clone it twice.
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Network disruptions, DISA's DECC shutdown and still more industry advice
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Here’s Why You May Never Be Truly Anonymous in a Big Data World
All de-identified data may not be so anonymous after all.
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Beijing Thinks the <span>i</span>Phone is a Threat to China’s National Security
The phone's Frequent Locations function, which tracks the exact places you have been and the amount of time you spent there, is capturing "extremely sensitive data," says Chinese government TV.
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Keeping tabs on costs at Interior
A decision by senior IT officials to review every tech purchase of more than $3,000 has paid handsome dividends at the Interior Department.
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Making the most of the cloud: A software-defined approach
Software-defined environments break down the silos between network, storage and computing capabilities -- something most agencies are just beginning to explore.
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Feds Sue Amazon Over Kids' Spending
The online giant plans to fight the charges in court.
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Bill to Legalize Cell-Phone Unlocking Advances in the Senate
The legislation already passed the House and now heads to the Senate floor.
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Android's Factory Reset Doesn't Delete Everything. Here's How to Really Wipe Your Data
Security firm Avast purchased twenty used Android phones on eBay. Through extraction methods, they were able to recover old emails, texts, and even photos.
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Future of floating surveillance system in doubt
Privacy concerns and spending restraints could clip Army testing of a tethered UAS over the Washington area.
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U.S Marshals plot data strategy
Marshals aren't in the big data business, but their needs are expected to increase over the current capacity of 15 terabytes.
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Daring Deal
Amazon is building a cloud for the intelligence community under a plan to upend the status quo.
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Pivoting for the next big leap in government IT
For all the advancements we've seen in consumer technology and enterprise applications in the past couple of decades, government networks have remained largely unchanged.
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DOT CIO on cyber, shared services and 'technology that is changing constantly'
Transportation Department CIO Richard McKinney says striking a balance between centralized and decentralized IT is one of his greatest challenges.
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DEA probes geospatial cloud
The Drug Enforcement Administration hopes to establish a hybrid cloud environment that would allow federal, state and local governments to use the DEA's mapping tool.
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DEA probes geospatial cloud
The Drug Enforcement Agency plans to develop a mapping tool to be shared across federal, state, and local law enforcement.
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DEA Anticipates Awarding Contract for Sensitive Justice Cloud
Potential savings are a key motivator for the drug-fighting agency's move.
Management
How to Remember All Your Passwords and Keep Them Safe
For anyone who’s been a web user for a significant amount of time, the number of such accounts that require passwords is high, unmanageable even.
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