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How Open Source Tech Helps Feds Solve Workforce Turnover Issues
As older federal IT workers retire, agencies can turn to open source technologies to help them preserve knowledge automation systems, gain flexibility and create a new agency culture.
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Why SDN Is Hot at the Pentagon
The Defense Information Systems Agency sees software-defined networking as more secure and less costly, and is banking on it for the future.
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Why Identity as a Service Might Make Remembering Passwords a Thing of the Past
Outsourcing identity management can help agencies enhance security, efficiency and user experience.
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How Agencies Can Use the MGT Act to Transform Their IT Architecture
Policymakers are increasingly interested in a technology fund as a way to pay for digital transformation efforts.
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A Teenage Hacker Gives Cybersecurity Advice to the DOD and Other Agencies
Agencies need to bring transparency to the cybersecurity process and hire staffers who will proactively search for vulnerabilities, a young hacker advises.
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Pentagon's Streamlined IT Service Provider Boosts Efficiency
The Joint Service Provider, now part of the Defense Information Systems Agency, is already improving how the Defense Department buys and manages IT.
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ELC 2017: Feds Urge More Sharing and Collaboration to Improve Tech
Agencies should embrace shared services and more efficient IT procurement methods to upgrade technology and save money, officials say.
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What Feds Can Learn from the Cyberattacks in France
Deception technology can help agencies thwart breaches and catch attackers before they cover their tracks.
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The Tools the Government Uses to Keep Its IT Evergreen
With Windows 10 and Software as a Service, feds work to keep their systems perpetually up to date.
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DOD Embraces Tablets to Engage Users and Drive Efficiencies
The Navy, Air Force and Marines use tablets to improve training for recruits, reduce the usage of paper forms and even keep soldiers safe on the battlefield.
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The Race Is On to Protect Feds' Laptops and Mobile Devices
Endpoint protection is a priority for security professionals who need to lock down agencies' devices.
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Even the Most Tight-Lipped Agencies Need Wi-Fi
Wireless networking is popping up in a place employees never expected to find it: federal buildings.
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Windows 10 Can Give the Coast Guard a Virtualized Future
The service branch thinks it can enhance its cybersecurity posture via virtual desktop infrastructure.
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DOD, HHS Recommend Collaboration with Industry to Fight Ransomware
Information sharing on cybersecurity threats can help agencies stay ahead of malicious actors, officials argue.
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Why Intelligence Agencies Are So Interested in AI
Artificial intelligence technologies enhance analysts’ capabilities, but there will always be a need for the human element.
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When the WannaCry Ransomware Attack Struck, Feds Were Ready
Patch management plays a key role in agencies fending off ransomware.
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When Your Employees Leave, Make Sure Your Agency Is Still Safe
Agencies need to take concrete steps to deprovision users’ security credentials when they should no longer have access to agency networks and systems.
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Technology Improves Care Options for Veterans
Telehealth and predictive analytics are among the tools being deployed more strategically by the VA, Secretary David Shulkin says.
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How EIS Will Spur Federal IT Modernization
The Trump administration has signaled that the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions network modernization contract can help smaller agencies leverage the government’s buying power.
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