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Booker, McCaskill Beg Higher-Ups for Updated Senate Tech
A letter from the two senators says the Senate has failed to adopt even basic private sector best practices when it comes to technology and is even pacing behind other federal agencies.
Tech
Union: IRS Budget Cuts Hurt Workforce, Customer Service
Starving the agency that collects the funds that keep the rest of the government running is bad strategy, NTEU president says.
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Exclusive: FAA Computer Systems Hit by Cyberattack Earlier this Year
Hackers earlier this year attacked a Federal Aviation Administration network with malicious software, an assault that has gone undisclosed until now.
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Snowden: NSA Not (Specifically) Looking for Your Nude Photos
Americans are largely bored with conversations about surveillance reform. What about when it touches on their most intimate communications?
Tech
Chelsea Manning is Tweeting From Military Prison
She tweets by calling her PR firm and dictating over the telephone.
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Immigration Ruling Also Halted Buildout of Digital Work Permit System
The injunction has halted plans to accommodate the intake of an additional 5 million undocumented individuals whose deportations would be postponed by Obama's policies.
Oversight
Sen. Al Franken Urges FBI to Crack Down on Revenge Porn
“New technologies can pose significant threats if bad actors are not held accountable to our nation’s laws,” Franken said.
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Infographic: Nanobot Surgery, Microchip Medical Records and 5 Other Medical Tech Breakthroughs
Coming soon: Microchip medical records
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New FedRAMP, DHS Initiative Aims to Make it Easier for Feds to Access the Cloud
The overlay will serve as the “first step" in allowing agencies greater flexibility as they move to securely adopt cloud services.
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Why Women Need a Bigger Role in Federal IT Leadership
The underrepresentation of women in federal technology leadership positions could be hurting the industry, says CIO Monica Eaton-Cardone.
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The Limits of Technology in Fighting Ebola
As the outbreak continues, USAID and other agencies are still investing and prototyping new devices, often looking to the private sector and the general public for ideas.
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TSA Just Handed a $15,000 Prize to Mystery Baggage Profilers
The agency-sponsored contest sought to figure out how to assess the threat-level of an individual passenger’s suitcase.
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Census' Tech Use Could Slash Cost of 2020 Count by Nearly Half
The only way Commerce can make good on its promise is through the intelligence use of technology, said CIO Steve Cooper.
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Survey: CIOs Think Many IT Reform Reporting Requirements are Useless
CIOs estimated they spent between $150 million and $308 million each year on reporting exercises they viewed as unhelpful or only somewhat helpful.
Tech
Americans Are Some of the Biggest Water Guzzlers on the Planet
EPA and UN studies show that we don't take more showers, but we seem to use more water doing so.
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Commerce: Tell Us What You Want From Our Data
Crowdsourcing is a key part of Commerce's open data efforts.
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Watchdog: Library of Congress Lacks a Digital Blueprint -- And Doesn't Know How Much It Spends on Technology
A new watchdog report calls into question the Library of Congress' ability to keep up with the demands of the digital age.
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Obama Declares Cyber Attacks A ‘National Emergency’
A new executive order will allow the government to impose financial sanctions against those waging malicious cyberattacks.
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18F Wants to Make More Dot-Govs Accessible to People with Disabilities
Many federal websites aren't designed for the visually and hearing impaired. 18F is trying to change that.
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