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Federal CIO: 100 Percent of Agencies Classify Data As an Asset
The government’s top IT official said all agencies have submitted their lists of high-value assets, which now include data.
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The Pentagon's Startup Outreach Office is No Longer an Experiment
Officials renamed the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental to show the permanence of the program.
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NOAA Creates Workarounds for Malfunctioning Weather Satellite
The GOES-17 still isn’t working the way it’s meant to, but engineers believe they have a way to make it more functional than not.
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VA Wants a New Cloud for Its Mobile Apps
The effort comes as VA reworks its entire online presence to make services more accessible and user-friendly for some 9 million veterans.
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Get Ready for a Massive Government Spending Spree
A combination of factors will see federal agencies trying to spend as much as 40 percent of their budgets in the final two months of the fiscal year.
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FCC IG Says the Alleged Net Neutrality DDoS Attack Never Happened
An internal investigation found the agency’s commenting system was knocked offline by “system design issues” and “‘flash crowd’ activity,” not hackers.
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Oracle Protests Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Contract
It's the first protest against the $10 billion cloud contract so far.
Tech
America Is Not Ready for Exploding Drones
An apparent assassination attempt in Venezuela shows how technology is moving faster than governments can counter it.
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Census Awards Last Major IT Contract Ahead of 2020 Count
The award comes as officials work to get preparations for the 2020 count back on track.
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Watchdog: Agency CIOs Still Don’t Have Mandated Authorities
A Government Accountability Office report shows few agencies have policies giving chief information officers the authorities they need to be successful.
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Pentagon Prohibits Personnel From Using GPS Services in All ‘Operational Areas’
The device-agnostic policy applies to smartphones, tablets, fitness trackers, smartwatches and all other applications with geolocation features.
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Improve Your Agency's Customer Experience in 8 Steps
ACT-IAC unveiled a playbook for overhauling citizen-facing services.
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Government’s IT Watchdog on the Tech Challenges He Leaves Behind
After 16 years, the Government Accountability Office’s IT Director Dave Powner has seen federal technology improve but here’s what he hopes agencies and Congress continue to work on.
Management
SpaceX Pulls Ahead of Boeing in the Race to Fly American Astronauts
NASA says both companies are behind schedule—but one is closer to the finish line.
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How A Human Resources System Could Revolutionize the Army
Army program managers took a mandate to upgrade the service’s payment systems and turned it into a way to unearth soldiers’ hidden talents.
Tech
Too Much of a Good Thing at NASA
The agency’s culture of optimism is essential for launching people and robots into space. But it can lead to problems with budgets and deadlines.
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DHS Stands Up New Cyber Risk Center to Protect High-Value Targets
The center will free up NCCIC to work on cyber threat sharing and incident response, officials say.
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VA is Rethinking Its Entire Online Presence
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to know what it would take to create a one-stop online shop for veteran services.
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Senators Want to Double Funding for Putting Commercial Drones in the Air
A bipartisan amendment would double 2019 funding for FAA’s efforts to integrate drones into national airspace.
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