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DOD’s Forecast Post-JEDI: Multi-Cloud with a Chance of Peril

The Defense Department's needs are diverse and have become even more disparate amidst the post-SolarWinds landscape.

  • By Wayne Lloyd
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News Media Accidentally Boosted Russian Disinformation Tweets

Mainstream and hyperpartisan news media significantly amplified Internet Research Agency messaging and contributed to that follower growth by unknowingly embedding its tweets in their content.

  • By Bert Gambini, Futurity
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Achieving Better Outcomes with Managed DevSecOps Services 

A challenge for many agencies is the initial configuration of a DevSecOps environment—tools are cumbersome and require significant human resource skills.

  • By Keith Kapp
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Changing How App Stores Operate Could Have National Security Implications

As Congress considers how to increase competition for app stores run by Apple, Google and others, it also needs to consider potential cybersecurity threats.

  • By Michael Hayden
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Avoid These 5 Common Data Pitfalls to Maximize the Impact of an Analytics Program 

Leveraging data is incredibly hard.

  • By Michael Stonebraker
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AI Teaches a Robot How to Learn to Walk

The system allows legged robots to adapt to their environment by exploring and interacting with the world.

  • By Aaron Aupperlee, Futurity
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Mars Helicopter Continues to Soar with Open-Source Software

One of the truly amazing things about Ingenuity is that it’s built from commercially available hardware parts and runs on free, open-source software.

  • By John Breeden II
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63% of Workers Who File an EEOC Discrimination Complaint Lose Their Jobs

And about 40% of workers report experiencing employer retaliation.

  • By Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Carly McCann and J.D. Swerzenski, The Conversation
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John Glenn’s Fan Mail Shows Many Girls Dreamed of the Stars – but Sexism in the Early Space Program Thwarted Their Ambitions

  • By Roshanna P. Sylvester, The Conversation
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Raising the Contractor Minimum Wage: It’s Not as Simple as it Looks

The current circumstances create a bizarre combination of a wage safety net and wage suppression.

  • By Stan Soloway
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This New AI Architecture Could Transform the Government

Neuromorphic computing has a long way to go but could help the government respond to a multitude of situations with greater ease, speed and sophistication. 

  • By Gretchen Stewart
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For Government Tech Workers, Certification Pays Off in Higher Salaries

This chart shows the average compensation for the top 10 IT certifications for cleared and certified professionals today.

  • By Lindy Kyzer
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The U.S. Desperately Needs a Civilian Cybersecurity Corps

Here is how we maximize its scale and potential.

  • By Niloofar Razi Howe
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It’s Not Just Bad Behavior – Why Social Media Design Makes It Hard to Have Constructive Disagreements Online

Technology can trip people up on the road to finding common ground.

  • By Amanda Baughan, The Conversation
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Promoting Trustworthy AI in Government

Successful agencies will do more than just innovate and invest in technology; they will work to ensure that AI in government is safe, reliable, and ethical.

  • By Ed Van Buren, Jitinder Kohli and John Costa
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5 Digital Games that Teach Civics through Play

Gamers engage in debates and political discussions, take on others’ perspectives, and even protest issues about both physical and virtual worlds.

  • By Karen "Kat" Schrier, The Conversation
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It's Too Easy to Troll Like a Russian

We're scholars, but amateurs, and we found it alarming how quickly we imagined a personalized misinformation campaign with actual publicly available data.

  • By Ivana Stradner and Pulkit Agrawal
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Lifespans of 130 Years Could Be Possible This Century

The number of people who live past the age of 100 has been on the rise for decades but few live beyond 110.

  • By Kim Eckart, Futurity
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Colonial Pipeline Didn’t Have Multifactor Authentication in Place—And Most Defense Contractors Don’t Either

Most businesses don’t take cybersecurity seriously until it’s too late. 

  • By Eric Noonan
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How AI Can Help with Critical Government System Maintenance Needs

Artificial intelligence can empower federal program managers with the technology necessary to simplify critical systems maintenance.

  • By Steve Brothers
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