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To Find Cybersecurity Talent, Poach From Other Fields 

Cybersecurity pros are in demand, which means the government will need to think of new sources.

  • By Jeffrey Neal, Jeff Facteau and Brian O’Connell
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Fight for Control Threatens to Destabilize and Fragment the Internet

International power plays are a threat to a stable, open internet.

  • By Nick Merrill, The Conversation
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Young Workers Want Good Communications, Not Perks

Researchers say more emphasis needs to go toward training leaders and managers on how to be effective communicators and convey respectful communication with their employees.

  • By Eric Stann, Futurity
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Why Women Need Male Allies in the Workplace – and Why Fighting Everyday Sexism Enriches Men Too

Women who perceive their male colleagues as allies are more likely to feel included in a workplace.

  • By Meg Warren, The Conversation
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Screentime Can Make You Feel Sick – Here Are Ways to Manage Cybersickness

Your devices can trigger symptoms similar to motion sickness.

  • By Angelica Jasper, The Conversation
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A Guide to Delivering Great Experiences for Employees as They Embrace the Future of Work

Federal agencies need to invest in technologies that enable employees to work from both the office and remote locations.

  • By Jonathan Alboum
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Why People End Up Mad When AI Flags Toxic Speech

Facebook says its artificial intelligence models identified and pulled down 27 million pieces of hate speech in the final three months of 2020.

  • By Edmund L. Andrews, Futurity
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The State of Data Security in the Federal Government

Most agencies don’t have a solid grasp of what data they have or where it is located.

  • By Lloyd Mitchell
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Low- and Middle-Income Countries Lack Access to Big Data Analysis – Here’s How to Fill the Gap

Statistical infrastructure can help improve everything from health care to politics.

  • By David Gunderman and Eric Vance, The Conversation
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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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