Open Data/Transparency

FILE - This March 10, 2017 file photo shows the WhatsApp communications app on a smartphone, in New York. The messaging app WhatsApp has sued the Indian government seeking to defend its users' privacy and stop new rules that would require it to make messages “traceable” to external parties. WhatsApp filed the lawsuit Wednesday, May 26, 2021 in the Delhi High Court, and is arguing that the government rules regarding the traceability of messages are unconstitutional and undermine the fundamental right to privacy. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Senate bill aims to bring federal records law into the age of ‘WhatsApp’

The legislation comes after recent federal records controversies where officials lost or deleted messages, like the missing Jan. 6 Secret Service texts.

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Agencies to start implementing transparency law for Congressional reports in October

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Cloud computing is the next line in the competition with China

It’s fair to say, federal agencies will never buy commercial cloud computing services from Chinese vendors.

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This is your brain … in space

The Space Hour spoke with BrainHQ’s senior research scientist Dr. Mouna Attarha.

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The need for reform in federal procurement and acquisition

The only thing larger than the paperwork it sometimes takes to win a federal contract, is the amount of complaints you hear from folks both inside and outside the government contracting community.

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