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5 must-read stories of the week

By FedScoop

January 9, 2015

FedScoop rounds up the top 5 must-reads of the past week.

Will the 113th Congress succeed on cybersecurity where the 112th failed?

Big data as modern-day philanthropy

White House to propose legislation limiting contractor reimbursement

Twitter: Officials’ rise or ruin?

Ex-EPA administrator joins Apple

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EPA CIO Ann Dunkin speaks at the Social Innovation Summit, sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems Federal and produced by FedScoop. (Whitney Blair Wyckoff/FedScoop)

EPA CIO Ann Dunkin outlines plans for smart cities grants

EPA initiative would encourage citizens to provide environmental data expands efforts to give public access to data through tools like the Envirofacts.

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House Republicans probe NIST on facial recognition for federal digital identity verification

Login.gov announces availability for facial recognition technology

MITRE’s Federal AI Sandbox will focus on critical infrastructure, weather modeling, social services

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SSA database to flag synthetic identity fraud has cost issues, GAO finds

Data, talent, funding among top barriers for federal agency AI implementation

Government websites aren’t created equal. GSA’s 10x program aims to change that

Announcing the 2024 FedScoop 50

White House’s final ‘Trust Regulation’ aims to bolster confidence in federal statistics

CISA official: AI tools ‘need to have a human in the loop’

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EPA CIO Ann Dunkin outlines plans for smart cities grants

EPA’s data chief embraces ‘lean’ philosophy

EPA defiant on social media ‘propaganda’ ruling

EPA social media post was ‘covert propaganda’ — GAO

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‘Environmental justice’ tool links data from across government

Trying to archive that tweet? One startup has a way

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A look at next week’s hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena

Login.gov launches facial recognition option; the White House issues final Trust Regulation

HHS is working on a new AI strategic plan; Budget woes for government’s science and technology efforts

Meet the winners of the 2024 FedScoop 50; And, how the DOE sees itself counteracting the AI industry’s ‘profit motive’

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