FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IT
PRIVACY: The Irony in the FBI’s Request to Unlock the iPhone. In its rush, the agency slammed the one door to gaining access to the iPhone’s data. Read more
[COMPUTERWORLD.COM]
DOD NEWS: Pentagon Invites Hackers In and Backs Encryption. The Pentagon has invited external experts to hack into its systems in the first such test of its cybersecurity measures. Read more
[BBC.COM]
INFLUENCERS FYI: Incoming Federal CISO Can Improve US Government’s Cybersecurity. The person who fills the newly created US chief information security officer position will be able to improve the government’s cybersecurity, a 77 percent majority of Passcode’s pool of digital security experts said. Read more
[CSMONITOR.COM]
AGILE DEVELOPMENT ALERT: When Agile Development is Change Management in Disguise. The secret power of agile development for federal agencies’ citizen-facing services and capabilities isn’t so much getting projects done more efficiently and possibly saving money, according Environmental Protection Agency CTO Greg Godbout. It’s really about seeding the government with new ideas that will take hold and steer it in a new direction for planning and acquisition and ultimately serve the public’s needs, he said. Read more
[FCW.COM]
OPEN SOURCE
YAHOO OPEN SOURCE: Don’t Laugh: Yahoo’s Open Source AI Has a Secret Weapon. Yet another tech giant is sharing its artificial intelligence know-how with the world. Yahoo has published the source code to its CaffeOnSpark AI engine so that anyone from academic researchers to big corporations can use or modify it. Read the rest
[WIRED.COM]
MITRE OPEN SOURCE: Shares an Open Source FHIR Testing Tool. Crucible is a tool that was created to help developers identify errors in FHIR applications. Funding from MITRE Corp. has made it possible for the software to be offered as an open-source project with an Apache license. Using the web interface at ProjectCrucible.org, a developer can run 228 test suites that include over 2,000 tests of the FHIR specification. Read more
[DZONE.COM]
OPEN SOURCE APPS: 6 Must-Have Open Source Apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Here are some of the best open source and free apps for your heterogeneous environment. Read more
[CIO.COM]
OPEN-SOURCE EDUCATION: Open-source Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability. The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut in Storrs has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. An early adopter of open source textbooks, Neth said he turned to the new technology out of frustration with spiraling prices of commercial textbooks. Read more
[MARINECORPSTIMES.COM]
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