Tom Temin Commentary
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Lots of potential for reducing the attack surfaces lies in getting rid of forgotten and unknown devices that remain connected.
September 22, 2016 -
Envisioning a significant change or program outcome in a federal bureaucracy might be easy, but getting it done can seem impossible. But not to the Sammies people.
September 21, 2016 -
Law enforcement has long used deception and impersonation when trying to solve crimes. The legal limits on deception are fuzzy.
September 20, 2016 -
DIUx is panning for diamonds. The Pentagon may not really need this elaborate apparatus.
September 16, 2016 -
Adobe says only 37 percent of federal websites are mobile friendly.
September 15, 2016 -
The updated USAJobs.gov is looking pretty good. As in, two clicks to lists of jobs in your general area of expertise.
September 14, 2016 -
Hillary Clinton seems to have a real love of policy detail. Donald Trump is more of a broad-brush painter.
September 13, 2016 -
Silicon Valley may offer a siren call for gray feds, but by some accounts it's a hotbed of ageism.
September 12, 2016 -
A decade-and-a-half on, the federal government in many ways still grapples with the right response to whatever it is that besets us and the rest of the world.
September 08, 2016 -
Approve of them or not, these vast and Byzantine federal programs at the ground level provide lifelines to millions of people. So summary execution of them is no answer.
September 07, 2016 -
Objectively speaking not one soul will be any the worse for not shelling out for a new iPhone.
September 06, 2016 -
Excited about the 1.6 percent pay raise for 2017? Congratulations, federal employees. You're part of the 1 percent club!
September 01, 2016 -
Of course people will like Metro Wi-Fi. Where we really want it is in the trains for the whole trip.
August 31, 2016 -
Perseverance may sometimes look crazy, but it depends on why you push.
August 30, 2016 -
Years after passage and enactment, the ACA is still a prism refracting people's fundamental view of what government should or should not do.
August 29, 2016