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5 must-read stories of the week

January 9, 2015

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

Is it a phone or the basis for the military’s Joint Information Environment?

Forget fingerprints: Future biometrics ‘await just beyond the horizon’

Feds lose faith in career advancement amid tighter budgets

New center to demystify data for legislators

DHS cybersecurity monitoring lacks clear metrics, long-term goals

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USCIS pursuing broader data-sharing agreements with other agencies

Existing agreements are often old and fail to account for agencies' need to repurpose and reuse the data.

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Delayed DHS biometrics system’s risk management issues persist

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CBP will implement long-mandated biometric exit at airports, official says

Analytics key to agencies in big data explosion

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DISA wants big data to drive security automation

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