You May Be Ready for Vacation, But Is Your Phone?
You May Be Ready for Vacation, But Is Your Phone?
IT Modernization
There Is Too Much Stuff
The human brain can’t contend with the vastness of online shopping.
Emerging Tech
Uber Riders Can’t Stand All the Air Fresheners
Customers are reporting migraines. Drivers say they’re just trying to provide a pleasant ride.
Emerging Tech
How the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Ditching Hand-coding Data
Using some DIY-attitude and machine learning tools, BLS figured out how to automate 85% of its survey workload.
Sponsor Content
How to Make the 21st Century IDEA Work for You
The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) is the latest in a series of laws aimed at improving citizens’ public service experiences. The legislation sets clear milestones for departments to modernize their internal and external systems.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon is Trying to Secure Its Networks Against Quantum Codebreakers
The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring new encryption strategies that could withstand an attack from quantum computers.
Emerging Tech
FAA Adds More Airports To Automated Drone Flight Authorization System
More than 100 more airports have joined the beta test of a program that authorizes drone flights in controlled airspace in near-real time.
Ideas
Why the Future of Work Is a Challenge for Government
The federal workforce needs to be reskilled. Expect major disruptions ahead.
Policy
Space Force Clears Senate Committee After House Attempt to Stall
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s legislation “greatly increases the odds that we end up with some sort of a Space Force,” one expert says.
Ideas
Agencies Could Stretch Budgets By Embracing Drones
Shifting time-consuming manual work to drones could free up valuable personnel hours.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Want to Ban Warrantless Device Searches at the Border
Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul introduced a bill that would curb law enforcement’s extensive authority over personal data at the border.
Emerging Tech
Senators Propose National 5G Strategy
The bipartisan bill would also fund removing Chinese equipment from existing networks.
CIO Briefing
OPM Offers Reskilling and Workforce Tools to Agency Heads
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to prepare for the workforce of the future.
Cybersecurity
EPA Cybersecurity Weaknesses Are Going Untracked and Unpatched
One EPA employee said their office was tracking vulnerabilities on their own to avoid oversight from other agency components.
Ideas
4 Steps to Managing Data During a Cloud Migration
Security doesn't have to be a sticking point.
Data
It’s Not Just the Citizenship Question—the Digital Divide Could Hurt the Count of Latinos in the Census
Fear of government, a question about citizenship, and uncertain internet connections have created the perfect storm for an undercount of the Latino population, a new report argues.
Emerging Tech
Democrats, Republicans Both Want to Regulate Facial Recognition
If left unchecked, lawmakers worry the tech will infringe on Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, and perpetuate racial and gender discrimination in the criminal justice system.
CIO Briefing
Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity
As their goosebumps have long suggested, women perform better on tests of cognitive function at toastier room temperatures.
IT Modernization
House Appropriators Take Aim at Some of the Pentagon’s Most Ambitious Tech Ideas
The new Congress is cold on many of the Pentagon’s most elaborate projects and plans.
CIO Briefing
Defense Digital Service Awards ‘Civilian Hiring as a Service’ Contract
The Pentagon’s nerd squad is rethinking how it hires talent in fields like cybersecurity, computer science and user experience design.
Cybersecurity