Ideas
The Government Wants To Teach Drones Some New Tricks
Recent Army contracts focus on the skies while DARPA is focused on underground efforts.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Worry DHS’ 2020 Budget ‘Shortchanges the Future’
The department's Science and Technology Directorate would be forced to close multiple research facilities to accommodate the 30% budget cut.
Emerging Tech
The Underlying Messages That Screen-Time Recommendations Send Parents
Providing the sort of straightforward guidance parents desire is hard for anyone, even experts.
Modernization
Air Force Awards $76 Million to Fund Device Management and IT Support
Unisys Corporation was selected to help consolidate multiple toolsets and service desks into a single entity.
Modernization
DHS Tries Again to Build a Contract for Agile Development
The department is pushing components to buy more off governmentwide contracts—except when it comes to the cloud and agile development.
Emerging Tech
Tech Experts Call for More Federal Funding and Nurturing for Blockchain
Congress needs to issue guidance for the budding technology.
Modernization
How to Speed Up FITARA Adoption
The Government Accountability Office outlined a dozen measures that help agencies improve their IT ecosystems.
Modernization
Pentagon’s $8 Billion DEOS Contract Out for Bid
Despite its size and scope, DEOS is only the first phase of the Defense Department's plan to buy common communication, collaboration and productivity capabilities.
Emerging Tech
DIU is Helping the Army Put More Backpack-Sized Drones in the Battlefield
The Pentagon’s internal startup accelerator wants to get consumer quadcopters in the hands of soldiers in a matter of months, not years.
Modernization
What Agencies Get From Taking Leadership Roles In New Shared Services Regime
The administration is asking select departments to take the lead on governmentwide services. But don’t think it’s charity on the part of the agencies.
Policy
Just Don’t Call Them UFOs
The U.S. military wants pilots to report strange sightings in the sky, but doesn’t want any of the stigma that comes with it.
Emerging Tech
DHS Funds Tech to Reduce False Alarms at Airport Security
A British X-ray tech company won a $1.7 million contract to build software that double checks whether that nail clipper in your luggage is actually a switchblade.
Ideas
Automation’s Impact Today Goes Well Beyond the Obvious
Automation is a champion for those with self-motivation and drive.
Policy
Exclusive: What OMB’s New Shared Services Policy Will Mean for Modernization
A new class of shared services providers will manage a “marketplace” of offerings, meaning big changes for employees and modernization plans.
Emerging Tech
One Defense Agency is Building a Bot Army
And it's saving the department hundreds of thousands of work hours a year, a defense official said.
Digital Government
White House's Push for More Oversight of Agency Data Has Some Scientists Concerned
OMB wants to make more agency data public, peer reviewed and reproducible.
Cybersecurity
DISA Awards Two Contracts to Build a Moat Around the Pentagon’s Internet
The two selected vendors will prototype cloud-based systems that isolate the department’s internal network from the public internet while still allowing employees to browse the web.
Artificial Intelligence
Here Come AI-Enabled Cameras Meant to Sense Crime Before It Occurs
The future of video surveillance is about detecting not just faces, but behaviors.
Emerging Tech
FAA Greenlights Drone Company to Deliver Food in One Virginia Town
The Federal Aviation Administration gave its first OK to drone company to deliver commercial goods.
Cybersecurity