Emerging Tech
A DNA Company Wants You to Help Catch Criminals
Family Tree DNA was criticized for secretly working with the FBI. Now it’s explicitly asking potential customers to help law enforcement.
Emerging Tech
GSA’s Investment Team Is Building An Agile Development Contract
The $10 million, single-award contract would assist in developing novel ideas to improve the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Identity Theft Services Inefficient at Addressing Data Breach Risks, Watchdog Says
The Government Accountability Office also recommended that Congress should reconsider allowing federal agencies how much coverage is appropriate to offer.
Ideas
Understanding the Terminology Around Citizen Service Delivery Technology
The terminology surrounding these new tools can be confusing and misused
Modernization
FBI’s Long-Awaited $5 Billion IT Services Recompete Goes Back To Draft
The ITSSS recompete is getting a new name, new timeline and new draft solicitation, while the existing contract gets a one-year extension.
Artificial Intelligence
DARPA Wants AI to Learn Language like Human Babies
The Pentagon’s research wing is funding efforts to build AI language systems that learn more like people and less like machines.
Artificial Intelligence
Without JEDI, Pentagon’s Artificial Intelligence Efforts May Be Hindered
The Pentagon won’t be able to maximize artificial intelligence’s true capabilities without an enterprise cloud solution, something it’s currently trying to contract out.
Modernization
Survey: Only One-Third of Agencies Are Sending NARA Electronic Records
Many are still relying on manual processes, the survey found.
Emerging Tech
Why Trump Wants to Go to the Moon So Badly
The administration has vowed to return Americans to the lunar surface in 2024 “by any means necessary.”
Cybersecurity
How Las Vegas Stops Email-Borne Cyberattacks Pre-Delivery
“For most organizations email is a weakness, as much as we try and educate our user population,” said the city’s IT director.
Emerging Tech
How Instagram Replaced the Contacts List
The app has become the default way to connect with new friends, dates, or business contacts.
Digital Government
DEA Never Checked If Its Massive Surveillance Operations Are Legal, Watchdog Says
The administration “failed to conduct a comprehensive legal analysis” of three NSA-style bulk data collection programs, according to the Justice Department Inspector General.
Policy
HUD Sues Facebook For Violating Fair Housing Rules With Targeted Ads
Facebook’s ad system allowed companies to target users based on a number of protected classes, including race, sex, nationality and general interests.
Ideas
What to Do When the Russian Government Wants to Blackmail You
Russian officials have a long history of using compromising material, or kompromat, as a weapon against political opponents.
Modernization
How NARA’s Helping Agencies on the Path to a Fully Electronic Government
Officials are developing ways for agencies to measure their efforts to achieve fully digital records management by the December deadline.
Modernization
Analysts: Pentagon’s Multibillion-Dollar DEOS Contract is Guaranteed for Microsoft
The entire department will be required to adopt whatever platform wins.
Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon is ‘Absolutely Unapologetic’ About Pursuing AI-Powered Weapons
The controversy surrounding military artificial intelligence is rooted in “grave misperceptions” about what the department is actually trying to do, according to current and former Defense officials.
Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. Military Is Creating the Future of Employee Monitoring
A new AI-enabled pilot project aims to sense “micro changes” in the behavior of people with top-secret clearances. If it works, it could be the future of corporate HR.
Cybersecurity
Holding Government Contractors Responsible for Cybersecurity Is Trickier Than It Sounds
Experts told lawmakers the ever-growing list of subcontractors is a complexifier.
Digital Government