Digital Government
NIST Offers Cash Prizes for New Ways to Maintain Anonymity in Data
The agency is putting up cash prizes for new differential privacy algorithms, as well as methods for testing the quality of those solutions and using open source code.
Digital Government
EEOC Turns to Predictive Analytics to Understand How Pandemic Affects Employment Discrimination
The capability shows that the commission should expect an increase in the number of discrimination charges in the next six to 12 months due to the economic downturn, the agency’s chief data officer said.
Digital Government
Trump Signs Shutdown-Averting Stopgap Spending Bill
Measure will keep agencies funded through Dec. 11.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 1
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Americans Should Trust Credibility of COVID-19 Vaccine Process
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, blamed “mixed messages that have come out of Washington” for waning public trust.
Digital Government
Federal Government to Conclude Fiscal 2020 With Record Spending
Even without data from the month of September, the Treasury Department reports total federal spending exceeded $6 trillion for the first time.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Sept. 30
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
COVID-19 Exposes Need to Modernize U.S. Public Health Data System, Experts Say
Federal agencies should develop clear standards for data sharing on cross-cutting issues in order to understand the pandemic better.
Digital Government
SBA taps cloud for loan forgiveness platform
The Small Business Administration is using a commercial off the shelf software as a services platform to process applications for its loan forgiveness relief program.
Digital Government
Air Force Wants Novel Ideas for Building ‘Data Scientist’s Ecosystems’ at Operations Centers
The Air Force Research Lab wants tools, techniques and innovative ideas for shortening the OODA Loop.
Digital Government
OPM Updates Job Qualifications Following Hiring Executive Order
The Office of Personnel Management is asking agencies for feedback on a draft list of the qualifications required for federal jobs as part of the implementation of a recent executive order emphasizing applicants’ skills and experience, rather simply education.
Digital Government
Here Are the Major Differences Between Trump and Biden on Tech Issues
President Trump favors reducing government hurdles to usher in technology while rival Joe Biden favors an active government role in partnering with industry, according to a report.
Digital Government
How the Cloud is Helping the Government’s Pandemic Response
Nextgov highlights how the government has maintained service delivery and workforce capabilities in the face of a global pandemic.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Sept. 29
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic
“This will set gender equity back quite a bit.”
Digital Government
Lawmakers: Did DHS Surveil Portland Protesters’ Phones?
Lawmakers want to know if federal agencies intercepted messages or collected cellphone data—including through commercial sources—during Portland protests.
Digital Government