Digital Government

Airport Security Lines Are About to Get Worse―A Perfect Advertisement for TSA PreCheck

Your laptop isn’t the only item you’ll have to part with at airport security.

Digital Government

The Rocket Startup About to Eat Elon Musk’s Lunch

Rocket Lab is aiming to put small satellites in low Earth orbit at a fraction of the cost of even SpaceX

Digital Government

How Apple Watches Could Detect a Stroke

The watch currently has a basic heart rate sensor to monitor a wearer's pulse during exercise, but what if it could do more?

Digital Government

Interior Department IT Manager Admits to Credit Card Fraud

The employee had to repay $3,554 in fraudulent charges and received a year’s probation.

Digital Government

Impersonated Net Neutrality Commenters Want FCC Investigation

A group of letter writers say their information was used fraudulently to post anti-net neutrality comments.

Digital Government

Senators Urge 'Swift Action' on IT Modernization Bill

Urgent security issues are one reason a bipartisan group wants the Senate to take action on the Modernizing Government Technology Act.

Digital Government

IT acquisition reform's time is now

Promising examples abound, but real leadership focus is needed to achieve meaningful digital government services and security.

Digital Government

Commerce chief indicates flexibility on 2020 census funding

Despite Trump's request for a $1.4 billion cut to the Department of Commerce, secretary Wilbur Ross indicated room for some budgetary flexibility to pull off the 2020 census.

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DARPA Picks Boeing To Build Its New Space Plane

The research agency hopes its XS-1 jumpstarts a whole new industry of very-low-cost satellite launches.

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Federal Government Is Concerned Coworkers Don’t Hang Out As Much As They Used To

A newly released unusual document highlights that Americans spend less time with their colleagues than they did in the 1970s.

Digital Government

There Is a Place for USDS, 18F in Trump Administration

U.S. Digital Service would receive $19 million, while 18F would get $21 million.

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Trump’s First Defense Budget Has North Korea Written All Over It

There’s lots of money in the Pentagon’s 2018 spending proposal to stop missiles of the sort that Pyongyang keeps launching.

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Agencies Struggle to Stop Using Social Security Numbers as Identifiers

Ten years after agencies were to limit using SSNs, they've seen "limited success," GAO said.

Digital Government

The Bumps, Cuts and Zeros in Trump’s Tech Budget

Federal IT sees an overall boost in spending, but many research programs take a hit.

Digital Government

Census funding falls short of Obama-era plans

President Trump's budget proposal falls almost $300 million short of his predecessor's proposal for fiscal year 2018, raising concerns that an already-challenged census could be in historic trouble.

Digital Government

Ex-CIA chief: cyber domain is Russian playground

As the U.S. works to understand how Russia intervened in the 2016 election and prevent future interference, Russia is learning lessons to refine its tactics for future influence operations says former CIA chief.

Digital Government

Trump Budget Creates $228M Technology Modernization Fund

Agencies would be able to borrow from the fund to update systems, but they would need to pay it back.

Digital Government

Trump budget pushes IT modernization

As expected, the proposed federal budget contains $228 million for a general fund for IT modernization projects.

Digital Government

For Trump’s Budget to Work, the US Will Need the Biggest Technology Boom Since World War II

In order to deliver both massive tax cuts and end U.S. borrowing within the decade, Trump’s budget forecasts the U.S. economy will grow at a real rate of more than 3 percent

Digital Government

Coding Is Not 'Fun,' It’s Technically and Ethically Complex

Insisting on the glamor and fun of coding is the wrong way to acquaint kids with computer science.