Digital Government
The Army’s New Decades-Long Climate Strategy Has No Budget
The strategy includes a list of tangible objectives but no corresponding cost estimates.
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Announcing the 2022 Federal 100
Meet the women and men being honored for their exceptional contributions to federal IT over the past year.
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IRS backs away from facial recognition technology
The move comes after a letter from Senate Finance Committee chair Sen. Ron Wyden urged the tax agency to end a controversial contract with ID.me that requires taxpayers to submit biometric data to file tax returns online.
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Congress Is Heading Toward Yet Another Stopgap Spending Bill This Week to Avoid a Shutdown
A short-term measure will allow appropriators to get over the finish line on full-year spending, top House Democrat says.
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CMMC Program Moves Under Defense CIO
The Defense Department has shifted responsibility for its unified cybersecurity program for contractors to the chief information officer.
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Democratic Lawmakers Take Aim at Discriminatory Private Sector Algorithms
The Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 would require companies that use algorithms in select business operations to report on how they work and what data they use.
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Study: YouTube, TikTok Track Users Most Among Social Media Platforms
Social media platforms may share more of your data than you think.
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A Federal Pandemic Watchdog Says its Oversight Money Will Run Out in July
Brian Miller, special inspector general for pandemic recovery, wrote in a new report that $25 million in CARES Act start-up funds is not enough.
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US Spy Chief Warns Government Is Classifying Too Much Data
Emerging technologies have had a direct impact on how much data the government classifies.
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State Department Confirms ‘Defect’ Led to Resolved Global IT Outage
Officials said it had nothing to do with malicious foreign activity.
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DOD Opens Two Fresh Facilities to Field Next-Gen Supercomputers
Officials can access new office space, conference rooms—and high-performance capabilities—in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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The Deadline is Here for Federal Contractors to Start Paying at least $15 an Hour
This comes as a “record number” of states and localities are increasing their minimum wages in 2022.
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Democratic Lawmakers Call for Ban of Surveillance Advertising
Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Anna Eshoo asked the Federal Trade Commission to consider prohibiting targeted advertising through personal user data.
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DISA Awards Thunderdome Zero Trust Prototype
The defense IT agency has been crafting requirements for its foray into zero trust, called Thunderdome, and awarded Booz Allen Hamilton $6.8 million to develop a prototype leveraging software defined wide area networks.
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DHS Data Use Evolving and Improving, Officials Say
Chief data officers are having a major impact.
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Expert: ARPA Could Better Fight Racial Wealth Inequality
The American Rescue Plan Act could do more to tackle racial wealth inequality, argues professor Goldburn P. Maynard Jr.
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DISA’s First Diversity Chief Wants Tech and Data to Make a Difference
Damien Terry briefed Nextgov on his vision and goals for the new role—including a potential request for information in the pipeline.
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Citizen satisfaction with federal government services hits all-time low
The American Customer Satisfaction Index 2021 Federal Government Report showed citizen satisfaction in government services in a freefall over the last four years, with declines across all driving indicators of satisfaction.
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No easy fix for ID verification for government benefits
While states are looking for turnkey solutions to qualify applicants for government programs, many individuals without the right credentials can fall between the cracks.
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