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.
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.
Emerging Tech
USDA Accepting Applications to Fund Rural Broadband Services
The agency is making at least $600 million available for the project.
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.
Digital Government
When the Bureaucracy is Stifling, Recharge
Part of being an innovator at work involves avoiding burnout, federal officials said.
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.
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.
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.
Modernization
SEC Pulls On-Ramp For $2.5 Billion IT Contract
The agency is reworking the on-ramp solicitation for its massive enterprise IT vehicle, which, if officials aren’t careful, could take down the entire contract.
Emerging Tech
Acting Defense Secretary Appoints New Digital Service Director
Chris Lynch and his hoodie are leaving the Pentagon.
Emerging Tech
How GSA Is Helping the Government Embrace Automation
The agency, which plans to have more than two dozen bots deployed by the end of the year, is standing up a community of practice around the technology.
Emerging Tech
FDA Approves First Device to Treat Kids with ADHD
A nerve-stimulating medical device sends therapeutic signals to parts of the brain thought to be involved in ADHD.
Emerging Tech
TSA Wants A Vendor To Manage Its Third-Party Tech Testing Ecosystem
The new process will let the agency leverage private sector testing organizations instead of relying solely on Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
Emerging Tech
How Humans Will Design the First Full-Time Habitat on the Moon
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in partnership with the ESA and MIT, wants to accommodate research and maybe even tourism on the moon.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon is Investing in Space Robots to Repair Satellites
The robots would service military, government and commercial spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.
Emerging Tech
FCC Commissioner Wants Community Colleges to Become Pipelines for America’s 5G Workforce
An FCC Commissioner hopes to mirror Aiken Technical College’s Tower Installation Program in other schools across the country.
Ideas