Modernization
Government Offering Prizes for Best Ideas to Stand Up GEAR Center
Challenge.gov is offering up to $300,000 to teams or individuals who submit the best proposals.
Modernization
What’s Hot In Federal Tech, Per GSA’s IT Category Lead
Bill Zielinski, head of the Information Technology Category, shares the trends he’s seeing in federal IT through thousands of ongoing acquisitions governmentwide.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon's Drones May Soon Run on Open Source Software
The Defense Innovation Unit is exploring whether a popular commercial platform could help the military keep up with the rapidly advancing drone industry.
Emerging Tech
Instagram Is the New Mall
The platform is allowing influencers to sell things to users directly through their posts.
Ideas
The Government Wants To Teach Drones Some New Tricks
Recent Army contracts focus on the skies while DARPA is focused on underground efforts.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Worry DHS’ 2020 Budget ‘Shortchanges the Future’
The department's Science and Technology Directorate would be forced to close multiple research facilities to accommodate the 30% budget cut.
Emerging Tech
The Underlying Messages That Screen-Time Recommendations Send Parents
Providing the sort of straightforward guidance parents desire is hard for anyone, even experts.
Modernization
Air Force Awards $76 Million to Fund Device Management and IT Support
Unisys Corporation was selected to help consolidate multiple toolsets and service desks into a single entity.
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