Modernization
How NARA’s Helping Agencies on the Path to a Fully Electronic Government
Officials are developing ways for agencies to measure their efforts to achieve fully digital records management by the December deadline.
Digital Government
GSA Rescinds All Awards Made on $15B Alliant 2 Small Business Contract
A court decision requires the agency to revisit some of its scoring.
Digital Government
Federal Taskforce Busts 61 Connected to Darknet Opioid Sales
Law enforcement officials seized more than $7 million and nearly 300 kilograms of drugs during the two-month operation.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon To Explore Potential of 5G — and Its Made-in-China Hazards
Planned experiments will test the emerging wireless technology, even as leaders fret publicly about supply-chain risks.
Cybersecurity
DHS Invests $5.9 Million into Cyber Training Tool for Energy Sector
The project will expand a strategic decision-making and communication exercise tool developed for the finance sector to the energy sector.
Emerging Tech
GSA’s 10x Offers Seed Funding To Develop Feds’ Tech Ideas
The four-phase program is looking to test, fund and build federal employees’ ideas for using tech to improve their agencies.
Ideas
Heartland Cities Are Stuck. Washington Can Help Them.
In an unprecedented era of winner-take-all urbanism, left-behind cities need federal help.
Ideas
Commercial CX Trends for Federal Agencies to Consider Today
Here are the top digital customer service trends used by leading commercial brands that hold promise for government leaders in 2019.
Digital Government
OPM Looks to Expand Pilot Programs That Teach Federal Employees New Skills
New pay study will be "additive," not replace existing compensation comparison efforts, acting director says.
Digital Government
White House to Nominate Michael Kratsios as U.S. CTO
Kratsios, who currently serves as the country’s deputy chief technology officer, will be the first person to hold the title since the Obama administration.
Cybersecurity
Defending America’s Critical Infrastructure Will Take ‘Whole of Nation’
Strong public-private partnerships are imperative, former officials said.
Modernization
Security Authorizations Trickle In As Deadlines Near on $50 Billion Telecom Contract
So far, only one vendor on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract has gotten an authority to operate—an important requirement that could complicate the upcoming transition.
Ideas
White House Takes Important Step to Accelerate AI Adoption
It’s hard to overstate AI’s importance: It’s the biggest commercial opportunity in the world right now.
Emerging Tech
Automation Will Be a Requirement of a Shrinking Workforce, Not Its Cause, Officials Say
While the budget focuses on reducing headcount, officials said that isn’t the goal of pushing more automation.
Emerging Tech
Tech Giants Will Brief Lawmakers on the Spread of Terrorist Content Online
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft will be asked about how the New Zealand shooter’s video spread so quickly.
Emerging Tech
The Mysterious Exploding Asteroid
A NASA spacecraft reached a space rock and found it orbited by tiny moons—a phenomenon that “has never been seen before in any solar-system object.”
Digital Government
Inside GAO’s Plan to Make Congress More Tech-Savvy
The new Science and Technology Assessment and Analytics group aims to prep lawmakers for big decisions on artificial intelligence, privacy and 5G.
Ideas
Trust Me, I’m An Artificial Intelligence From Washington
People tend to question everything. So what chance does AI have?
Cybersecurity