Artificial Intelligence
Russian Military Chief Lays Out the Kremlin’s High-Tech War Plans
Robotics, artificial intelligence, and a willingness to strike the enemy’s non-military targets will figure in the country’s future strategies.
Cybersecurity
One of the Biggest and Most Boring Cyberattacks Against an American City Yet
A recent ransomware attack on Atlanta’s computer systems is disruptive, but so ordinary.
Emerging Tech
The Most Important Self-Driving Car Announcement Yet
Autonomous vehicles will transform urban life by 2020, if Waymo’s time line is correct.
Digital Government
Trump Fires Shulkin, Taps Personal Physician Ronny Jackson to Lead VA
While a leadership change at the Veterans Affairs Department had been predicted, the nomination of Jackson surprised many.
Emerging Tech
Can a Mobile App Stop Veteran Suicides?
The VA is calling on industry to help build an app that can rapidly connect veterans to mental health resources.
Digital Government
Facebook Expands Bug Bounty Program for Data Mining Apps
This announcement comes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
People
Shulkin out as VA chief
After weeks in limbo, President Trump announced that Dr. David Shulkin would no longer be serving as Veterans Affairs secretary.
Digital Government
A Former WeWork Executive Has Launched His Own Coworking Startup
The new company is targeting an older, more corporate demographic.
Cybersecurity
Here’s What a Company’s Data Breach Game Plan Looks Like
Companies should know who to call in law enforcement and which data is most valuable before a breach occurs, the Chamber of Commerce says.
Digital Government
Customs Needs A Vendor To Manage Financial IT In And Out Of Agency Borders
Customs and Border Protection is looking for information on a single vendor to support its financial systems and prepare to become a shared services center.
Digital Government
Tabloid ad tries to focus Trump on DOD's JEDI cloud contract
As many in the federal contracting industry look to push back on a planned single-vendor cloud procurement by the Pentagon, one advocacy group is looking to leverage President Trump's reported animus to Amazon to help quash the deal.
Modernization
Mobile network infrastructure at growing risk from cyber attack
The FCC's communications security advisory group warned on threats to mobile networks that are similar to those impacting industrial control systems.
Emerging Tech
Is Amazon The Lone Frontrunner For A $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Contract?
Amazon Web Services may be the only vendor capable of meeting Defense Department requirements for its highly-anticipated cloud contract.
Digital Government
Why Is NASA's Space Telescope Running a Year Behind?
The James Webb will launch in 2020 instead of next year—and it will probably need more money from Congress to do it.
Acquisition
Is $100 million enough to fund MGT projects?
The IT modernization fund is launching with a lot less money than envisioned by its creators, which could mean a proliferation of smaller projects to prove out the concept.
Acquisition
Why the Army is wary of other transaction authority
Undersecretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said that while agile acquisition authorities are welcome, there's a risk in using them.
Modernization
5G push could require federal spectrum
Communications policy leaders are looking put federal spectrum in the pipeline as the U.S. gears up for faster mobile broadband.
Digital Government
Bidding War Over? CACI Withdraws Offer To Buy CSRA
CACI withdrew its $7.2 billion offer to purchase IT contractor CSRA.
Cybersecurity
The FBI Didn’t Explore All Options Before Trying to Force Apple to Break Into an Encrypted iPhone
Some FBI officials were more interested in making a legal blow against cop-proof encryption than in getting into the San Bernardino shooter’s phone.
Emerging Tech