Digital Government
How to Fight Work Bullshit (While Keeping Your Job and Your Dignity)
Politely questioning a peer is one thing but questioning a junior colleague or supervisor is almost impossible.
Modernization
One cloud to rule them all at DOD?
Acquisitions chief Ellen Lord hints that DOD is closing in on a solicitation for a single cloud to dramatically advance data interoperability at the Pentagon.
Acquisition
'Reinventing government,' 25 years later
In 1993, the government began shifting its focus to performance, but the question remains: Has the procurement system improved?
Digital Government
What NASA Can Teach Agencies About Making Employees Happy
The government’s most innovative agency increased employee satisfaction for the sixth year in a row.
Emerging Tech
Apple Teams Up With Stanford to Study Irregular Heart Rhythms
The project gathers data one heartbeat at a time.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Have Connected 3D-Printed Objects to the Internet Without Electronics
Rejoice! We have finally connected a laundry detergent bottle to the internet.
Emerging Tech
The Microbes Making Themselves at Home on the Space Station
The bacteria living with astronauts more closely resemble the kind living in homes on Earth, rather than on humans themselves.
Policy
How Federal CISOs Can Make the Most of Security Resources They Have
Chief information security officers need to efficiently use the resources at hand while planning for the future.
Cybersecurity
Federal happiness still on the rise, survey says
Most federal agencies improved their employee happiness scores for the third consecutive year, but the need for more effective leadership continues to hold back greater improvement.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Pro Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
Kirstjen Nielsen has a more extensive cybersecurity background than any previous Homeland Security leader.
Policy
Census Can Move Forward After $283 Million Contract Dispute
AT&T, the company that filed the protest, reached a deal to work as a subcontractor on Census operations.
Cybersecurity
Senate confirms new DHS, GSA chiefs
Kirstjen Nielsen, a former top aide to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, was confirmed to lead the Department of Homeland Security, while Emily Murphy was confirmed as administrator of the General Services Administration.
Cybersecurity
Army looks to tap civilian talent for cyber force
U.S. Army Cyber Command is launching a pilot program to pluck developers, data scientists and engineers from the workforce to face off against U.S. adversaries.
Emerging Tech
The Dangerous New Technology That Will Make Us Question Our Basic Idea of Reality
We are about to enter a new era of computer-generated audio and video recordings.
Cybersecurity
USCIS tech still not up to the job, IG says
A system designed to process thousands of naturalization applications still needs help to do its job effectively, according to a watchdog report.
Policy
GSA, NASA, Other Agencies Update Shutdown Guidance
Agencies have to prep their staff and their systems as the funding deadline approaches.
People
Bipartisan House group asks Trump to bump federal pay
A dozen members of Congress from both sides of the aisle are pressing the president to align proposed federal pay increases for military and civilian employees.
Digital Government
The FCC Plans to Kill the Open Internet; Don’t Count on the FTC to Save It
The FTC does not have specialized expertise in telecommunications.
Digital Government
Why data chiefs need to be everywhere
Agency chief data officers belong where they are needed, and that's not necessarily in the IT shop.
Ideas