Ideas
Why Managing APIs is Critical for Federal Agencies
Federal IT managers are basically software-as-a-service providers and should be prepared to act that way.
Artificial Intelligence
Ninety Percent of People Think AI Will Take Away the Jobs of Other People
48% of people think they'll soon have an AI employee.
Modernization
White House Releases Final Tech Modernization Plan
The far-reaching plan pushes agencies to adopt cloud and shared services.
Modernization
The MGT Act is law. Now what?
Congressional appropriators still must allocate the money for agencies to use the central fund MGT creates. And if they do, how can agencies take advantage of the newly created modernization funds?
Cybersecurity
Senator presses White House to improve election cyber protections
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster to name an election security czar, grade states on their election infrastructure and designate political campaigns as critical infrastructure.
Emerging Tech
How to Give the Gift of Bitcoin This Holiday Season
All of your friends and family are secretly hoping to unwrap the gift of a speculative, volatile investment.
Modernization
Why Veterans Affairs Isn’t Waiting for a ‘Perfect’ Health Records Solution
The department’s aiming for as seamless a solution for medical records as technologically possible, VA Secretary David Shulkin said.
Cybersecurity
Mirai botnet perpetrators plead guilty
The Department of Justice announced plea deals for three individuals for orchestrating the Mirai botnet attack, which leveraged over 300,000 internet of things devices to wreak havoc on internet infrastructure companies.
Cybersecurity
USCIS looks go big on biometrics
The immigration agency is developing rules to more aggressively use iris, voice and rapid DNA technologies.
Digital Government
Fed 100 nominations: 5 things NOT to do
As the deadline for submissions draws near, here's how to avoid undercutting your nominee.
Digital Government
Wikipedia’s Cofounder on How He’s Creating a Bigger, Better Rival—On the Blockchain
What can compete with Wikipedia? All the rest of the world.
Modernization
Pentagon's Next Cloud Contract Could Be Worth Billions
The Defense Department intends to award a cloud computing contract next year that could disrupt the entire federal market.
Modernization
Here’s Who Might Dominate Alliant 2 Business
The contract may feature 61 businesses but a research firm says far fewer companies will snag most of the business.
Cybersecurity
Only One-Third of Agencies Are Using Anti-Spoofing Email Tool
And the Homeland Security Department's January deadline for implementation is approaching.
Policy
House Panel Passes Revamped Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill
Lawmakers revised the controversial bill to criminalize online prostitution and added some other protections for tech companies.
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber reorg bill passes House
The bill would rename the National Protection and Programs Directorate and elevate the department's cyber and physical security missions.
Policy
Trump Signed NDAA. Here’s What It Means.
The Modernizing Government Technology Act—and several other tech amendments—could have an immediate impact on the government’s tech landscape.
People