Ideas
How Microservices Can Help Build a More Responsive Government
Thinking small can make a big difference in improving citizen services.
People
Mattis: 'Open communication' with private sector is the key to acquisition reform
Pushing forward with the department's reorganization plan, Defense Secretary James Mattis said "it's time to roll up our sleeves and get on with it."
Cybersecurity
E-Verify role upped in White House plans
A new White House immigration wish list calls for 100 percent employer participation in DHS' online worker status verification system.
Cybersecurity
The 20-year climb to an elevated CyberCom
How a 1997 military exercise sparked the eventual creation of a unified combatant command for cyber.
Artificial Intelligence
This Is How Much Google Is Spending on Cutting Edge AI Research
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has repeatedly said the company’s future success will be based in artificial intelligence.
Emerging Tech
Most Americans Think Self-Driving Cars Are Inevitable but Fewer Than Half Would Ride in One
Americans are freaking out about the possibility of driverless cars hitting the road.
Digital Government
Congress' Week: Data Breaches, Kaspersky and Murderers with Security Clearances
Amid tackling a series of high-profile data breaches, Congress moved along important IT legislation and aims to address whether criminals are actually getting temporary security clearances.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon: We’ll Keep Buying Software That Russian Spies have Looked Through
The U.S. military will still buy consumer-off-the-shelf products from several tech companies that allowed Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, an intelligence outfit, to intimately probe.
Digital Government
GAO to IRS: Actually, You Didn't Have to Give Equifax a Contract
Despite what IRS officials told Congress, the IRS did not have to continue using Equifax services in a bridge contract, a GAO official said.
Digital Government
The City Likely to Win Amazon’s HQ2 is Already a Winner—And That’s a Problem for America
Cities have been bending over backwards in attempts to woo the tech giant.
Modernization
AOL Instant Messenger to World: 'Goodbye!'
The iconic chat service puts up its final away message.
Digital Government
Bill Targeting Security Clearance Backlog Advances in Senate
The legislation would reinstate backlog reporting, plus push agencies to honor each other's clearances and implement continuous monitoring.
Cybersecurity
Audit chides FDIC for sloppy breach protocols
An audit found that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's protocols for responding to a data breach weren't followed, even as the agency has faced dozens of security incidents in the past two years.
Ideas
Without Automation, There is No Federal IT Modernization
But making automation a reality will be a challenge.
Modernization
FBI data center consolidation takes shape
The FBI began construction of a new data center in Pocatello, Idaho, that will eventually consolidate duties of dozens of its other data facilities.
Modernization
Candidate to lead VA office pledges to push modernization
Agility and modernization are key priorities of the nominee to lead the VA's Office of Enterprise Integration.
Digital Government
NAACP sues Commerce amid concerns over census prep, funding
The NAACP has filed a lawsuit against the Commerce Department alleging the agency illegally withheld internal documents regarding the Census Bureau's preparation for the 2020 count.
Modernization
The CIO and government IT
Two longtime federal IT leaders discuss the pros and cons of elevating agency CIOs in the executive branch power structure.
Emerging Tech
How Sputnik Launched an Era of Technological Fragility
Sixty years after the historic achievement, a world without satellites seems difficult to imagine.
Digital Government