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
The Computer That Predicted the U.S. Would Win the Vietnam War
A cautionary tale about the dangers of big data
Emerging Tech
There’s Now a Robot You Can Eat
Researchers hope that one day these bots could 'repair us from the inside'
Digital Government
Border Security Markup Includes Smart Wall Provisions
Rep. Will Hurd’s efforts to incorporate more technology into a proposed wall along the U.S. and Mexico border appears to be underway.
Cybersecurity
Report: Russian Hackers Used Kaspersky Anti-virus to Steal NSA Hacking Tools
It’s not clear if Kaspersky knowingly assisted the theft.
Artificial Intelligence
Google's Latest Smartphones, Speakers and Gadgets
The tech giant unveiled a ton of new products.
Cybersecurity