Modernization
Army Logistics Renews $135M Cloud Contract—And Gets Watson
Watson will analyze sensor data from vehicles to improve the service's predictive maintenance.
People
How to work with a bad listener
Steve Kelman shares some exceedingly practical advice for the workplace.
Modernization
Modernization boosts cybersecurity anxieties, survey says
A survey of 200 federal IT leaders found that while most saw the eventual benefits of IT modernization, the process has resulted in a more challenging cybersecurity environment.
Digital Government
Will Privacy Rights Shut Down the World's Largest Biometric Database?
A new ruling in India could jeopardize the country’s controversial collection of citizens’ fingerprints, photographs, and iris scans.
Digital Government
White House Fills Key Buying, Budget Positions
The administration nominated General Services Administration and Office of Personnel Management leaders, as well as other positions.
Artificial Intelligence
How the City of Las Vegas Uses AI to Protect Against Hackers
When Las Vegas hosts annual hacker conventions, it prepares its smart infrastructure.
Ideas
How Technology Can Help Mitigate Hurricane Harvey-Like Disasters
Well-placed backup and recovery systems can help keep government systems running.
Digital Government
Neuroscientists Have Figured Out Why You Can’t Concentrate at Work
Try writing a report in a noisy, uncomfortable place with the smells of the office microwave wafting over to your desk, and the importance of other senses becomes clear.
Artificial Intelligence
This Aid Agency Is Using Chatbots to Beat World Hunger
Turning smartphones and social media into lifelines for the most vulnerable of refugees.
Modernization
The coming federal ERP systems battle
Enterprise systems, with their countless customizations and business rules, can be modernization nightmares. But innovative applications and cost considerations are pushing agencies toward the cloud.
Acquisition
IRS dishes on IT procurement strategy
The deputy chief procurement officer at the IRS spoke about lessons learned during a pair of outreach events to the contracting community.
People
Pick to lead GSA is popular, but faces political challenges
Emily Murphy, President Trump's pick to lead the General Services Administration, has earned respect from industry, but her selection comes at a tricky time for the agency and Washington alike.
Acquisition
Why tracking data centers is so hard
The OMB numbers on data center consolidation highlights a recurring problem for the government: the lack of consistent, accurate information around data center ownership.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Can Get into Pacemakers, Leak 700M Emails and Spoof the Taxman
It's just another crazy week in Threatwatch.
Digital Government
With a New Designation for Ecstasy, the US Government Is Finally Acknowledging its Potential to Treat PTSD
Unfortunately, whether this trial will be actually be conducted out depends on whether enough money can be raised.
Digital Government
In China, Facial Recognition Is Used to Buy KFC, Board Planes, and Catch Drug Users
The speed of the rollout is a sign of how China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence are advancing rapidly.
Digital Government
Samsung’s Newest Phones Could Legitimately Replace Your Desktop Computer
Smartphones are getting much more powerful.
Digital Government
Future Spy Satellites Just Got Exponentially Smaller
By changing the way microchips measure light, researchers are shrinking the size of space-based telescopes.
Artificial Intelligence