Cybersecurity

Election Commission Wants to Work with DHS on Election Cybersecurity

DHS and the Election Assistance Commission are in a race to shore up voting systems before the 2018 midterm elections.

Digital Government

Congress is Looking for a Few Good Techies

Congressional Innovation Fellowship wants to bring tech expertise to the Hill.

Digital Government

Election officials: 'We are going to need more assistance'

At the Election Assistance Committee's latest meeting, officials warn of "enlightening and frightening" planning exercises and a need for additional funding.

Cybersecurity

NIST retools security and privacy controls for IoT era

NIST expands its security and privacy governance strategies to address the new ecosystem of connected devices.

Cybersecurity

DHS cyber shop seeks CTO

A key cyber hub at the National Protection and Programs Directorate is looking for a top tech officer.

Modernization

Verizon plans FirstNet rival

Verizon says it will carve a dedicated network out of its extensive national 4G LTE network for first responders, in competition with FirstNet.

Digital Government

Contractors Begin Early Shutdown Preparations

Agencies will be forced to shutter their doors on Oct. 1 if Congress fails to pass a spending bill to set agency funding for fiscal 2018.

Artificial Intelligence

If an AI Creates a Work of Art, Who Owns the Rights to It?

AI also raises some thorny issues by potentially impinging on the IP rights of others.

People

Can't we all just get along?

Some friction between senior careerists and political appointees is inevitable, but a little empathy can go a long way.

Emerging Tech

NGA Wants Bleeding-Edge Tech and Talent—And It Will Open Up to Get Them

The intel agency is open to sharing its data with industry. It also wants its own tour-of-duty tech team.

Digital Government

Can the U.S. Government Seize an Anti-Trump Website's Visitor Logs?

The Department of Justice is seeking the 1.3 million IP addresses that accessed a website advertising Inauguration Day protests.

Emerging Tech

IARPA Funds Project To Track Worker Productivity with Sensors

A new study aims to understand the impact stress has on worker performance.

Cybersecurity

Unclassified ICITE on the horizon

The intelligence community's cloud-based computing platform is moving into more broadly accessible realms, according to the ODNI's top tech official.

Digital Government

Can AI tools replace feds?

The Heritage Foundation is recommending that hundreds of thousands of federal jobs be replaced by automation as part of a larger government reorganization strategy.

Ideas

Creating a Rosetta Stone is the Key to Successful Public-Private Partnerships

If partners don't establish a common language, the relationship is likely doomed before it even begins.

Digital Government

The future of prediction in an unpredictable world

Agility and prediction are not mutually exclusive in government decision-making, according to a new study.

Digital Government

The Tech Industry is Hiring Israeli Engineers as Fast as the Army Can Produce Them

Israel’s unusually high rate of entrepreneurship is partly attributed to the army, which selects many of the country’s brightest minds for its intelligence division.