Cybersecurity
Washington, Not Silicon Valley, Leads the Way in Cybersecurity
As government grapples with the biggest security challenge on the planet, it's willing to invest time and money to get it right.
Modernization
GSA Official: For Cloud to Mature, Talk More About Opportunity and Less About Security
Instead of "lift and shift," agencies must focus on making IT processes more efficient in the cloud.
Digital Government
Agencies Should Watch Out for Unethical AI, Report Warns
AI will figure prominently in government services, a report from Harvard's Ash Center predicts.
Artificial Intelligence
Feds Take Next Step In Spreading Blockchain Tech
The federal government's buying hub is hosting a workshop about integrating new technology in early September.
Modernization
The Supercharged Facial Recognition of the Iphone 8
Have your face scanned in just a few millionths of a second.
Digital Government
Drones Will Help Protect Guam From North Korean Missiles
A June 2016 test showed that drones can track missiles, promising better protection for forces and allies under threat of a North Korean missile strike
Modernization
Are federal agencies ready to bail on data centers?
High-level IT officials across several agencies are ready to say goodbye to on-premise infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
Unfilled DHS slots no barrier to border wall effort
Can the Department of Homeland Security focus on the border wall project without permanent leaders in key spots?
Cybersecurity
McCain slams slow pace of cyber policy
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to see the Trump administration move faster on implementing cybersecurity policy.
Digital Government
The Agonizing Trade-Offs That Must Be Made to Reduce Bias in the Hiring Process
Occupational licenses are one way to reduce discrimination
Artificial Intelligence
We’re Experiencing the Harry Potterification of Technology
Everyday objects are becoming enchanted as if they’ve been torn from the pages of a Rowling novel.
Digital Government
Should Google Own the Verb “Google”?
The US Supreme Court May decide the future of the word.
Modernization
Three vendors win SSA's $7.8 billion IT services contract
The Social Security Administration has selected CGI Federal, Leidos and Northrop Grumman for a potential 10-year, $7.8 billion contract for IT services.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Is Fixing a Simple Reason Why Voice Assistants Are So Bad
The tech company hopes to smarten up our dumb bots by making a new dataset available to the public.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Target Phones to Get Access to Cryptocurrencies
Financial Services // Web Services
Modernization
Take a Bite Out of Android Oreo
A new operating system should be all about the filling.
Digital Government
How VA Turns Survey Data into Better Veteran Health Care
Real-time feedback could help the Veterans Affairs Department direct respondents to task forces for suicide or homelessness.
Ideas
Lessons from the First Phases of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program
Successful CDM Program implementation relies on the active participation of agency executives and IT managers and here is how to get their buy-in.
Digital Government
White House details 2019 R&D priorities
The administration is directing agencies to lean more on the private sector and to tilt their future research and development priorities -- and dollars -- toward defense technologies, border security, economic growth, efficient health care and low-cost energy sources.
Digital Government