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.
Cybersecurity
NIST Releases Updated Cyber and Privacy Guidance Draft
The new draft will be open for comment through mid-September.
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.
Modernization
Senators look to pass MGT via defense bill
The Modernizing Government Technology Act could become law via a defense bill, like its predecessors FITARA and Clinger-Cohen.
Digital Government
Google Dropped a Neo-Nazi Site from Its Domain-Registration Service Like a Hot Potato
Google’s quick removal of the neo-Nazi site from its web-hosting service comes as it was already facing attacks from the alt-right.
People
Walking toward change
A father-daughter story about cancer recovery and organizational improvement.
Digital Government
Replacing Legacy IT Systems
They don’t make the Veterans Affairs Department’s 50-year-old systems like they used to.
Cybersecurity
More Bad News from IRS About Taxpayer Info Security
A restricted GAO report hints at severe vulnerabilities of taxpayer data.
Emerging Tech
Draft Bill Would Create Connected Device Advisory Board for Agencies
Rep. Robin Kelly plans to introduce companion legislation to the Senate's Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvements Act—possibly with a few tweaks.
Ideas
How Government Agencies Can Protect Their Social Media Accounts—And Employees
Do public officials have the right to block users who insult them or post scathing comments publicly? At least one court case says no.
Artificial Intelligence
For the First Time, AI Crushed a Professional Dota 2 Player
“This guy is scary,” the human player repeated during play as the bot whittled down his health.
Cybersecurity
Trump targets China for IP policies
A new presidential memorandum tasks the U.S. Trade Representative with addressing China’s policy of compelling foreign companies to divulge trade secrets in exchange for access to the Chinese markets.
Digital Government
Why an Anti-Fascist Short Film Is Going Viral
“I’ve heard this kind of talk before, but I never expected to hear it in America.”
Digital Government
Time to start planning for a government shutdown
Neither the looming debt limit nor the lack of appropriations is likely to shutter agencies this fall, but the risk is too great to be ignored.
Cybersecurity