Cybersecurity

CBP sets biometric tech at more airports

Customs and Border Protection adds airports in Houston and Las Vegas to its growing list of facilities with biometic exit technology.

Digital Government

Technology Is Changing Our Relationship With Nature As We Know It

One expert believes that relationship is more fragile than many of us realize.

Digital Government

OPM CIO to resign

Dave DeVries, a longtime tech leader who moved from DOD to OPM to oversee a new background check system, is retiring from government.

Cybersecurity

Can the U.S. stop malware and buy it at the same time?

The U.S. government walks a fine line of prosecuting alleged hackers and buying malware and other software vulnerabilities.

Acquisition

Meet the new face of government IT contractors (part 2)

Steve Kelman connects with another FLASH winner to discuss different ways of delivering IT.

Emerging Tech

The Evolution of Digital Government

Digital government started with launching websites. This special report looks at how federal agencies are rethinking services to put citizens’ needs first.

Modernization

Are You Ready for the Big Changes Coming to the iPhone?

It's a smartphone makeover.

Digital Government

To Improve, VA Must Acknowledge Vets Can Go Elsewhere

Thinking of veterans as customers who could take their business elsewhere could fuel agency improvements, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said.

Digital Government

FCC Asks for Help Fixing Faulty Broadband Provider Data

The agency wants to correct and refine information on broadband coverage in different areas of the country.

Cybersecurity

7 Ways to Fill Cyber Workforce Gaps in a Generation

Veterans, vocational schools and loan forgiveness could all be key to building tomorrow’s cybersecurity workforce.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Will Make Fake News Video — and Fight It As Well

Just weeks after one research team appeared to put words in a leader’s mouth, here comes a new tool that can check questionable video for a pulse.

Digital Government

VA's legacy systems aren't ready for the Data Act

A just-released oversight report reveals that the legacy systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs aren't ready to support many Data Act requirements.

Digital Government

Why tracking government spending on Trump-owned businesses is hard

Hill Democrats want answers on federal spending at Trump-owned businesses, but agencies might have a tough time supplying hard numbers.

Cybersecurity

Navy CIO moving on

Navy Department CIO Robert Foster is leaving his current job to become deputy CIO at the National Credit Union Administration.

Cybersecurity

What can the U.S. learn from the world's largest biometric ID system?

India's biometric identification program needs to better document how it's being used by the public and governments, according to independent researchers.

Digital Government

Federal student loan data targeted in fraud

Officials have declined to prosecute in a case where employees at a private firm tampered with a federal student loan database.

Acquisition

GCN announces 2017 dig IT Award finalists

From mobile security to smarter transit to swarming drones, these 25 projects represent the best of discovery and innovation in government IT.