People
VA chief: fast firing authority will improve morale
President Trump is expected to sign a bill granting new authority to fire and discipline VA employees on an expedited basis. Secretary David Shulkin thinks the measure will help improve flagging morale at the agency.
Ideas
The Core Federal Services Council is Gone. Now What?
The Office of Managment and Budget's recent memo to reduce reporting burdens also eliminated a customer experience-focused group.
Cybersecurity
If You're Going to Set a Cyber Trap, Don't Do This
The Energy Department's IG found many problems with a planned "gotcha" exercise.
Cybersecurity
Can blockchain transform ID?
Accenture and Microsoft are teaming up on a plan to use biometric markers in a blockchain platform to verify identity for displaced persons who may lack official documentation.
Digital Government
Think Beyond Modernization, Tech Execs Told Trump
Silicon Valley bigwigs discussed machine learning, open data and the need for government spending on research.
Digital Government
Pentagon Turns to DAVE for More Efficient Buying
The API-driven acquisition systems helps the Defense Department shift data from more than 450 sources.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Cybersecurity concerns climbing
New study shows national security and cyber risks top consumer's list of concerns, but NIST working to get agencies to build security into systems from the start.
Cybersecurity
CIO: HHS faces 500 million hack attempts per week
Department of Health and Human Services CIO Beth Killoran estimates that the department faces "500 million cyber hack attempts each week" and cautioned that number is only going to go up.
Ideas
4 Lessons to Improve Your Agency’s Citizen Experience
Tips that work from agencies that have done it.
Artificial Intelligence
What an AI's Non-Human Language Actually Looks Like
Facebotlish looks pretty weird to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
Acquisition
McCain dresses down DOD deputy nominee
President Trump's nominee for deputy defense secretary faced strong criticism from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain over his background at Boeing and for some of the answers the nominee provided to senators during his confirmation hearing.
Modernization
VA expects to add an integrator to health record mix
After coming to terms with Cerner on a price for its electronic health record system, VA expects to pivot to finding an integrator to handle legacy interoperability and change management.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Americans Worry More About National Security Than Hacking
Consumers in most other nations surveyed were more concerned about bank card fraud and identity theft.
Emerging Tech
A Silicon Valley Congressman Takes On Amazon
The freshman House representative Ro Khanna wants to see a broad rethinking of how the government evaluates mergers like Amazon-Whole Foods.
Emerging Tech
Supreme Court Just Ruled That Using Social Media Is a Constitutional Right
Public space in the digital age has no shape and no physical place.
Digital Government
Kushner Finds Government Open to Change—At Least in Tech
The president's son-in-law and senior adviser targets data centers and floppy disks.
Digital Government
