Ideas
4 Keys to Understanding What Matters to Citizens
Before agencies toss money at customer service, they need to figure out the customers' priorities.
Acquisition
Forcing culture change at DOD
Study after study has argued that the Department of Defense is risk averse and unable to rapidly adapt to changing technology. One former official says it's time to use force to change innovation culture at the Pentagon.
Modernization
GOP continues push to privatize air traffic control
Have the stars finally aligned behind a long-planned push to outsource air traffic control operations?
Cybersecurity
Hackers Launch Hack-of-the-Month Club, Target DocuSign Users and Food Ordering Service
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
The Government Wants You to Stop the Next Edward Snowden
For security clearance holders, the DHS campaign “If You See Something Say Something” is not a slogan—it’s a mandate.
Cybersecurity
The People Who Fight Hacking and Cybercrime Are Turning to Designers For Help
Visualize the cyberattack to fight the cyberattack
Digital Government
Congress Questions Software Bug Hoarding, WannaCry Patches and Modern Pirates
The PATCH Act is an effort to balance “national security and general cybersecurity,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, part of a group that introduced the bill, said in a statement.
Modernization
Get to Know Android O's Latest Features
Android's new operating system is designed for convenience.
Modernization
Pentagon Mapmakers Want To Tap Mobile Ad Technology. Here's Why.
NGA is scoping private-sector technology at incubators in Boston, Austin and New York.
Emerging Tech
Government Needs Strategic Vision for Emerging Tech, Advisory Group Says
The Trump administration should tackle networking speed advances like the Obama administration did cloud, NSTAC draft report says.
Cybersecurity
GAO: DHS coming up short on FITARA implementation
The Department of Homeland Security needs to strengthen and formalize CIO contract approval and evaluation procedures to fully comply with FITARA, according to a new report.
Modernization
Data center optimization savings falls short
Agencies are reporting far less than the estimated $4 billion in savings by consolidating data centers because of inconsistent reporting and incomplete strategic plans.
Modernization
Leaked budget document shows MGT funding in place
A spreadsheet of the Trump administration's 2018 budget request leaked to the group Third Way indicates support for a technology modernization fund.
Modernization
GAO to Agencies: Get a Data Center Plan
A handful of agencies are doing the bulk of the government's consolidation and that's a problem, GAO said.
Digital Government
Court strikes down FAA's drone registration rule
Registration system "directly violates" a 2012 law, a federal appeals court concluded.
Modernization
White House to target 'weakest links' in federal networks
The executive order on cybersecurity heralds big changes for federal networks, said the White House cybersecurity coordinator.
Digital Government
Your IT Job Is at Risk if You Currently Do These Things for a Living
It's time to broaden your skill set.
Digital Government
At the Heart of Laptop Ban Debate, Officials Ask Which Is Worse: Bombs or Accidental Battery Fires?
Travelers flying from Europe to the U.S. won’t yet have to part with their laptops and tablets.
Ideas