Modernization
Verizon plans FirstNet rival
Verizon says it will carve a dedicated network out of its extensive national 4G LTE network for first responders, in competition with FirstNet.
Digital Government
Contractors Begin Early Shutdown Preparations
Agencies will be forced to shutter their doors on Oct. 1 if Congress fails to pass a spending bill to set agency funding for fiscal 2018.
Artificial Intelligence
If an AI Creates a Work of Art, Who Owns the Rights to It?
AI also raises some thorny issues by potentially impinging on the IP rights of others.
People
Can't we all just get along?
Some friction between senior careerists and political appointees is inevitable, but a little empathy can go a long way.
Emerging Tech
NGA Wants Bleeding-Edge Tech and Talent—And It Will Open Up to Get Them
The intel agency is open to sharing its data with industry. It also wants its own tour-of-duty tech team.
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