Cybersecurity

Why DOD needs to think long term about cyber workforce

As the Pentagon rushes to fill short-term cyber positions, it must focus on training and recruiting cyber warriors who can anticipate and adapt to future threats.

Acquisition

U.S. commits $250M to spur supercomputing speeds

The Energy Department has committed over $250 million in research and development funding to six computer makers for the next-generation supercomputer, as China eclipses the U.S. in computing speed.

Artificial Intelligence

Why 'Skilled in Machine Learning' Should Be the New 'Proficient in Excel' On Your Resume

The only difference? What you bring to table will be more valuable than a pivot tables or color-coded pie charts.

Digital Government

Programmers Get So Many Job Offers, a Site Made a Special Spam Filter to Help Them Cope

The abundance of offers can be overwhelming

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Built an AI System That Learned to Lie to Get What it Wants

Humans are natural negotiators. Machines typically don’t share that affinity, but new research from Facebook’s AI research lab might offer a starting point to change that.

Digital Government

This Coding School Is Set Up to Fail if Its Students Don’t Get Jobs

Hundreds of coding bootcamps have popped up in the last decade, and most of them are tremendously successful—at least, according to their websites.

Digital Government

How Policy Could Advance Open Data in Government

Data.gov's Program Manager Hyon Kim says the OPEN Government Data Act could boost participation.

Modernization

Amazon Echo Is Your New Stylist

Alexa, how do these jeans look?

Modernization

CSRA Sponsored the U.S. Flag Emoji Because That’s a Thing You Can Do

Sorry, the poo and eggplant emojis are taken.

Cybersecurity

DHS, FBI Alert About North Korean Hacking Campaign

It’s rare for the government to attribute cyber mischief to a nation-state.

Modernization

CIA's Cloud is 'Pretty Close' to Invincible, CIO Says

The agency wants to operate more like commercial companies, not the government, CIA CIO John Edwards said.

Cybersecurity

In an Era of Russian Hacks, the US Is Still Installing Russian Software on Government Systems

Agencies bought Kaspersky anti-virus to secure their systems, but intel officials and lawmakers worry it's a liability instead.

Modernization

FedRAMP trimming approval time, officials say

The time for cloud services to clear the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program has been significantly accelerated.

Modernization

DISA and DOD work through shared pain points

As DISA develops much of the architecture and infrastructure to facilitate the DOD's Joint Information Environment, the two entities are working through a range of growing pains.

Emerging Tech

Social Media Is as Harmful As Alcohol and Drugs for Millennials

The harm lies in their change in behavior.

Modernization

CIA CIO: Private cloud 'the best decision we’ve ever made'

Four years into its embrace of an on-premises cloud, the intelligence community is seeing both cost and mission benefits.

Digital Government

Congress offers $65M as down payment on Vista replacement

House Appropriators are budgeting $65 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs to launch its plan to acquire a commercial health record, but the funding comes with conditions.

Digital Government

Treasury Managers Stress Teamwork in Major IT Upgrade

Cloud services award will come Wednesday amid Trump budget uncertainty.

Ideas

Spoofing a Government Website is Easier Than You Think

A new breed of attacker is impersonating government websites and official apps in order to steal credentials from real feds.

Acquisition

SAIC sees uptick in federal IT markets

Federal contracting giant SAIC said near-term budgetary certainty is raising its prospects for contract and task order wins.