Artificial Intelligence

The Next Big War Will Turn on AI, Says US Secret-Weapons Czar

William Roper says the military must get better at feeding the voracious learning algorithms that will fight future battles.

Digital Government

Lawmakers look to modernize U.S. Code

A bipartisan bill would digitally encode U.S. law with a statutory history.

Modernization

FirstNet award on tap

There isn't much suspense as the Commerce Department prepares to announce the winner of a $6.5 billion national wireless broadband emergency network contract.

People

Ash Carter returns to Harvard

The former secretary of defense is taking the helm of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Cybersecurity

Wearable tech goes to the dogs

The Department of Homeland Security begins to adapt wearable health data monitoring technology for its huge pack of working detection and security dogs.

Cybersecurity

House Vote Ensures Rollback of Internet Privacy Rules

Critics say the move will undermine consumers' privacy and cybersecurity; supporters say it removes damaging regulations.

Digital Government

NARA Rethinks How to Store Presidential Records

The agency is currently transferring about 532 million Obama administration files into its archives.

Emerging Tech

Nextgov Event: Experience the True Power of Digital Government

Learn how agencies are improving their digital service delivery, basing decisions on mission outcomes and customer satisfaction.

Cybersecurity

DHS Cyber Strategy Delayed for Trump Team Review

The department sees a "generational" opportunity for security in IT modernization, cyber lead says.

Cybersecurity

3.7M Hong Kong Voters' Personal Data Stolen

Government (International) // Hong Kong

Cybersecurity

Agencies backsliding on FITARA

A leading watchdog told the House Oversight panel that agencies took some backward steps on implementing IT reforms during the transition and the early days of the Trump administration.

Digital Government

Army mobile transition slowed by culture

The Army is working to develop a mobile ecosystem that allows work to be done anywhere, anytime, but that requires cultural change, not just technological change says one official.

People

4 tips for pulling millennials into the workforce

Making agencies more appealing to the youngest generation of workers has the added benefit of strengthening the entire federal workforce.

Cybersecurity

DHS cyber reorg bill coming

A top DHS cybersecurity official and a leading lawmaker are pushing a plan to reorganize federal cyber protection.