People
The new Office of American Innovation -- let's give Trump credit
Steve Kelman sees several reasons to be optimistic about the administration's new initiative to spark innovation in government management.
Cybersecurity
Who Owns Your Face?
Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak Job Seekers' Info, Customer Data and Discover Cisco Bugs
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence: The Park Rangers of the Anthropocene
We worry about machines going rogue. What if they went green instead?
Digital Government
Why Fake News Spreads: A Neurological Explanation
The logical part of your brain really, really likes listening to the social part, which just wants to fit in
Artificial Intelligence
Why American Jobs Have a Higher Risk of Automation Than Jobs in Germany, the UK and Japan
You’ve been warned before—robots are coming for your American job.
Artificial Intelligence
Alexa, Can You Tell Me About GSA's Virtual Assistant Pilot?
The Emerging Citizen Technology Office is trying to help other agencies develop their own AI-powered projects.
Digital Government
The Russia Hearing That Wasn’t and What Else Congress Did
Health care may have dominated the week, but lawmakers also tackled internet privacy rights and how DHS buys tech.
Emerging Tech
Nextgov Event: Join Us March 29 for Tech Refresh
Learn lessons from agencies that successfully modernized their tech systems.
Digital Government
Watchdogs worried about DOJ's tech
Oversight officials told Congress they are concerned about the Justice Department's cybersecurity, use of unreliable tech and inability to track contract and grant spending.
Cybersecurity
New cyber warriors face culture shock
The U.S. military services are scrambling to recruit and train new cyber warriors, but that is also requiring cultural changes in institutions known for order, tradition and stability.
Artificial Intelligence
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Says One of the Top Threats to US Jobs Is “Not Even on Our Radar Screen”
He believes it's too remote to even think about
Cybersecurity
International Group Sees New Niche for Bringing Stability to Cyberspace
The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace is on a 3-year mission to create rules of the road.
Digital Government
Software Used to Predict Crime Can Now Be Scoured for Bias
Predictive-policing startup CivicScape published its code online, allowing anyone to help ensure the algorithm doesn’t unfairly target certain groups of people.
Digital Government
Trump hotel lease is valid, says GSA
The lease President Trump signed with the GSA for the Old Post Office building in Washington is in compliance, an agency contracting officer said.
Digital Government
NASA Didn’t Catch an Error in the International Space Station’s Data Until a Kid Pointed it Out
"I just emailed NASA and they’re looking at the graphs that I’ve made.”
Digital Government
GSA employee, husband guilty in hiring scheme
A former senior GSA contracting official and her husband pleaded guilty in a conspiracy that spread falsified resumes liberally around federal agencies and contractors.
Modernization
Why Trump’s budget bodes well for IT transformation
Agencies have taken admirable, if cautious, steps to modernize their IT, but wholesale change is needed. Proposed budget cuts just might force that to happen.
Cybersecurity