Digital Government
5 technology priorities for President Trump
The Obama administration improved government technology, but the Trump team must push it further forward.
Digital Government
Iraq Agreed to Share More Information With US to Avoid Travel Ban
Other countries will have a harder time pulling the same trick.
Modernization
Shared service gets some blame for HUD's financial woes
The department's struggles with shared services contributed to restatement of financial data, according to HUD's inspector general.
Acquisition
Senate votes to repeal 'blacklisting' rule
In a close vote, the Senate passed a resolution to eliminate the so-called blacklisting rule for federal contractors.
Digital Government
Russia’s Spear Phishing Tactics in the 2016 Election Are Boring Compared to Its 2008 Hack of the US Military
Long before the world knew the contents of Hillary Clinton staffers’ inboxes thanks to Russian hackers, the country went after an even bigger US target.
Digital Government
The Cyberwar Information Gap
Unlike a conventional military strike, state-on-state cyberattacks can go unreported for years.
Digital Government
Trump’s Braintrust Just Won an Immigration Battle with Silicon Valley They Have Been Fighting for Years
The H-1B visa is favored by US tech companies, as it allows them to source specially-skilled STEM workers from abroad.
Artificial Intelligence
‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless
It’s often just a fancy name for a computer program.
Modernization
Video: Choosing the Right Keyboard App
Texting is too important to stick with the default keyboard.
Artificial Intelligence
MIT’s New Robot Reads Your Thoughts and Knows When It Made a Mistake
Instead of taking over for a computer, typing instructions onto keyboards, or speaking them aloud, what if you could just think them?
Cybersecurity
Trump Team is Floating Cyber Executive Order to Industry
Cyber watchers urge Trump to hold officials accountable for cyber lapses, but to be clear what accountability means.
Digital Government
White House Selects Deputy CTO From Peter Thiel’s Rolodex
Choosing someone with a background in venture capital breaks from the technology company and long-time government executives the Obama administration preferred since creating a CTO role in 2009.
Cybersecurity
Cyber executive order nearing completion
The Trump administration is soliciting feedback from industry leaders on the long-awaited cyber executive order that could be finalized within a week.
Emerging Tech
IBM Thinks It’s Ready to Turn Quantum Computing Into an Actual Business
IBM has announced it is forming IBM Q, a new division around its quantum computing research.
Digital Government
Is It Wise to Foil North Korea’s Nuclear Tests With Cyberattacks?
“This could set off very serious alarm bells in Beijing and Moscow.”
Cybersecurity
New immigration order pushes biometrics but lacks deadline
President Trump's revised executive order on immigration calls for an expedited biometric entry/exit system, but it doesn't set a deadline for bringing the system online.
People
House panel wants answers from the Army on hiring freeze exemptions
The Pentagon said it was going to exempt childcare for military families from the civilian hiring freeze, but Republican leaders on a key House committee want answers from the Army on implementation.
People
Aide to Trump tech adviser picked as deputy CTO
Michael Kratsios, the former chief of staff of Peter Thiel's venture firm, is getting a senior White House tech job.
People
New CEO takes over at MITRE
Dr. Jason Providakes is taking over as president and CEO of MITRE, the not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers.
Ideas