Modernization
The true source of innovation in federal IT
Seville Government Consulting's Jaime Gracia argues that to solve its technology challenges, the government should turn to the small-business community.
Cybersecurity
What To Know About ‘The Cyber’ From The First Presidential Debate
First, the nominees agree that cyber is important.
Digital Government
Geospatial-as-a-service isn't far off
As commercial satellite imaging companies multiply, NGA is looking for new ways to acquire mapping data.
Cybersecurity
Candidates trade barbs on cybersecurity
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump sparred over whether Russia was behind a recent spate of cyberattacks on U.S. targets.
Cybersecurity
The challenge of liability protection for cyberthreat sharing
The federal government is increasingly seeking partnerships with industry to share threat data and combat cyberattacks, but agencies differ on what liability protections to offer the private sector.
Digital Government
Blockchain gains congressional support
Blockchain now has its own congressional caucus to raise awareness among lawmakers and advance policy discussions around the technology for tracking bitcoin transactions.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision-Making
A new survey of existing and planned smart weapons finds that AI is increasingly used to replace humans, not help them.
Modernization
It Costs Apple About a Third as Much to Make an iPhone 7 as it Charges You
What are you paying for?
Emerging Tech
Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones
Online courses are praised for their potential to make education accessible to everyone—but they’re leaving students behind.
Cybersecurity
Congress Now Has a Caucus Dedicated to Bitcoin and Blockchain
The role of the caucus is to get other legislators up to speed on a subject in the hopes of formulating future laws that affect that niche.
Digital Government
HHS Publishes Health IT Playbook
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's mission has been to help patient records move seamlessly between health care providers.
Emerging Tech
Uber Wants to Fly Customers Around in Massive Autonomous Drones
It seems self-driving cars just aren’t enough.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk’s Dream of Going to Mars Is SpaceX’s Biggest Strength, and its Biggest Distraction
SpaceX is a company built to go to Mars, but are those ambitions getting in the way of its ability to achieve them?
Cybersecurity
Video: One Trick to Stay Secure While Online Shopping
Keep your credit card information protected.
Digital Government
Maria Roat to Become New CIO for Small Business Administration
Transportation's chief technology officer is moving into a new role.
Emerging Tech
High-Tech Fans, HVACs and Heat Pumps Are The Future of Federal Buildings
The General Services Administration and the Energy Department issued a joint RFI for emerging building technology.
Digital Government
Quiz: Are You The One Letting Hackers into Your Agency?
It's easier to accidentally provide hackers access to networks than you might think.
Digital Government
Video: How Will Congress Fund the Modernizing Government Technology Act?
And more on the week's government IT news.
Digital Government