Digital Government
GSA Announces New Governmentwide Tech Unit That Will House 18F
The new unit -- called the Technology Transformation Service -- aims to help other federal agencies take advantage of emerging technology.
Digital Government
Police Can Force You to Use Your Fingerprint to Unlock Your Phone
But they can’t make you cough up your passcode.
Digital Government
Hundreds of comments shape final Data Act schema
One year before the Data Act’s big reporting deadline, the Treasury Department dropped a finalized picture of how all the government's spending data will actually come together.
Acquisition
Struggling HUD pins hopes on portfolio management
After burning through $240 million a few years ago, the agency is trying to tighten its grip on IT spending.
Digital Government
OMB tells agencies to focus on transition
With a new president due in 2017, OMB is asking agencies to get ready for the transition rather than focus on fiscal 2018 budget plans.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog: Risk of Weather Satellite ‘Data Gap’ Shrinks, But Risks Persist
The potentially forecasting-affecting "data gap" is now estimated at between seven to 10 months.
Cybersecurity
The Military Is Building an Engine to Uncover the Humans Behind Hacks
The point is "to not only look at the bullets but also look at the weapon,” a DARPA researcher tells Nextgov.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants To Test Drive First Responder Tech in NYC
The department is collecting proposals now for an expo to be held in October.
Digital Government
GSA unifies tech groups into single service
18F, the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies and the Presidential Innovation Fellows program are being combined into a single technology office.
People
Former VA and State official Greg Ambrose dies
In 11 years of federal service, Ambrose brought a technical eye, and a sincere passion, to some of government’s thorniest IT challenges.
Modernization
Finally, a faster FedRAMP?
A revamped assessment process targets the cloud security program’s biggest friction point: time.
Modernization
What agencies are asking about FedRAMP
FCW talked with FedRAMP evangelist Ashley Mahan about her role in helping agencies adopt cloud technology.
Modernization
What really goes on inside the FedRAMP office
One tiny team is at the center of the federal government’s push for cloud computing — and all the loud, complicated competing interests that go along with it.
Digital Government
Treasury Finalizes Guide to DATA Act Standards
The DATA Act requires federal agencies to publish their spending data.
Emerging Tech
Video: New IMAX Film Features Astronaut’s View of Earth
Breathtaking views of Earth shot by federal employees.
Digital Government
New Bill Says Enough of 'E-Gov' Already
The 2002 legislation aimed to push the government toward using “Internet-based information technology to enhance citizen access to government information and services.”
Emerging Tech
The Science Behind SpaceX’s Ambitious Plan to Land a Spacecraft on Mars
The project would make SpaceX the first private company to go interplanetary.
Digital Government
The Futuristic Aircraft That May Replace the Black Hawk Will Fly Next Year
But don’t expect the V-280 or SB-1 to hit battlefields until after 2030 — unless their builders find other customers first.
Acquisition
What getting to agile looks like from the trenches
Steve Kelman talks to a longtime contracting officer about the realities of making agile work for an agency.
Cybersecurity