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CISA director touts hiring progress
The agency’s culture has been key to its hiring successes, Jen Easterly says.
Digital Government
‘Legacy mindset' a key obstacle to effective data governance, Energy official says
The newly appointed chief data officer for the Department of Energy argued advancements in enterprise data and analytics programs will require a cultural shift around data ownership.
Ideas
From Shanghai to a Senate-confirmed government post
COMMENTARY | Steve Kelman presents the story of another fed who’s been around for years since leaving the Kennedy School.
Acquisition
Army makes 3 awards in ERP revamp
IBM, Accenture and Groundswell are building prototypes for a new Army enterprise resource planning system to consolidate and reengineer processes for finance, human resources and other business functions.
Ideas
Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
COMMENTARY | Social media pushes evolutionary buttons.
Emerging Tech
New Chinese research examines how to get drones to target without GPS
But camera data can’t tell a drone whether hitting a target is a bad idea.
Emerging Tech
New post-quantum cryptography guidance offers first steps toward migration
Several agencies partnered to release the first federal recommendations for organizations to begin upgrading their networks and systems to quantum cryptography-resilient security schemes.
Cybersecurity
CISA prioritizing on-site K-12 cybersecurity reviews this school year
The nation’s cyber defense agency is aiming to work with schools “where they’re at instead of where they should be.”
Modernization
Governmentwide IT contract push is edging out opportunities for small businesses, analyst says
A stream of anticipated governmentwide acquisition contracts will likely put pressure on smaller companies to partner with larger primes to stay in the hunt for fewer opportunities, Deltek’s Carey Webster said.
Ideas
4 ways the defense spending bill could have addressed AI, other issues to boost cybersecurity
COMMENTARY | The Senate's version of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act does address some important cybersecurity issues, but it may have missed opportunities to expand collaboration and tackle emerging technology challenges.
Ideas
AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
COMMENTARY | Data replication is an integral part of the scientific process, which proper research data management can improve.
Policy
GAO: USDA violated the Anti-Deficiency Act while planning its relocation of science agencies
House Democrats renewed calls to institute tighter regulation of agency relocations in light of the watchdog agency's findings.
Digital Government
GSA is looking for participants for its facial recognition study
Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Sonny Hashmi said the study will help determine how to move forward with Login.gov.
Acquisition
Federal law enforcement training centers are shopping for enterprise IT services
The interagency organization tasked with training federal, state and local law enforcement officers is prepping for an enterprise IT support services contract that ranges from hardware and software to zero trust architecture and configuration management support.
Cybersecurity
CISA conducts largest annual election security drills amid threats targeting voting systems
The nation’s cyber defense agency hosted a three-day election security exercise with state, local and federal officials ahead of the 2024 race.
Defense
Army hopes big-data techniques can help secure its clouds
“Multifactor authentication will not be enough,” said the Army’s senior cyber leader.
Artificial Intelligence
It’s time to talk about user responsibility and generative AI
COMMENTARY: While the conversation around artificial intelligence has mostly centered on the obligation of software developers to create ethical guardrails for the technology, it's time to focus on the accountability of the users.
Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans
COMMENTARY | A sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic.
Acquisition
Government proposes a sustainability update for contracting regulations
Although the White House said the proposed update to the Federal Acquisition Regulation will help the government meet its zero-emissions goals, some stakeholders want it to go further.
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