Digital Government
White House promotes success stories in the government’s customer experience push
Filling out forms to recertify for disability insurance is “more frightening than cancer,” one beneficiary said. The Social Security Administration is trying to make it easier.
Artificial Intelligence
What AI-powered robots have to say about their future with humanity
The press conference was billed as the world’s first where robots and AI took center stage, answering live questions from human reporters.
Cybersecurity
Cloud poses special cyber risks for critical infrastructure, report warns
Federal agencies and organizations that oversee critical infrastructure sectors and fail to adapt to the cloud paradigm risk major cybersecurity threats to their systems and networks, according to recent findings.
Emerging Tech
Inside NIST’s effort to lay the groundwork for a functional quantum computer
The latest quantum computer-adjacent device is part of NIST’s broader plan to help agencies move forward as they develop more emerging technology infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
NDAA amendment calls for DOD, DHS to assess cyber threats to border security
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, said his proposal “sets a plan to prevent cyber incidents by reducing the risk of future cyber vulnerabilities” in key border technologies.
Ideas
How to think like a software factory
The Department of Defense needs to look to its own innovation hubs for lessons on how to keep up with the pace of technological change and emerging threats.
Emerging Tech
OPM identifies over 50 skill sets to look for in federal AI workers
The guidance fulfills a requirement from the AI in Government Act of 2020 that asks how best to deploy and utilize AI and ML technologies in government.
Cybersecurity
New court ruling may hinder federal information sharing efforts, experts warn
Security experts warned that a federal ruling barring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and others from contacting social media sites about key issues may have implications that go far beyond First Amendment-protected speech.
Modernization
TMF announces 5 new digital services and cybersecurity investments
The fund currently has over $750 million invested across 45 projects in 27 agencies.
Cybersecurity
Resource constraints led to EPA’s failure to address critical vulnerabilities in air and radiation data
The Environmental Protection Agency cited a lack of resources and the sheer volume of critical vulnerabilities as the reasons for its inability to patch its systems under federally required timeframes.
Modernization
Pentagon’s reversal on new travel expense system “troubling,” key lawmaker says
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said the Pentagon’s decision to terminate a multi-million dollar contract to replace its Defense Travel System “raises broader questions about DOD’s ability to manage its finances and information technology.”
Digital Government
How some agencies used tech to decrease improper payments
Governmentwide, improper payments are up relative to fiscal year 2020. But digital tools — alongside other management tactics — enabled some agencies to find reductions.
Ideas
Great job, US Embassy in Beijing
COMMENTARY | Steve Kelman cheers an Independence Day message that touted American-style freedom to a Chinese language audience.
Ideas
Why the government should take a page from Google's IT playbook
COMMENTARY | Site reliability engineering could be the answer to improving the availability and usability of government digital services.
Digital Government
Behind the business of NASA’s digital transformation
The space agency’s digital transformation officer talks about how a focus on business outcomes is helping NASA pivot its enterprise technology goals toward the future.
Cybersecurity
Third-party contractor software exploited in attack on HHS data
An official with the Department of Health and Human Services said attackers gained access to data by exploiting a major vulnerability found in the popular MOVEit file transfer service.
Emerging Tech
Citizens are helping government reach its ambitious scientific goals
The government is looking for everyday people to help collect, study or parse information related to various scientific projects.
Cybersecurity
Navy gets new cyber categories
The move will make it so cryptologists and IT professionals no longer have additional duties in cyberspace operations.
Digital Government
Can NIH help drive health data access?
The National Institutes of Health is aiming to address challenges with public health data interoperability by setting new data-sharing expectations.
Modernization