IT Modernization
Feds Look to Application Programming Interfaces as Gateways to Modernization
The technology can boost partnerships and lead to new solutions across federal agencies.
IT Modernization
GSA Awards First Task Orders Under $2.5 Billion Payroll Modernization Contract
Under the orders, Carahsoft Technology Corporation and Grant Thornton will roll out commercial payroll systems that would be available for all civilian agencies.
Data
The Pentagon Needs to Make More Software Open Source, Watchdog Says
The White House in 2016 required every agency to make at least 20 percent of its custom software available for reuse across the government, but the Pentagon isn’t even halfway there, according to the Government Accountability Office.
CIO Briefing
OMB Finalizes Long-Awaited Update to Internet Connection Policy
But practitioners will have to wait a few months more for the final use cases on which the policy is based.
Emerging Tech
Device Offers a Way to Communicate During Disasters
A new tool called “Panacea’s Cloud” could give first responders a way to communicate during a natural or human-made disaster when devices such as cell phones may not work.
IT Modernization
Inside Defense Digital Service’s User-Centered Approach
Designing with users—not for them—has been a key to the agency’s innovative success.
Data
Census is Asking the Public to Help Fight Misinformation Ahead of 2020
The bureau launched a website for dispelling common Census rumors and created a special email address where people can report misinformation and other malicious activities.
Emerging Tech
GAO Launches New Unit to Prepare Congress for the Future
The Center for Strategic Foresight held its first conference, focused on two problems closer to the present than the future: deep space and deepfakes.
Ideas
In the Deepfake Era, Counterterrorism Is Harder
After failing to detect the 9/11 plot, spy agencies reinvented themselves for an age of terrorism, but a new generation of technological threats requires a new round of reforms.
IT Modernization
Pentagon’s DEOS Contract Protested
The Government Accountability Office will make a decision on the protest by Dec. 18
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Stands Up Transatlantic Aviation Roundtable
The new committee will address critical security issues that trouble the open skies.
Podcasts
Critical Update: How Hackers Get Stuck In HADES
For the fourth season of Critical Update, the Nextgov team is diving into the latest developments in cybersecurity, beginning with the world’s biggest honeypot.
Emerging Tech
Administration Projects Agencies Will Spend $1 Billion on Artificial Intelligence Next Year
But industry experts warned it might not be enough.
CIO Briefing
State Attorneys General Launch Google Antitrust Probe
The investigation of Google’s advertising practices is the latest to target tech companies.
Data
NIST Wants Public Input on Protecting Personal Privacy
The latest version of its privacy framework is meant to help organizations address the risks of holding sensitive data on their customers.
Data
Study: More than Half of Americans Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly
Pew Research Center’s study is the latest to conclude Americans are growing more comfortable with having their faces scanned.
CIO Briefing
GEAR Center’s First Projects Focus on Government’s Perennial Workforce Issues
The research center’s first challenge winners aim to fill government openings with alternative talent and beef up the workforce’s data skills.
Ideas
I Create Manipulated Images and Videos–But Quality May Not Matter Much
A key element of the battle between truth and propaganda has nothing to do with technology.
Ideas
AI Is Coming for Your Favorite Menial Tasks
As AI gets better at performing routine tasks traditionally done by humans, only stressful ones will be left. The work experience could suffer.
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