Digital Government
CFPB Targets Financial Industry's Ability to 'Hoard' Personal Data in Proposed Rule
The regulatory agency is the latest entity to propose its own consumer data privacy requirements absent an overarching federal law.
Policy
Wyden blasts wide, unfettered government access to passport files
The revelation comes from ongoing probes into a leak investigation at Customs and Border Protection from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
People
Longtime GSA official Jim Russo dies at 65
Colleagues remember a technical expert, a trusted collaborator and a caring friend.
Emerging Tech
National Labs to Receive $1.5B Funding Boost
The resources will come from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Modernization
TMF Invests $1.78M to Modernize AbilityOne’s ‘Obsolete’ Software
The funding will help to improve the software security of the commission—the largest employer of persons who are blind or have significant disabilities—while bringing the software into a cloud environment.
Ideas
A Vision for Digital Transformation at VA
Solution-focused engineering and collaboration can address many of the key challenges VA is facing and facilitate practical solutions.
Ideas
Women get Fewer Chances to Speak on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, According to an AI-powered, Large-scale Analysis of Interruptions
On large news networks, artificial intelligence suggests women "get fewer opportunities" to engage in dialog that gets politically contentious.
Acquisition
FCC will launch new space bureau
The new bureau will help the agency better perform its existing responsibilities and tackle increasing commercial interest in space.
Policy
What would a GOP takeover of the House mean for the Oversight Committee?
The chair-in-waiting for the once “sleepy” committee would like to investigate COVID-19’s origins, the Biden administration’s border policies and the president’s family members.
Artificial Intelligence
Adoption of AI in Health Care Relies on Building Trust, DOD, VA Officials Say
Wider use of health-related artificial intelligence applications at the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense depends on technologies being “sufficiently understandable.”
Cybersecurity
NDAA Negotiations Will Determine Success of Several Cyber Solarium Goals
Influence from major industry threatens once again to thwart lawmakers’ attempts to realize their policymaking goals through the annual defense authorization bill.
Cybersecurity
Energy official urges CISA to develop storehouse for software bills of materials
A senior cybersecurity advisor for the Department of Energy said a central repository of widely used Software Bills of Material would significantly reduce the burden on federal agencies.
Ideas
How existing policy can help fill the cyber workforce gap
There's still time to retool the Cyber Talent Management System at DHS to create a cadre of cyber specialists to fill key roles at federal civilian agencies.
Emerging Tech
FCC Will Launch New Space Bureau
The new bureau will help the agency better perform its existing responsibilities and tackle increasing commercial interest in space.
Ideas
Mass Migration From Twitter is Likely to be an Uphill Battle – Just Ask ex-Tumblr Users
We've gone through this before.
Digital Government
What do CDOs really want? Guidance from the Office of Management and Budget
A new report also found that chief data officers are looking for more funding, more staff and clarity about how the CDO role intersects with agency CIO shops.
Emerging Tech
CDM Team Helped Define Cyber Directives
Governmentwide cyber hygiene orders are increasingly taking into account the capabilities of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation tools.
Cybersecurity
Experts Weigh in on Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Election Cybersecurity
Both voting systems and the voters themselves could be targets of malign influence.
Emerging Tech
Military Leaders Praise Musk as Treasury Officials Eye Twitter Deal
Outgoing Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond thanked the SpaceX CEO “for being here.”
Digital Government