Ideas
Measuring for management
Steve Kelman is impressed with how today's senior federal civilian and military managers approach performance data.
Digital Government
Postal Service Awards $70M Contract for Data Compliance Modernization
The Postal Service will modernize its data compliance and e-Discovery tools.
Artificial Intelligence
Defense Kicks Off First Series of Global Information Dominance Experiments Program
The program brings together multiple experts within the Defense Department to develop and implement advanced AI and data analytics in warfighting operations.
Digital Government
Report: 14% of Young Adults Want to Work for Government
Young adults preferred businesses of any size to government or nonprofit work.
Acquisition
DOD instructs acquisition teams to prioritize small business engagement over best-in-class contracts
The Defense Department is instructing its components to support efforts to expand small business participation in the federal marketplace following the release of its “Small Business Strategy” earlier this month.
Digital Government
Republicans Announce New Congressional Cyber Subcommittee Leadership
A New York Republican is taking over a powerful House Homeland Security subcommittee tasked with overseeing efforts to improve federal network security and the nation’s cyber defense agency.
Ideas
Closing the Digital Divide in Government: 5 Strategies for Digital Transformation
Citizens are demanding a more connected government.
Ideas
That Time the Federal Government Was Ruled By Czars
How a term for Russian oligarchs came to be applied to American government officials.
Digital Government
The National Intelligence Director: Over-Classification Undermines Democracy
The ongoing investigations into handling of sensitive documents by former presidents and vice presidents have brought potential problems with the classification system back into the spotlight.
Policy
Oversight Chairman Comer: ‘We’re two years behind in oversight’
Meanwhile, Democrats say Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the incoming chairman of the newly renamed House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is hypocritical and partisan.
Policy
House lawmakers want VA's $20 billion-plus electronic health record program to improve or else
Senior Republicans on the House Veterans Affairs Committee are backing legislation to end the troubled program to replace the Department of Veterans Affairs' homegrown electronic health record system with commercial software from Oracle-Cerner -- unless the program can hit performance targets and satisfy top hospital officials.
Cybersecurity
Republicans announce new congressional cyber subcommittee leadership
A New York Republican is taking over a powerful House Homeland Security subcommittee tasked with overseeing efforts to improve federal network security and the nation’s cyber defense agency.
Ideas
Why Zoom Happy Hours Fall Flat
Booze and in-person gatherings just go together. Virtually, not so much.
Emerging Tech
NOAA Seeks Input on Future Space Situational Awareness Safety Services
The agency’s Office of Space Commerce seeks comment on its planned basic services and who should provide them as it looks to monitor satellites and orbital debris.
Emerging Tech
FTC Votes to Finalize Data Security Order for Ed Tech Website
The FTC issued another set of requirements for online businesses handling sensitive consumer data following multiple data breaches.
Digital Government
VA is Working to Add New Features to its Health and Benefits App
The VA’s mobile phone app, which surpassed one million downloads last year, is rolling out new prescription refill and travel reimbursement services for veterans in the coming months.
Emerging Tech
Video Game Technology Tapped to Medically Train Astronauts for Future Moon and Mars Missions
Ultimately, lives might depend on the quality of that training.
Ideas
Vaccination to Prevent Dementia? New Research Suggests Viral Infections can Accelerate Neurodegeneration
Avoiding viruses over decades may help humans avoid Alzheimer's disease.
Emerging Tech
Energy Issues Over $9M in Quantum Research Funding
13 projects will receive funding over the course of three years, all of which apply quantum technology to solving nuclear physics problems.
People