Ideas
Six Strategies for Transforming Citizen Service Delivery
President Biden wants to make it easier and more efficient to access critical government services. Here’s some ways to make that happen.
Digital Government
Zombie Fungus Drives Flies to Mate With the Dead
This fungus has a particularly gross way of reproducing.
Cybersecurity
Biden administration looks to jumpstart cyber training
At a White House event, the Labor and Commerce Departments announced a 120-day apprenticeship sprint to offer pathways into cybersecurity jobs.
Modernization
Federal Agencies Invest More Each Year in Cloud as Benefits Outweigh Challenges
Government IT experts promoted the benefits of migrating to the cloud, even as they cautioned about the need to train employees and navigate the regulatory process.
Cybersecurity
Justice Recovered $500K for Victims, Traced Ransomware Payments to China
The announcement emphasizes the department’s new strategy to address cyber threats, which also includes enforcing financial penalties for federal contractors misrepresenting their cyber defenses.
Artificial Intelligence
White House Advocates Cloud Investment as a Path to Artificial Intelligence
A new report from the White House points to advanced cloud technologies to help bolster artificial intelligence R&D at the federal level.
Cybersecurity
Cyber looms large in House NDAA
From establishing the National Digital Reserve Corps to setting term limits at CISA, here’s what you need to know about the tech and cyber amendments currently featured in the House version of the FY2023 NDAA.
Digital Government
Advisory Subcommittee Says ‘No Need’ for Homeland Security’s Disinformation Board
The board has been fraught with controversy since it was announced a few months ago.
Digital Government
Watchdog says that racial and ethnic gaps remain in the CDC's COVID-19 data
Centers for Disease Control data on race and ethnicity about COVID-19 is sometimes "missing, inconsistent or inaccurate," an inspector general report says.
Emerging Tech
Hypersonic Missile-Tracking Satellites Greenlit For Development
The Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris and Northrop Grumman $1.3 billion in contracts to deliver prototypes that track quick-maneuvering hypersonic missiles in flight.
Modernization
FBI, Verizon Collaborate on $400M IT Overhaul
The telecommunications giant will help the law enforcement agency improve connectivity and security for its acting agents.
Ideas
Dear agency senior executive: You can make or break your next big tech initiative
You may have heard that modern principles can help you reduce risk on projects like yours, but changing the way you work isn't easy.
Cybersecurity
CISA Builds Out Effort to Influence Global Policy With London Attaché
The office will inform other efforts to come as the agency grows its international presence.
Cybersecurity
NIST Selects 12 Companies for Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography
Officials leading a standardization effort—based on four winning algorithms—are relying heavily on industry for success.
Cybersecurity
CISA’s first international office set to open later this month in London
CISA’s planned international attaché office will help promote the agency’s first-ever global strategy announced last year.
Policy
Congress wrangles with DHS over biometric system delays and oversight
The Department of Homeland Security says that part of its new biometric system will launch this year, but lawmakers still want an independent analysis of the project.
Modernization
VA Senior Staffers 'Failed' to Provide Accurate Data on EHR Training, Watchdog Finds
An OIG investigation found that change management leaders’ lack of due diligence impeded assessment of the electronic health record system training process.
Digital Government
EEOC: Women still lag far behind men in the government’s STEM workforce
A new report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission digs into women in the government’s STEM workforce, showing gaps in overall participation, leadership and pay.
Digital Government