Acquisition
IRS tech, CISA funding in Build Back Better
An effort to put $3.5 billion into key governmentwide tech modernization accounts appears to have come up short in the Build Back Better bill, but there's still a lot of technology spending on the table.
Modernization
Intelligence Community Preps Major Cloud Management Contract
A systems integrator will provide cloud integration, management tools and more to the intelligence community.
Emerging Tech
Texas Republicans Want to Make the State the Center of the Cryptocurrency Universe
North America’s largest bitcoin mine sits just down the road from the old aluminum plant, about 60 miles northeast of Austin.
Digital Government
Vacancies Act Deadline Looms for Many of Biden’s Acting Officials, But the OMB Director Is an Exception
A statutory provision allows the deputy director of the management and budget office to serve as the agency’s acting leader indefinitely.
Digital Government
Emerging Trends in Customer Experience
Nextgov highlights the latest in digital service delivery in the federal government.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: October 28, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Is One of Five Pillars in State’s Modernization Initiative
In addition to creating two new positions to handle international cyber and emerging tech issues, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling for a 50% increase in the department’s IT budget.
Artificial Intelligence
Inside the Air Force Training Program that Will Pit Human Pilots Against AI
The work could lead to a new era of human and technology teaming.
Cybersecurity
IC leaders drill in on diversity issues at House hearing
Although there have been some gains in the representation of women and minorities in the IC workforce overall, the highest ranks are less diverse.
Digital Government
OMB Issues 11 Action Items for 2021 Data Strategy With 2 Months Left in the Year
The 2021 Action Plan focuses on finalizing and building on action items from the original 2020 Action Plan.
Cybersecurity
FBI Warns of Ranzy Locker Hacks Against U.S. Companies
More than 30 firms in various industries have been compromised by the ransomware as of July 2021 as Congress looks to combat the surge of digital attacks.
People
Blinken announces new cyber bureau at State
The secretary of State named cybersecurity and emerging tech as critical areas for capacity building at State, alongside climate, global health and multilateral technology.
Digital Government
Lawmaker Introduces 'Drain the Swamp Act' to Force All Agencies to Leave Washington
Agencies would be allowed to keep just 10% of their workforces in the nation's capital.
Cybersecurity
Senate Committee Chair: ‘Ransomware Has Changed the Equation’
The recent attacks on food and gas supply chains shifted how Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Gary Peters prioritizes cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers examine TSA's growing role in cyber
Lawmakers on the Homeland Security Committee convened cybersecurity experts and key stakeholders from the transportation industry to discuss new rules in the works for the transportation sector.
People
DOD looks to civilian workforce to close technology gaps
The Defense Department has been increasingly looking to recruit civilians to fill its tech talent needs, but some lawmakers are concerned that the mission of uniformed troops could suffer.
Cybersecurity
Scammers Are Using Fake Job Ads to Steal People’s Identities
The U.S. Secret Service confirmed that it has seen a “marked increase” in sham job ads seeking to steal people’s personal data, often with the aim of filing bogus unemployment insurance claims.
Digital Government