Digital Government
White House Tells Watchdog It Won’t Comply With Some Priority Suggestions to Improve Government
OMB has 153 open recommendations from GAO and a lower completion rate than the rest of government.
Digital Government
Labor watchdog calls out gaps in unemployment fraud reporting
The department says it will update current requirements so that data flagged as potentially fraudulent will be shared with the agency's Office of the Inspector General.
Artificial Intelligence
How JEDI’s Ghost Will Bring Bitter Rivals Together
The death of the Pentagon’s controversial cloud computing mega-contract likely puts Amazon and Microsoft in a new sort of partnership.
Ideas
Lifespans of 130 Years Could Be Possible This Century
The number of people who live past the age of 100 has been on the rise for decades but few live beyond 110.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 7, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Policy
Women in the Biden White House Earn 99 Cents for Every $1 Earned by Men
The Biden White House has the narrowest wage gap since the country started tracking it in 1995, according to salary data released Thursday.
Modernization
Cloud after COVID
More than a year of pandemic operations has altered government’s view of cloud-centric modernization
Cybersecurity
U.S., Russian Officials to Meet Following Kaseya Ransomware Attack
President Joe Biden also plans to meet with U.S. officials on measures to address ransomware.
Cybersecurity
Accelerating CMMC compliance with a SASE Framework
With the uptick in cyberattacks against private sector and federal entities, DoD’s CMMC is just the beginning of stricter cybersecurity rules for government contractors.
Emerging Tech
DHS Considering Small Business-Made Tech Greenlighted by Other Agencies
The agency wants to know if other parts of the government have developed tech that could help its mission.
Modernization
A Catch-22 Is Keeping Telemedicine Off the Battlefield
Wargame planners won’t include even low-bandwidth telehealth until it has proven valuable in wargames.
Modernization
IRS Offering $7.5M for New Ideas to ‘Digitize’ and ‘Digitalize’ Paper Documents
The sixth solution challenge under the Pilot IRS program focuses on the process and pipeline for turning paper documents digital.
Modernization
Pentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Contract
The Defense Department will opt for a new multibillion-dollar, multi-vendor contract.
Modernization
Pentagon cancels JEDI contract
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract is dead and the Pentagon is pressing forward with a multivendor, direct award approach to better fit warfighter needs.
Ideas
Colonial Pipeline Didn’t Have Multifactor Authentication in Place—And Most Defense Contractors Don’t Either
Most businesses don’t take cybersecurity seriously until it’s too late.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 6, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Acquisition
CMMC board clarifies assessor training timeline
Training materials and certification exams for the assessors and instructors are at least four months away from delivery.
Cybersecurity