Ideas
Defending Against Cybersecurity Moles Inside Your Agency
The move to a virtual workforce has been a boon to industrious hackers.
Emerging Tech
Human Rights Organizations Call for Corporate Ban on Facial Recognition Tech
The organizations called facial recognition "inherently discriminatory and dangerous."
Cybersecurity
White House sanctions Russia over SolarWinds campaign, election interference
The White House today announced a sanctions package targeting the Kremlin, Russian technology companies and financial institutions for hacking and misinformation efforts.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: April 15, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Ideas
Trump, Defying Custom, Hasn't Given the National Archives Records of His Speeches at Political Rallies
Almost 10% of the president’s total public speeches are excluded from the official record.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Not Compromised by SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Hacks, Official Says
The official urged continued patching of on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers.
Digital Government
No Domestic Surveillance Authorities Needed, NSA Director Reiterates
Instead, Gen. Paul Nakasone and other intelligence community leaders want better public-private partnerships to address “blind spots” in the cyber realm.
Digital Government
Bureau of Economic Analysis on the Hunt for a New Chief Information Officer
Interested candidates have until later this month to apply.
Modernization
Congress Gave OMB $1B for IT Upgrades. Now It Wants to Know How It Will Be Spent
Lawmakers want to know which projects will get prioritized and which will be recused from repaying the fund.
Digital Government
Survey: 69% of Women Under Age 30 Say COVID-19 Has Harmed Their Mental Health
Women are more likely to have experienced psychological consequences from the public health crisis. The health care system may not be equipped to respond.
Digital Government
Pentagon officials debut innovation steering group
The new group is tasked with looking for areas in research and engineering that, if improved, would make the Defense Department better at adapting new technology.
Emerging Tech
Los Alamos National Lab to Gain Next-Gen Supercomputing System in 2023
An official detailed what’ll be the in-the-making machine’s various purposes.
People
Now hiring for next set of Presidential Innovation Fellows
Originally a brainchild of the Obama-Biden tech office, the Presidential Innovation Fellows program is now looking for its eighth cohort of in-house federal tech innovators. How has it changed, and what lessons might the program offer for recruiting top tech talent into the government?
Cybersecurity
Nakasone deflects senators' invitations to seek domestic spying powers
Lawmakers have continued to prod the NSA chief to request new surveillance authorities that might prevent another SolarWinds-type breach.
Ideas
From COBOL to Cloud: DOD’s Digital Journey
Migrating big systems can be a huge project. But technologies are standing by to help you achieve it.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: April 14, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Launched New Innovation Steering Group
The announcement came during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing highlighting Defense budget tensions.
Modernization