Cybersecurity
Connecting and supporting the post-pandemic workforce
After a year of emergency response, IT leaders are planning for a permanently changed operating environment.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: May 24, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
White House Advisers Consider Workforce Requirements for Critical Infrastructure Providers
The National Security Council asked the private-sector led National Infrastructure Advisory Council to focus a critical-infrastructure workforce study on cybersecurity and to speed delivery of its recommendations.
Digital Government
National Defense Strategy Tech Annex Would Help Emphasize Need for Innovation, Top DOD Tech Official Says
And service-level officials called for year-of execution funding to help avoid the valley of death
Emerging Tech
Next Generation Supercomputing Bill Introduced in the House
Provisions promoting workforce development and energy efficient operations, among others, are included in the legislation.
Digital Government
NARA seeks DOD's help in addressing records request backlog
Many records housed in a St. Louis facility are critical to veterans' benefits applications but can't be accessed remotely.
Cybersecurity
US Chamber Asks Government To Get More Involved In Ransomware Defense
The Chamber of Commerce offered six steps the federal government can take to help American businesses defend against and respond to ransomware cyberattacks.
Artificial Intelligence
Report Highlights How AI Could Amplify Future Disinformation Campaigns
The 70-page report assesses how neural networks and artificial intelligence could supercharge dis- and misinformation campaigns and sway the opinions of millions.
Modernization
How to fund security and modernize at the same time
FedRAMP's standards go a long way toward the security goals the White House just set -- but smaller firms must be able to afford the authorization process.
Ideas
Committing to a U.S. Government-Industry Partnership to Empower AI Innovation
Such a partnership could make prompt and significant progress in resolving the top barriers to AI innovation and deployment.
Digital Government
Here Are the Pioneering Women who Will Be on New Quarters
Beginning in 2022, women’s faces will appear on quarters for the first time, and the public will help choose who will be minted.
Cybersecurity
CISA Official Promotes an Emerging Cybersecurity Role in Wake of New Executive Order
Move over CISOs, it may be time to make room for chief product security officers.
Modernization
Unfunded mandates in the cyber EO?
New marching orders for agencies and technology vendors in the Biden administration's new cybersecurity policy need to be supported in the budget, industry reps say.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: May 21, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Biden Expected to Unveil Full Budget Proposal Next Week, Without a Permanent OMB Director
A veteran Capitol Hill staffer has been serving as the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget.
Emerging Tech
National Quantum Leaders Contemplate Current Investments and Future Innovation
They expressed aims to continue to prioritize people and partnerships.
People
CDC mask guidelines and the federal workforce
The White House-led Safer Federal Workforce Task Force is incorporating recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates on COVID protocols into their guidance for agencies looking to accommodate vaccinated workers.
Modernization