Ideas
It's Not Just a Social Media Problem – How Search Engines Spread Misinformation
Search engines learn to serve you what you and others have clicked on before.
Policy
Pandemic Drives Phone, Computer ‘Right-to-Repair’ Bills
The pandemic has made living without a computer harder than ever.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: March 15, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
More Than a Dozen IG Vacancies Await Nominees from Biden
The positions are critical to ensure ethical, effective operations at a time when agencies are disbursing billions of dollars in pandemic relief.
Cybersecurity
Biden to use Quad as 'vehicle' for regional cyber cooperation
Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, says President Joe Biden discussed both the supply chain attack on SolarWinds and vulnerabilities being exploited in Microsoft Exchange with leaders of Japan, India and Australia.
Ideas
How Video Game Technology Helps DOD and Schools During Pandemic
Gaming is an underappreciated learning tool.
Emerging Tech
IBM Announces Cloud Marketplace For Secure Chip Design
The marketplace was built as part of a recent Defense Department initiative aimed at advancing microelectronics technologies.
Modernization
DOD Tracking COVID Vaccinations with New Electronic Health Record System
The military was already developing a digital vaccination tracking system before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Digital Government
6 Questions Officials Still Haven’t Answered After Weeks of Hearings on the Capitol Attack
The continuing questions surrounding the attack have prompted calls for a more sustained inquiry than has so far taken place.
Digital Government
The Hours Americans Reclaimed by Sitting Less in Traffic
As the pandemic cut the amount of commuters and other motorists on the road last year, drivers nationwide saved over 3 billion hours compared to 2019, according to new estimates.
Policy
Consumer Privacy Bill Would Set National Data Privacy Standard
The legislation would require companies to write their privacy policies in plain English.
Cybersecurity
New bill looks to centralize CISA's role in ICS threat response
Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) cited the recent cybersecurity incident at a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Fla., as the impetus for the legislation.
Emerging Tech
FAA, Choctaw Nation to Conduct Drone Studies
The partnership will investigate moving goods at low altitudes and traits of human operators.
People
Biden signs Rescue bill, boosting TMF and adding pandemic leave for feds
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law on Thursday. In addition to a massive influx of funding to support Americans harmed by the economic fallout of the pandemic, there is funding available for IT modernization and provision to help the federal workforce cope with COVID-19.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: March 12, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
DARPA Building Special Chips for Data Privacy Protection
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is considered the “holy grail” of encryption. But right now it takes too much compute power to be used widely.
Ideas
Practical Steps to Managing Supply Chain Risk
Like with any new agency initiative, nothing moves forward without executive sponsorship.
Digital Government