Digital Government
The Cicadas Aren’t Coming. Billions are Already Here.
The 17-year cicadas are set to emerge from their underground lairs in multiple areas, with some cities and states finding creative ways to celebrate these large, noisy, clumsy insects.
Cybersecurity
Progressive Lawmakers Praise Biden’s Plan for Cybersecurity Labels
Reviews are in on the administration’s long-awaited executive order following several major hacking campaigns.
Artificial Intelligence
Navy Beats Army in First Amazon-Led Competition to Produce the Fastest Self-Driving Race Cars
The program offers a hands-on machine-learning experience—and bragging rights.
Emerging Tech
Lockheed, Air Force Software Factory Helps Field New Strike Planning Aid System
The contractor built new DevSecOps pipelines for Rogue Blue software factory in Nebraska.
Modernization
GSA plans new cloud buying vehicle to support modernization at all levels of government
The General Services Administration is soliciting feedback from industry on a planned new blanket purchase agreement to provide cloud infrastructure, storage, software and services to federal agencies and state and local governments.
Artificial Intelligence
Automatic Government
This Nextgov ebook examines how agencies employ automation and other variants of artificial intelligence software to improve service delivery and mission outcomes.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Response Bill Advances in Senate
The legislation includes a fund to help impacted organizations pay for remediation efforts.
Digital Government
Senate Panel Advances Measures to Reskill Feds, Ban Their TikTok Use
OPM would oversee an agency-led effort to get federal workers into new jobs.
Ideas
Biden’s Cyber Strategy Must De-weaponize Civilian Data
It's time to stop relying on knowledge-based authentication.
Cybersecurity
CISA chief says cyber order is doable but will 'stretch the system'
The executive order, which was published Wednesday night, contains deadlines for CISA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Management and Budget and other agencies to begin reworking the government's cybersecurity with some timelines as short as 30 days from its signing.
Policy
Billions of Federal Dollars to Close Broadband Gaps are About to Start Flowing
The FCC has launched a program that provides $50 subsidies to help households pay internet bills and also approved rules for a $7 billion fund for libraries and schools.
Acquisition
With Biden's equity agenda in play, experts talk about making procurement more inclusive
Government procurement practitioners discussed equity and procurement at the Code for America summit, as leaders across the federal enterprise look to measure and expand inclusiveness in public spending.
Modernization
VA expecting claims backlog to peak this summer
Recent additions to the backlog of veterans affected by Agent Orange are going to add to an expected spike in the backlog of pending benefits claims at the Veterans Benefits Administration, but agency officials are still aiming to get the levels closer to pre-pandemic numbers by the end of fiscal year 2022.
Artificial Intelligence
Tweets Fuel Super Accurate Morning Traffic Prediction
Simple personal tweets like “Had a blast at the Pirates game!” or “This fender bender ahead is going to make me late,” can actually provide crucial information.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: May 13, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Biden Issues Executive Order to Bolster Nation’s Cybersecurity
The administration calls for a standardized federal playbook and review board for incident response, as well as changes to software procurement.
Cybersecurity
Federal Agencies Say ‘No Evidence’ Hackers Affected Colonial’s Operational Technology
A leading GOP lawmaker is pressuring CISA to release data on the agency’s pipeline cybersecurity initiative.
Cybersecurity