Modernization
Defense Agencies Can Access Amazon Web Services Cloud Through MilCloud 2.0
The milCloud 2.0 contract offers an expanded suite of cloud offerings and services to defense agencies.
Ideas
COVID-19 Misinformation on Chinese Social Media – Lessons for Countering Conspiracy Theories
The popular conspiracies on Weibo about the origins of COVID-19 differ substantially from those in the U.S.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Feb. 1
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers press NSA for answers about Juniper hack from 2015
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the NSA to explain its part in developing a flawed encryption algorithm that was used and subsequently exploited through Juniper Network's security products, citing the supply chain hack involving SolarWinds Orion.
Cybersecurity
The Hack Roundup: CISA Official Says 30% of Victims Didn’t Use SolarWinds
Here are the news and updates you may have missed.
Modernization
Pentagon Hints It Could Abandon the JEDI Cloud Effort
The department still urgently needs an enterprise cloud and indicates it may consider other options.
Digital Government
Former Homeland Security Watchdog Officials Fostered ‘Divisiveness, Disorder and Dissension,’ Report Finds
The three senior employees are no longer working for the IG office.
Artificial Intelligence
Military Eyes AI, Cloud Computing in Space in a Decade
Physics keeps the Pentagon from orbiting a computer powerful enough for machine learning. So they’re building a network in space.
Emerging Tech
Army-Funded Engineers Grow Kombucha-Inspired ‘Living Materials’ that Sense Threats
The functional matter could support an array of military applications.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Wants to Upgrade the IT Supporting Its Insider Threat Program
The Defense Department wants a vendor to manage the next phase of development for the insider threat program’s central database and case management.
Modernization
DOD signals it could move on from JEDI if court battles drag out
The Pentagon is committed to enterprise-wide cloud capabilities at the unclassified, secret and top secret levels, but if a court case around the JEDI procurement doesn't go their way, DOD is signaling it could find other paths to the cloud.
Digital Government
Why Federal Information Governance Is a Team Sport
The federal government needs to ensure that trust in federal data stewardship is always maintained.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Jan. 29
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Justice Notches Major Win with Global Botnet Takedown
Law enforcement also announced their disruption of the commoditized NetWalker ransomware.
Acquisition
Pandemic response drives DOD's sharp uptick in OTA spending
The Defense Pricing and Contracting Agency recorded more than $16 billion in other transaction agreements in 2020 in the Defense Department's response to the pandemic.
People
State Dept. can't justify move to open cyber office, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office says the State Department failed to justify the scope and organizational placement of a new office that was greenlighted in the final days of the Trump administration.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon’s AI Center Steers International Forum to Advance Military Tech Cooperation
An official gave Nextgov a glimpse into what was discussed.
Digital Government