Cybersecurity
Does Einstein need a post-SolarWinds makeover?
A marquee program designed to protect the government against cybersecurity threats is facing new scrutiny in the wake of Solar Winds Orion breach, but analysts say the program was unlikely to have ever stopped the hacking campaign.
Artificial Intelligence
Homeland Security Wants AI to Help Realize a 5-Year-Old Financial Services Mandate
The Financial Systems Modernization Program hasn’t met its requirements, but officials hope an injection of artificial intelligence and automation can help.
People
New bill looks to close retirement loophole for injured federal first responders
Sponsors say the legislation is needed to allow federal first responders to access their retirement benefits if they are injured on the job.
Modernization
Pentagon awards OTA for online AI marketplace
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center awarded an other transaction agreement to build and manage an online environment for rapid procurement of AI capabilities.
Digital Government
Dozens of Democrats Back Bill to Secure Pandemic-Centered Health Data
Their recently re-introduced legislation is meant to help boost public trust in tech-based apps.
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