Cybersecurity
Hearing on Hack Prompts Call for Review of Government’s Cloud Procurement
A key lawmaker highlighted a profit motive for “basic” cybersecurity as problematic following an exchange with Microsoft President Brad Smith.
Ideas
Common App Announces Changes to Create More Inclusive College Application Process for LGBTQ+ Students
The Common App board announced it will reframe its sex and gender questions, barriers to higher education LGBTQ+ people face.
Emerging Tech
Veterans Affairs Department Expands 5G Footprint to Miami
The agency’s latest next-generation wireless network was recently deployed by T-Mobile.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Seized on the Pandemic. Some States Are Fighting Back.
Cyberattackers have forced states to take down websites, stolen $36 billion in unemployment payments and exposed millions of residents’ personal information to scammers.
Digital Government
Customs and Border Protection Behind on Deploying Border Surveillance Tech, DHS OIG Finds
But President Joe Biden’s new immigration bill calls for more “smart technology” at the border.
Acquisition
Lawmakers, contractors look to extend COVID aid to industry
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) are pushing for legislation to extend reimbursements for federal contractors unable to work due to COVID-19 through Sept. 30.
Acquisition
Announcing the 2021 Federal 100 Award winners
Meet the women and men being honored for their exceptional contributions to federal IT.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Base Prepping for EMP Vulnerability Tests
In response to a Trump administration executive order, Joint Base San Antonio is getting ready to test its infrastructure against a simulated electromagnetic pulse attack.
Modernization
DISA Tech Programs Paved the Way for DOD Mass Telework
Two Defense Department officials pointed to culture as a key challenge counteracting innovation.
Ideas
The Art of (Big Tech) War
The uncomfortable truth is the government is the underdog in this fight.
People
OPM cautions feds on marijuana use
Past marijuana use is not disqualifying for applicants to federal jobs, but ongoing use in jurisdictions where pot has been legalized or decriminalized is still off limits, OPM states.
Cybersecurity
Space Firms Put Aside Rivalries to Share Threat Data
A new clearinghouse has begun gathering and distributing information about threats to space networks, products, and services.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Feb. 26
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Ideas
Facebook's News Blockade in Australia Shows How Tech Giants Are Swallowing the Web
The internet in 2021 is not the same open public sphere that Tim Berners-Lee envisioned.
Cybersecurity
The Hack Roundup: State Department Cyber Office Clears Committee Amid Push for International Norms
Here are the news and updates you might have missed.
Digital Government
IG: ‘Tens of Billions’ in Fraudulent Unemployment Claims in 2020
A Labor Department Inspector General memo suggests a massive uptick in fraudulent unemployment claims brought on by COVID-19.
Emerging Tech
National Lab Creates Technology to Detect Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
High performance computing systems are increasingly at risk.
Acquisition
DOL looks to roll back Trump's exemption for religious orgs in contracting
The agency plans going to reverse the rule through notice and comment rulemaking, a process that could take months.
Modernization