Ideas
Older People like President Trump Are at More Risk from COVID-19 because of How the Immune System Ages
The severity of the illness tends to worsen the older the patient is.
Ideas
It’s Time for Government Agencies to Secure Their Multicloud Environments
Multicloud environments can be extremely challenging to organize, manage and secure.
Digital Government
'Nobody Knows What's Going On': Census Workers Decry Chaos as Trump Administration Challenges Court Order
Census enumerators say they have received inconsistent messages and workloads in recent days despite court order to keep count going.
People
Pandemic continues to take a toll on public sector employment
State and local government payrolls shed 182,000 jobs in September, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
People
Here we go again: 'diversity training' and government contractors
Steve Kelman takes issue with using the government's purchasing power to push unrelated political goals.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 2
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Modernization
NASA sets internal contact tracing app
NASA leverages commercial software, CDO Council for the agency's COVID tracing app.
Acquisition
VA on the fence about homegrown patient portal
The My HealtheVet tool used by more than 3 million veterans to access care at the Department of Veterans Affairs could be retired in favor of a tool from vendor Cerner as part of the agency's $16 billion electronic health record software upgrade.
Emerging Tech
NIST Awards Millions in Innovation Funds for Projects on AI, Wildfire Forecasting—and Much More
Here are a few projects that received a financial boost through the Small Business Innovation Research program.
Digital Government
Senators warm to idea of more pandemic funds, flexibility for DOD
The Defense Department's chief buying executive addressed accusations of money mismanagement while arguing for more COVID relief during an Oct. 1 Senate hearing.
Cybersecurity
Post-election shutdown risk looms
Five weeks separate the November elections and the expiration date on the current stopgap funding measure keeping the federal government operational – and a path to avoiding a shutdown is not entirely clear.
Digital Government
Despite President’s Comments, Transition Efforts Required By Law Are Underway
The Trump administration so far has met all of its requirements to prepare for the transition to a second term or a new president.
Digital Government
NIST Offers Cash Prizes for New Ways to Maintain Anonymity in Data
The agency is putting up cash prizes for new differential privacy algorithms, as well as methods for testing the quality of those solutions and using open source code.
Digital Government
EEOC Turns to Predictive Analytics to Understand How Pandemic Affects Employment Discrimination
The capability shows that the commission should expect an increase in the number of discrimination charges in the next six to 12 months due to the economic downturn, the agency’s chief data officer said.
Modernization
Lawmakers Propose Using FCC E-Rate Funds to Boost Individuals’ Internet Access
The Federal Communications Commission-provided funds have historically been distributed to institutions instead of people.
Digital Government
Trump Signs Shutdown-Averting Stopgap Spending Bill
Measure will keep agencies funded through Dec. 11.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 1
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government