Digital Government
House Committee Investigates Whether Officials Misled Congress on OPM-GSA Merger
A recent watchdog group report cited notes from a phone call indicating the Trump administration was advised that the merger plan was illegal, an account that is at odds with what OPM officials testified before Congress last year.
Emerging Tech
House Subcommittee Again Takes Aim at Amazon over Ring Surveillance
The subcommittee wants assurances from Amazon that its Ring doorbell camera isn’t being misused by law enforcement.
Acquisition
CBP taps Anduril for virtual border sentinel system
Customs and Border Protection will expand autonomous border surveillance towers, but says the tech doesn't mean they're hitting pause on the border wall.
Digital Government
You Can Aid COVID-19 Research with Folding@Home
The project relies on the combined processing power of volunteers’ home computers to perform the billions of calculations required to simulate how proteins move.
Cybersecurity
CISA's hit parade of malware aimed at federal agencies
Data compiled from CISA's Intrusion Detection System highlights the three types of malware attacks most commonly targeted at civilian federal agencies.
Digital Government
New Legislation Would Increase Oversight Over Agency Relocations
Measure would require federal officials to conduct detailed cost-benefit analyses and provide them to inspectors general and the public for review before undertaking any effort to move federal agencies.
Modernization
GSA taps MetTel for its own EIS contract
The General Services Administration awards data and voice task orders under its $50 billion next generation telecommunications contract.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 2
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
People
'Sharpiegate' probe elicits rebuke from Commerce IG
The Inspector General at the Department of Commerce is publicly complaining that the agency is using concerns about redactions as cover for blocking the complete release of a critical report surrounding the president's 2019 misstatements about the path of Hurricane Dorian.
Ideas
China and AI: What the World Can Learn and What It Should Be Wary of
The world needs to engage seriously with China’s AI development and take a closer look at what’s really going on.
People
House panel advances measure to eliminate CMO
The Defense Department's number three job would be eliminated thanks to a late-add amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
People
Former AFGE chief and union sued over abuse allegations
Plaintiffs ask for compensation and punishment, federal monitor to reform union.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Systems Will Need to Have Certification, CISA Official Says
A process for vetting algorithms and their input data is needed to build confidence in the tech but is still very far off.
Ideas
To Find Success, Practice a Strategic Mindset
Strategic behaviors translate into faster task performance.
Digital Government
OMB Official: We Need More Cross-Agency Collaboration Tools
Mass teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital government, including a lack of communication options for interagency collaboration.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Looks to Expand Tracking of Election Interference Through Social Media
The request comes four months before Americans head to the polls.
Cybersecurity
NSA to release advisory on VPN security amid telework boom
Organizations that spent the past decade hardening their corporate networks must now contend with their workforce signing in from insecure, unmanaged personal devices at home.
Policy
Senate Passes Bill to End Payments to Dead People
The bill follows an audit that found the IRS sent $1.4 billion in stimulus checks to deceased individuals.
Ideas