Cybersecurity
Executive Order Lays Out Timelines for National Security Reviews of Foreign Telecom Providers
FCC Chairman says the agency will now act on a rulemaking it’s been sitting on since 2016.
Modernization
Mid-Pandemic, CDC Looks to Upgrade Its Biosurveillance Database
The system collects data from hospitals, local public health departments, pharmacies and more to give researchers and officials a view of how diseases spread across the country.
Modernization
Pentagon Attorneys Say Amazon Wants ‘Do-Over’ in JEDI Bid
The Defense Department defended its request for a four-month remand while it addresses issues raised by Amazon’s lawsuit over the multibillion-dollar cloud contract.
People
Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for older feds to sue for age discrimination
Federal employees 40 and above are entitled to process "untainted by age consideration."
Cybersecurity
Industry Groups Request Extension to Comply with Ban on Huawei, Other Chinese Suppliers
Top trade associations are hoping COVID-19 will buy companies six more months.
People
AFGE head: Federal managers are exacerbating pandemic risks
In a recent interview, AFGE National President Everett Kelley said that some agencies have directed managers to exclude unions from key decisions involving employee safety.
Ideas
Preventing Remote Workers from Being Sitting Ducks
Unlike workers in other industries, most federal workers have largely conducted business within the four walls of their agency.
Modernization
HHS tech official warns feds, contractors on virtual meeting risks
As remote collaboration become the default, federal agencies are advising employees and users that video teleconferencing software, phone meetings and other tools are at increased risk.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Launches Coronavirus Mythbuster Site
The Defense Department created a web portal to fact-check bad information circulating about the coronavirus and the military’s response.
People
What do narcissists do to team performance?
Steve Kelman shares suggestive new research -- and offers some ideas for how federal managers might act on it.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: April 6
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Ideas
How One Federal Agency Took Care of Its Workers During the Yellow Fever Pandemic in the 1790s
The pandemic forced Americans to tackle some of the questions that have surfaced in the past week.
Acquisition
Legacy systems crumble under high demand
Unemployment insurance and other social safety net IT systems around the county are crumbling under the stress of millions of users seeking to apply for benefits in the wake of unprecedented unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ideas
How to Keep Your Pets Happy While You're Social Distancing
Your new schedule is also interrupting your pets'.
Ideas
Where’s the Money? Keep an Eye on the CARES Act
With the passage of the $2.3 trillion economic relief bill, things are happening at breakneck speed.
Artificial Intelligence
Summer Space Program Considers Shift to Virtual Version Due to Coronavirus
The SETI Institute is rethinking how to host its competitive summer program for accelerating space research.
Cybersecurity
The Other Cyber Threat that Merits an FBI Warning Amid COVID-19
Zoombombing got all the attention but another threat could hurt financially.
Emerging Tech
Agencies Have Spent At Least $2.6B on COVID-19 Supplies and Services
That number only reflects properly tagged procurements—real dollars spent in response to the coronavirus outbreak are significantly higher.
Digital Government