Emerging Tech
The VA’s First Chief Innovation Officer Aims to Speed Up the Delivery of Cost-Saving Services
Michael Akinyele’s mission is to find ways to innovate health care delivery and scale it across the enterprise.
Digital Government
White House Budget Office Wants to Know How You Would Make Contracting More Efficient
The federal government is looking to reduce cost and time of procurements, like the private sector.
Artificial Intelligence
Spies Like AI: The Future of Artificial Intelligence for the U.S. Intelligence Community
Putting AI to its broadest use in national defense will mean hardening it against attack.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Jan. 28
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
A Graveyard of Giant Spacecraft Spins Through Space
After observatories retire, they can still spend hundreds, even millions, of years trailing the Earth.
Cybersecurity
Union Leader Says Utilities Not Incentivized to Report Cyber Incidents or Implement Protections
FERC’s recently “expanded” reporting requirements leave it up to entities to decide on qualifying events.
Policy
Bill Would Reform NSA Surveillance Program
Bipartisan legislation could curtail long-running National Security Agency data collection efforts.
Ideas
Don't Just Fake It: 'Deep Acting' Emotions Pays Off at Work
People who try to be positive with their coworkers receive significantly higher levels of support from them.
Modernization
High-tech communications aircraft crashes in Afghanistan
The U.S. military is investigating the cause of the crash of a highly specialized communications aircraft in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province.
Digital Government
Unclear NSA CIO Role Puts the Agency’s IT at Risk, IG Says
Auditors report the position is not even in the agency’s organizational chart.
Ideas
Reimagining Citizen Services in the Government in 2025
As citizens change, so will their expectations.
People
Union presses to suspend ruling on workplace impeachment talk
An emergency motion would pause an Office of Special Counsel policy designed to tamp down federal workplace advocacy of impeachment.
Modernization
DHS Office that Tracks Weapons of Mass Destruction Seeks Multilayer Cloud Environment
The relatively new Homeland Security office is looking for “a full range” of cloud architecture and engineering services.
Cybersecurity
As botnet bill gains new life, old concerns about scope linger
A bill that would give the Department of Justice new tools to prosecute botnet traffickers quietly passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee in December 2019.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Jan. 27
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Delivering the authentication experience that veterans deserve
With agencies now offering such a complex array of services, it's more vital than ever that government catch up with their private sector counterparts and link the connection points.
Acquisition
Mary Davie: Exit interview
After 30 years at the General Services Administration, Mary Davie is headed for a new innovation post at NASA.
Modernization