Modernization
TMF Program Office Won’t Recoup Current Costs Until 2025, Watchdog Says
Officials pushed back strongly against the report.
Digital Government
FAA looks to the private sector for drone user testing platform
The Federal Aviation Administration is turning to unmanned aircraft manufacturers, retailers and others in the commercial supply chain to help it develop an electronic platform to support a drone owner safety testing capability.
Artificial Intelligence
New York Just Set a ‘Dangerous Precedent’ on Algorithms, Experts Warn
NYC’s task force on algorithms was supposed to be a beacon of transparent government. It couldn’t even gain access to basic information.
Modernization
More agencies are using FedRAMP, but some are still going rogue
While hundreds of additional government cloud projects are being vetted for cybersecurity every year, a GAO audit makes clear that many agencies are still standing up programs without going through FedRAMP.
Artificial Intelligence
How to Train Computers Faster for 'Extreme' Datasets
A divide-and-conquer approach to machine learning could speed up problems in speech translation and answering general questions.
Modernization
GAO frets about TMF payback, fees
The Technology Modernization Fund – the $125 million pool of no-year money appropriated to fast-track technology upgrades – has some potential operational problems, according to an oversight report.
Modernization
Audit: Cloud Use Up But Agencies Skirting FedRAMP
More than 60% of federal agencies audited by the Government Accountability Office did not always use FedRAMP to authorize their cloud solutions.
Ideas
How Agency CIOs Can Enable Business and Reduce Risk
Visibility is essential for CIOs to accomplish their mission and meet compliance.
Ideas
How the Loss of the Landline Is Changing Family Life
The shared phone was a space of spontaneous connection for the entire household.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Dec. 13
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Kansas Abandons Technology Trumpeted by Kris Kobach, Trump’s Onetime Voter Fraud Czar
The computer program, known as CrossCheck, matched various state voter rolls against each other to identify duplicate voters.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Reach Year-Long Funding Deal 'In Principle'
Most agencies are in line for spending bumps over fiscal 2019 levels thanks to a budget deal President Trump signed into law earlier this year.
Emerging Tech
Senate Advances Legislation to Preserve T-Band Spectrum for Emergency Personnel
Experts agree that Congress must reverse a rule to protect the crucial band set aside specifically for first responders in dense cities.
Artificial Intelligence
Special Operations Command Made a Mind-Reading Kit For Elite Troops
The experimental tool is among several that aim to combine sensors and AI to give U.S. operators a new edge.
Emerging Tech
'Dark Patterns' Trick You into Spending More Online
There's a reason a website tells you how many other shoppers are looking at the same item you are.
Modernization
FCC Launches Plan to Make Suicide Hotline Accessible Through a 3-Digit Dial Code
988 could soon be the 911 for suicide prevention.
Digital Government
Appropriators agree 'in principle' on 2020 funding
Details of a plan to avoid a shutdown will be hashed out over the weekend with bills coming for a vote next week, according to top lawmakers.
Digital Government
Defense IG Will Review Recent $400 Million Border Wall Contract
Key House lawmaker asked for the review, citing possible improper influence by the Trump administration.
Acquisition