Modernization
Microsoft Gets Temporary Authority to Host Secret Classified Defense Data
A Defense agency has granted Microsoft a temporary provisional authority to host data at Impact Level 6 for the next 90 days.
Modernization
DOD preps new spectrum strategy
The Defense Department is combining electromagnetic spectrum and electronic warfare into a single strategy for 2020.
Ideas
Data Evangelists Spread the Word on Boosting Government Performance
A recent gathering of state and local officials had the feel of an old time revival.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Dec. 19
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Facial Recognition Deployments in Public Housing
In a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, democrats from both chambers raised concerns about threats to residents’ privacy.
Modernization
App Rationalization Is Not About 'Low-Hanging Fruit'
While agencies often look for quick wins on new administration policies, the application rationalization process is not one of those areas, an official said.
Cybersecurity
CISA Still Wants Your Thoughts on Its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
The agency wants feedback on how the government should accept unsolicited bug reports.
Cybersecurity
Security researchers seek clarity on legal protections in CISA vulnerability disclosure directive
Some notable names in the security research community have already weighed in on a draft order directing federal agencies to set up their own vulnerability disclosure programs.
Modernization
A More Automated FedRAMP is One Step Closer
The program office seeks public comments on updates to its automation plans.
Digital Government
How California’s Consumer Privacy Act Will Become the Digital Law of the Land
Under the law, the onus is on consumers to request that companies disclose or delete their personal data. But more states and the federal government could still jump into the privacy debate.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers seek answers on HUD's use of facial recognition
Responding to press accounts, a group of lawmakers want to know if the Department of Housing and Urban Development is supporting the use of biometric surveillance in public housing properties.
Acquisition
All EIS vendors have ATOs
GSA clears the last two Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vendors to provide service under the huge telecom contract.
Ideas
Robot Career Guidance: AI May Soon Be Able to Analyse Your Tweets to Match You to a Job
Those social media posts may point to your career path.
Modernization
Greenlight for JEDI spending included in DOD funding bill
Appropriators gave the okay to JEDI spending and pushed for the completion of the Fourth Estate cloud migration by the end of fiscal year 2020.
Digital Government
NIST Launches Biometric Databases to Boost Identity Verification Research
The rollout marks the beginning of “what is intended to be an expanding collection of biometric resources.”
Ideas
Legacy IT Is Not the Problem
Digital transformation requires architecting an IT organization around something more fundamental to IT organizations than technology: complexity.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Dec. 18
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech