Cybersecurity
Final DOD Cybersecurity Certification Model Due Friday
The Defense Department will seek information within weeks to build a sophisticated database that will serve as a repository for auditors.
Policy
Congress Passes Bill to Spur Veterans’ Participation in STEM Fields
The STEM workforce gap is real. Lawmakers say veterans are a key to help close it.
Modernization
State Department CIO’s Plan to Reengineer Agency’s IT Process
The shift to cloud computing and agile development hit the State Department’s “sweet spot,” says CIO Stuart McGuigan.
Emerging Tech
States Sue Trump Administration Over 3D-Printed Gun Regulations
The state attorneys general say they fear making online designs to create “ghost guns” more accessible will lead to violence.
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