Cybersecurity
IRS Testing Behavioral Analytics to Verify Online Users
The agency is piloting a proof-of-concept that will track how individual taxpayers interact with its online systems.
Cybersecurity
DHS Wants Industry to Help Improve Pay for Cyber Personnel
By rolling out a “market-sensitive” pay structure and supporting more flexible career paths, the department hopes to make its cybersecurity jobs more appealing.
Artificial Intelligence
States Try to Stop Political Deepfake Videos
State lawmakers are increasingly focused on deceptively edited videos, a pervasive technology that advocates say has the potential to disrupt elections. But are bans constitutional?
Modernization
USDA Wants Feedback from 2 Million Customers
Consider it the agency’s latest move in its efforts to put the farmer first.
Ideas
3 Major Threat Trends Federal Agencies Need to Know
Here's what agencies need to be mindful of.
Modernization
House Passes Seven-Week Stopgap Spending Bill in Hopes of Avoiding October Shutdown
The Senate must still pass the bill.
Acquisition
Thrift Board plans anti-fraud effort
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board's Office of Financial Services is looking for vendors to help with fraud prevention.
Ideas
Algorithms Are People
The secret sauce of search engines gives tech companies an abundance of plausible deniability.
Cybersecurity
Will Bolton's ouster mean a comeback for the top White House cyber job?
The top cyber official at DHS said his agency is already taking on many of the defunct White House cybersecurity coordinator's old responsibilities.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Sept. 20
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Ideas
I Researched Uighur Society in China for 8 Years and Watched How Technology Opened New Opportunities – Then Became a Trap
The Muslim ethnic minority must carry their smartphones or risk being detained.
Digital Government
Inspector General Vacancies Continue to Jeopardize Oversight and Investigations
Thirteen of 74 positions lack a permanent IG and some of the openings date back to Obama era, according to a watchdog.
Cybersecurity
McConnell Voices Support for $250 Million in Election Security Funds
The bill marks “a great step forward,” but states will need more consistent investment to make long-term improvements, according to CISA Director Chris Krebs.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Intro Bill to Enhance Not-Yet-Revived Office of Technical Assessment
A group of House and Senate lawmakers want the office to be more responsive and transparent, assuming funding to reinstate it gets through the appropriations process.
Emerging Tech
FDA Unveils Next Step on its Journey to Develop a Safer Food System
Insiders say it’s time to leverage emerging technologies and innovative approaches to strengthen and protect food traceability across America.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Urge New National Security Adviser to Restore White House Cyber Coordinator
John Bolton’s decision to eliminate the role in May 2018 “showed a lack of seriousness in tackling the immediate national security threats facing our country,” said Sen. Mark Warner.
Emerging Tech
Six U.S. Cities Make the List of Most Surveilled Places in the World
A new report found that CCTV surveillance is increasing in certain areas of the U.S., with one city government watching its citizens from 35,000 cameras.
Emerging Tech
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Eyes Tech Sprints to Accelerate Advancements
The hope is to rapidly identify technological solutions for the agency’s toughest problems.
Digital Government