Modernization
Veterans Affairs Launches Digital National Cemetery
The new interactive website streamlines information about 3.7 million veterans interred across NCA’s 136 national cemeteries.
Cybersecurity
IRS Warns of New Imposter Scam That Spreads Malware
Agency officials recently learned of a phishing campaign in which scammers pose as IRS agents to spread malware and scoop up users’ sensitive information.
Emerging Tech
New Rule Will Let Energy’s Labs Show Off Latest Tech To Attract Industry
The Energy Department has a mandate to push new technologies into the private sector. A new rule allows the labs to hold demos to get industry excited.
Digital Government
TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be
The full-body scanners at airports across the country frequently give false alarms for Afros, braids, twists and other hairstyles popular among black women.
Digital Government
When Transgender Travelers Walk Into Scanners, Invasive Searches Sometimes Wait on the Other Side
Transgender and gender nonconforming people say they have been pressured to expose their genitals during TSA searches at airports. The encounters stem from shortcomings in the agency’s technology and insufficient training of its staff.
Acquisition
DOD looks to expand drone industrial base amid supply chain concerns
Ellen Lord, DOD’s undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters that it couldn’t use commercially available and popular drones made by DJI, a China-based firm.
Modernization
‘I’m Just Baffled’: Internal Emails Show Career VA Employees Frustrated by Influence of Mar-a-Lago Outsiders
Employees question knowledge of the "Mar-a-Lago" crowd, but note importance of appeasing Trump's friends.
Digital Government
The semantics of disinformation
DARPA thinks it can detect automated disinformation campaigns across a range of media by focusing on common machine-generated errors.
Cybersecurity
CISA official touts data sharing in critical infrastructure
Where privately owned critical infrastructure providers had balked at sharing threat data five years ago, it's become now a critical, commercial necessity, according to CISA infrastructure official.
Ideas
People Don’t Always Behave Rationally—Agencies are Learning to Plan for That
Officials are increasingly leveraging the power of behavioral science to enhance program performance.
Acquisition
Congratulations to the 2019 Rising Stars
These early-career leaders already are having an outsized impact on government IT.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Aug. 26
News, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Artificial Intelligence
Algorithm Would Warn Warehouse Workers About Risky Motions
Robot workers could warn their human counterparts if their actions could cause injury.
Policy
Phone Companies Make Pact with State Attorneys General to Combat Robocalls
As part of the agreement, 12 phone carriers pledged to implement call-blocking technology and to monitor their networks for illegal robocalls.
Modernization
CBP to Process Billions in Trade Revenue Using IBM Cloud
The “mainframe-as-a-service” model allowed the agency to migrate one of its more resource-intensive processes to the cloud.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Wants AI to Improve the Contract Performance Assessment Reporting System
Responses to the solicitation are due Aug. 27.
Digital Government
Survey: Public Wants Government Websites to Be Easier to Use
Government’s sites are also perceived as more secure than commercial sites, a new Booz Allen Hamilton survey suggests.
People
Dems push back on BLM relocation plan
Two senior lawmakers want the Bureau of Land Management to halt its plan to relocate its headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado.
Digital Government