Emerging Tech
Telecom Officials Defend America’s Position on 5G Landscape
American companies may not be Huawei, but they're innovating 5G in their own ways.
Digital Government
Experts Tell Congress Facial Recognition’s Bias Problem May Be Here to Stay
Despite significant improvements in the tech’s overall performance, he said, “it’s unlikely” researchers will ever make systems equally accurate across racial and other demographic lines.
Modernization
CBP Is Looking for a Vendor to Manage Its Multi-Cloud Environment
The winning company will have to stitch together multiple cloud services and architectures and enable the agency to add new ones as needed.
Ideas
Government May Tap Older Tech to Secure Modern Infrastructure
There might be something to keeping physical switches in power grids.
Emerging Tech
ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet
ICE agents have used facial-recognition technology on state driver’s-license photos, turning a public database into a de facto criminal database.
Cybersecurity
CBP defends facial recognition programs to Congress
An official argued that such programs largely automate the manual identity verification practices the government has done for decades, but a recent breach looms large.
Modernization
Tech amendments in the House NDAA
Congress has begun debating the future of the 2020 defense authorization bill and more than 400 amendments.
People
Connolly looks to block OPM merger in NDAA
Rep. Gerry Connolly is taking his push to block the planned merger of OPM and GSA to the must-pass annual defense bill.
Digital Government
OMB pushes evidence, CDOs and TBM in budget planning
In their annual budget planning document, the Office of Management and Budget issued early requirements for Evidence-Based Policymaking and told tech managers to adopt TBM.
Digital Government
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
Legal experts and human rights advocates say they were not told about the databases and question their reliability.
Cybersecurity
How CISA Says to Protect Smart Devices from Bad Apps
The agency has some new tips to share around securing personal devices.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 10
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Modernization
Pentagon’s Messaging on JEDI: Without it, Our Adversaries Win and Troops Lose
Pentagon officials have been increasingly vocal about JEDI in recent months as the court battle continues.
Emerging Tech
Former FCC Chairman Explains Why 5G Isn’t a Race
Tom Wheeler wants to bust the misrepresentations about the next-gen network.
Cybersecurity
GDIT Wins $2 Billion Contract to Defend State Department Supply Chain
The deal became official after spending months mired in a bid protest.
Cybersecurity
Securing the Internet of Things Requires Flexibility, Experts Say
The internet of things is evolving constantly, and so should the rules for keeping those devices secure, they said.
People
Lawmakers look to NDAA for health record push
Members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee want to use the must-pass 2020 defense authorization bill to advance interoperability and joint management of the electronic health records systems at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
Digital Government