Modernization
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
The success of TurboTax relies on whether the U.S. government makes tax filing simple and free for most citizens.
Cybersecurity
Senate investigation pins CPSC breaches on 'incompetence'
Poor software design and lack of trainings were found to be responsible for a series of data breaches that touched 10,000 manufactures and 30,000 consumers.
Acquisition
GSA looks for agency buy-in on e-commerce platform
The General Services Administration is consulting with potential federal users to get them ready to use upcoming e-commerce platform.
Artificial Intelligence
Use of Artificial Intelligence Poised to Grow in State Government, Survey Finds
Experimentation is key to the Utah chief information officer’s expanded use of artificial intelligence.
People
AI disruption and STEM jobs
OMB is currently drafting a memo and soliciting feedback from industry partners to regulate how agencies should use artificial intelligence in the workplace.
Ideas
Teaching Those We Love About the Importance of Cybersecurity
How much do you really tell your kids about online safety?
Ideas
Why a Computer Will Never Be Truly Conscious
So far, attempts to build supercomputer brains have not even come close.
People
Elijah Cummings dies at 68
The powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform passed away after battling illness for months. He'll be remembered by federal employees as a passionate advocate.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Oct. 17
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Policy
Tech Giants Fight Digital Right-to-Repair Bills
Twenty states considered bills to allow independent repair shops and tinkerers to fix broken smartphones, laptops and other equipment.
Artificial Intelligence
Building the Public’s Trust in AI Is Key to Coming Guidance, White House Official Says
The administration’s assistant director for artificial intelligence shared details about an in-the-works memo to modernize agencies’ regulatory approaches to the emerging tech.
Digital Government
Why CISA wants subpoena authority to probe cyber risks
In a proposal to Congress reviewed by FCW, the cybersecurity agency said it had encountered at least six occasions in the past year where they have not been able to identify and warn the owners of vulnerable IPs.
Emerging Tech
Agriculture Wants Innovation Centers to Boost Rural America
The agency is accepting applications through grants.gov.
Cybersecurity
DISA Wants a Pentagon-Wide Identity Management System
The Enterprise Identity Service would let Pentagon officials oversee the access credentials and online activity of every user who touches its networks.
Emerging Tech
Weapons Makers Unveil A Herd of Robotanks—As the Army Worries about Battlefield Bandwidth
The U.S. Army is determined to field a mid-sized combat robot vehicle, but the prototypes are outstripping the datalinks that would connect them.
Emerging Tech
Border Patrol Agents Might Get Body Cameras to Record Interactions With the Public
The agency is also interested in learning how body cameras could be integrated with its facial recognition program.
Digital Government
Senate Bill Would Open Some Weather Agency Models to the Public
The bill would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to share more weather modeling data with third parties and review possible innovations.
Cybersecurity
Industry seeks more liability protections for threat info
Commercial providers of technology and infrastructure want more federal protection to share specific cyber threat information about risky products and services.
Cybersecurity