Cybersecurity
The NSA Is Running a Satellite Hacking Experiment
Low Earth orbit will soon be awash in small satellites, and the national security community is increasingly concerned about their security.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Sept. 23
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Air Force unveils 10-year cyber warfare plan
In tandem with creating a new information warfare command, the Air Force released a new strategy to address digital warfare over the next decade.
Digital Government
Improving CX isn't all about tech
The White House is stressing upgrades in customer experience and some front line officials say the human touch is key.
Emerging Tech
‘EarEcho’ Uses Your Ear to Unlock Your Phone
A new prototype technology called EarEcho uses modified wireless earbuds to authenticate smartphone users via their ear canal, researchers report.
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