Digital Government
FCW Insider: June 10
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Pentagon Orders Delay in IT Employee Transfers Following Union Protest
The Defense Department no longer plans to move staff from support agencies to the Defense Information Services Agency before the end of September, officials said.
Digital Government
GSA Is Putting Up $20K For Its First Multicity Hackathon
Over six hours, teams from across the country will work on improving the design, functionality and processes of four critical applications.
Cybersecurity
Mixed signals on China in supply chain policy
Members of industry involved in supply chain security efforts worry that international trade and other geopolitical concerns are muddying the security focus of their work.
Acquisition
GSA pushes ahead with schedule consolidation
The General Services Administration wants to hear industry's ideas on how it should consolidate its buying schedules into a single format.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Want Government to Help Workers Prepare for Automation
Senators introduced a bipartisan bill that would require the Labor Department to analyze the impacts of automation and prepare workers for a tech-driven job market.
Modernization
Senator Questions Administration’s Efforts to Combat China's Surveillance Exports
Sen. Ed Markey asked the State Department how its working to stop the spread of Chinese surveillance techniques.
Cybersecurity
Audit Raises Concerns for Pentagon’s Joint Regional Security Stacks
A Defense Department inspector general audit says JRSS isn’t working like it is supposed to.
Digital Government
What If We Gave Up on the Stars?
The night sky is already dotted with shiny satellites and other artificial lights. One day, maybe that’s all there will be.
Digital Government
Where a Census Undercount Will Hurt (or Help) Most
A 2020 Census that favors white and Republican-leaning districts—and undercounts younger, lower income, and black and Hispanic residents—seems ever more likely.
Digital Government
SSA to offer electronic verification of Social Security numbers
An anti-fraud measure under a 2018 banking law requires the Social Security Administration to build an electronic verification system, but first industry has to help pay for it.
Digital Government
Are Drug Deals Via Text the Key to the Murder Decline?
A new study finds that cell phones played a significant role in reducing homicides in big cities by limiting face-to-face contact.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: June 7
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Policy
Audit: Pentagon Acquisition Reform Requires More Leadership Attention
The Government Accountability Office also flagged a lack of oversight for many of the department's mid-tier programs.
Emerging Tech
FDA Turns to Emerging Tech to Secure the Food System
The agency wants to implement new digital resources like blockchain to disrupt America’s old way of tracking food to its source.
Cybersecurity
Nuclear Energy Regulators Need to Bring on More Cyber Experts, Watchdog Says
Cyberattacks on nuclear power stations on the rise, and an aging workforce may soon leave the government struggling to defend plants against the latest threats.
Emerging Tech
FAA Is Ready to Put $6M into Certain Drone Innovations
The agency announced a call for white papers to kick off its new five-year, open submission contract.
Digital Government