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
FAA moves ahead on commercial drones
The aviation agency issues two significant approvals for commercial unmanned aircraft.
Modernization
Contractors still looking for leadership on joint health record project
Contractors are hoping that the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense deliver on plans to create a body with authority to settle disputes and guide joint implementation of the Cerner Millennium health record software across the two departments.
Digital Government
Presidential Hopeful Aims to Give Feds Faster Access to Student Loan Forgiveness
Federal employees would no longer have to wait until they had served 10 years.
Cybersecurity
Senator probes DOJ's safeguarding of hacking tools
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asks Attorney General Bill Barr what the Department of Justice and its component agencies are doing to keep their tools from being leaked or stolen.
Digital Government
Digital Trends That Could Send Your Project Back to the Drawing Board
Are you ready to deliver services to customers who want to unplug from their digital lives?
Digital Government
Why Some Americans Won’t Move, Even for a Higher Salary
A new study identifies powerful psychological factors that connect people to places, and that mean more to them than money.
Ideas
Federal Data is Exploding at the Edge. Is It Secure?
Mobility means the government needs to be able to lock down information, retrieve it back, encrypt it—even after it’s already been sent.
Digital Government
The Case for Wearing AirPods All the Time
The inconspicuous buds might make friendly interactions awkward, but they can also provide protection in dangerous situations.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: June 6
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
White House Seeks Input on Impending Quantum Computing Policy
The administration wants to know what will transform the quantum information science landscape.
Cybersecurity
NSA Issues Warning to Patch Legacy Windows Systems Over ‘Wormable’ Threat
The National Security Agency is warning Microsoft Windows administrators to patch and update systems due to a new vulnerability called “BlueKeep.”
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Question Integrity of FBI’s Facial Recognition Program
The bureau for years ignored concerns about the accuracy and transparency of its facial recognition efforts, and the House Oversight Committee isn’t happy about it.
Emerging Tech
New CIO Wants to Make HHS a Testbed for Budding Tech
Jose Arrieta has been chief information officer for less than a week but he’s reimagining what the role could be.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: Current pipeline security plans weak on cybersecurity, coordination
The Transportation Security Administration's plans for coordinating pipeline security incidents aren't keeping up with rising threats in cyberspace, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Artificial Intelligence
Want to Weigh In on the Government’s AI Standards? There’s Still Time.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology extended the submission period for proposals to help develop “reliable, robust and trustworthy” AI tools.
Acquisition