Modernization
Army innovation lab experiments with coders on the battlefield
The Army's newly launched Army Applications Laboratory is working to expand ability for soldiers to code in the field to repair communications systems.
Emerging Tech
The Most Exciting Thing About Smartphones Isn’t Here Yet
5G is the next wave of wireless technology—but it might take a while.
Policy
Instagram and Facebook Ban Far-Right Extremists
Alex Jones, Infowars, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer, Paul Nehlen, and Louis Farrakhan have all been removed from the platforms.
Policy
Shifting the Pentagon’s Employee Training to OPM Could Save Millions
The move also establishes the Defense Department as a petri dish for OPM to obtain more data on how employees learn and where more training is needed.
People
DOD shifts employee training to OPM's USA Learning
The Department of Defense is moving the management of its training courses to the Office of Personnel Management and the government's centralized learning and development program.
Acquisition
DOD looks to unify software spending for 2020
Defense Department acquisition head, Ellen Lord, hopes to simplify software buying and improve business systems following the release of the Defense Innovation Board's final software acquisition study.
Modernization
Can anyone lead the $20B DOD-VA health IT modernization project?
Despite pressure from Congress, DOD and VA don't appear to be racing to name a single point of accountability to lead the electronic health records transformation at the two agencies.
Emerging Tech
FAA Predicts the Commercial Drone Market Will Triple by 2023
Last year’s surge in drone registrations forced the Federal Aviation Administration to significantly revise its predictions about the industry’s long-term growth.
Modernization
Survey: Agencies Still Rely Largely on Manual Business Processes
A recent survey found agencies’ efforts to modernize business processes are immature.
Policy
Senate Reintroduces Federal Agency Customer Experience Act
The bill, which cleared the Senate in 2017 and the House in 2018, again has House sponsors.
Digital Government
CIA Veteran Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Help China
Jerry Lee took cash “for life” in exchange for delivering secret U.S. intelligence.
Ideas
The Transformative Potential of Hybrid Cloud Within Government Agencies
Here are three ways government agencies can facilitate and accelerate their move to hybrid cloud.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: May 3
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Ideas
The End of Cyberspace
Internet theorists and companies once declared themselves free of nations and governance, but that’s all over now.
Modernization
Government Offering Prizes for Best Ideas to Stand Up GEAR Center
Challenge.gov is offering up to $300,000 to teams or individuals who submit the best proposals.
Modernization
GSA Unveils Key Tenets of Governmentwide E-Commerce Pilot
The implementation plan outlines three major policies that will inform their initial version of the portal, which is scheduled to launch in late 2019.
Digital Government
Peak census web traffic pegged at 120,000 simultaneous users
The Census Bureau is expecting a maximum of 120,000 concurrent respondents to its internet self-response page during the 2020 population count, but it's preparing for much higher loads.
Cybersecurity
Trump Signs Executive Order to Boost Federal Cyber Workforce
Initiatives include cyber aptitude assessments for agency insiders and a President’s Cup cybersecurity competition.
Acquisition