Digital Government
Funding bill boosts IRS tech
The House Appropriations committee voted up a bill that includes funds to modernize IRS systems and security and restore critical hiring and pay authorities last available in 2013.
Emerging Tech
The Wild-West Era of Streaming TV Is Ending
Cord cutters will soon need several subscriptions to watch all their favorite movies and shows—and the cost could look like the dreaded cable bill.
Modernization
Top U.S. Intelligence Official Says Cloud ‘One of Best Decisions We Made’
Cloud computing is changing the way U.S. spy agencies meet their missions.
Cybersecurity
Senators Want to Know If CMS Paid China-Linked Companies for Genetic Testing
Sens. Marco Rubio and Chuck Grassley want more information on how the agency is protecting Americans’ genomic data from foreign entities.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Incident Response Team Gets House Approval
Lawmakers passed legislation that would stand up a permanent team of cyber specialists to help agency and industry recover from digital attacks.
Policy
The True Price of Privatizing Space Travel
As NASA opens up the International Space Station to private astronauts, the romance of space will be within reach for those who can afford it.
Digital Government
10 legacy systems in need of modernization
The Government Accountability Office selected 10 systems that have unsupported hardware and software, are using outdated languages or operating with known security vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
House panel approves $408 million boost for CISA
Election security, critical infrastructure protection and CDM all received funding boosts, but disagreements on immigration loom over the bill's passage into law.
Cybersecurity
FBI Warning: The Lock Icon Doesn’t Mean That Website Is Safe
Having HTTPS and a TLS certificate doesn’t mean the site isn’t a platform for scammers and thieves.
Ideas
Gaming’s Biggest Week Gives Clues to Serious Technology’s Future
Advancements in virtual and augmented reality may get government gaming a boost.
Artificial Intelligence
Critical Update: Inside DARPA's DARPA
Valerie Browning, director of DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, discusses self-aware machines, the future of quantum computing and preventing technology surprises.
Modernization
5G, AI could get more funding in Republican amendment to defense bill
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, wants to add $17 billion to the top-line defense budget with boosts to tech initiatives.
Digital Government
‘Space Force’ Shrinks in House Proposal
A bipartisan amendment would trim several generals from the new space-focused component.
Digital Government
Former Facebook security chief: hack and leak campaigns are the new normal
The personal devices and private email accounts of campaign and political staff are difficult to protect from determined political and nation-state adversaries.
Modernization
House Passes Revamped Bipartisan IRS Reform Bill
The Taxpayer First Act would redesign the agency and boost identity theft protection.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: June 11
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
CBP Says Thousands of Traveler Photos Stolen in ‘Malicious Cyber-Attack’
The breach happened at one of the agency’s subcontractors and didn’t involve any data collected under its facial recognition program, officials said.
Digital Government
Will Trump Object to the Raytheon-United Technologies Merger?
After an analyst said Obama-era opposition to consolidation had dissipated, Trump appeared to signal the opposite.
Digital Government