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
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