Emerging Tech
How Humans Will Design the First Full-Time Habitat on the Moon
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in partnership with the ESA and MIT, wants to accommodate research and maybe even tourism on the moon.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon is Investing in Space Robots to Repair Satellites
The robots would service military, government and commercial spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above the Earth.
Emerging Tech
FCC Commissioner Wants Community Colleges to Become Pipelines for America’s 5G Workforce
An FCC Commissioner hopes to mirror Aiken Technical College’s Tower Installation Program in other schools across the country.
Modernization
GSA launches RPA resource
The General Services Administration, an enthusiastic proponent of robotic processing, set up a collaborative community to help other agencies adopt bots.
Ideas
Moving from Random Acts of Digital to Real Transformation
Too often, government agencies and businesses alike pin their hopes on a single type of transformative technology.
Modernization
Can battlefield drones spot threats to troops?
Army Lt. Col. Philip Root, the acting deputy director for DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, explains how the DOD plans to operationalize autonomous systems, forever changing the human-machine relationship.
Modernization
Your agency isn’t ready for AI
To truly take advantage, government must retool both its data and its infrastructure.
Acquisition
IT innovation and program risk: Not an inseparable pair
Agencies can increase access to commercial innovation and reduce program risk by ensuring that their modernization strategies encourage a broad spectrum of companies to compete.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: April 19
Top news, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Report: Under-Resourced People Face Higher-Than-Average Cyber Risks
The report outlines what it refers to as a new ‘digital divide.’
Emerging Tech
FBI’s Facial Recognition Programs Under Fire Over Privacy, Accuracy Concerns
The bureau has largely ignored the Government Accountability Office’s concerns about its use of facial recognition in criminal investigations.
Artificial Intelligence
White House Taking its Artificial Intelligence Messaging International
The Trump administration is making its voice heard across global organizations.
Cybersecurity
Air Force Creates CTO Role to Oversee Next-Gen Weaponry
The Air Force's new science and technology strategy for 2030 addresses increasing and evolving threats from foreign adversaries.
Ideas
The U.S. Military Must Win the Battle for Innovation
The Defense Department shouldn't be developing technology through inefficient bureaucratic processes developed in the 1950s.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: April 18
Top news, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Modernization
HHS Seeks to Spur Breakthroughs in Treating Kidney Disease
The KidneyX Innovation Accelerator incentivizes entrepreneurs and innovators to revolutionize the way kidney disease is treated.
Emerging Tech
Government Blockchain Spending to Increase Big by 2022
Blockchain may be a big deal for the government.
Emerging Tech
VA Looks to 3D-Printing to Improve Veteran Care
The agency is funding efforts to 3D-print hand braces, foot insoles, prosthetic limbs and artificial organs.
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Unveils Two Secret Data Centers Built for Classified Government Data
Microsoft is building data centers and expanding security capabilities to compete with Amazon to host sensitive government data.
People