Emerging Tech
Scientists Predict Weak Sun Activity During Next Solar Cycle
Low solar activity should mean relatively calm space weather for the next 11 years.
Emerging Tech
IRS Turns to Automation Amid Shrinking Workforce
The tax agency is preparing to launch a bot that would reduce a critical contracting compliance measure from multiple hours to two minutes.
Emerging Tech
How to Design an Esports Arena
An architect working on Philadelphia’s future esports arena explains the basics of designing for video-game competitions.
Emerging Tech
NASA Makes First Award on GSA’s Massive $50 Billion Telecom Contract
With security authorizations trickling in, the space agency awarded a $10.5 million contract to support its core services.
Ideas
How AI and Automation Can Uncover Attacks in the 2020 Election
Stopping phishing attacks is harder than it sounds.
Digital Government
Shake Up at Homeland Security as Border Crisis Mounts
President Trump pledged to go in a "tougher" direction after withdrawing his nomination to lead ICE on Friday and accepting Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation on Sunday.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: April 8
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
DHS chief Nielsen resigns
Kirstjen Nielsen, the first Homeland Security secretary with a background in cybersecurity, is being replaced on an acting basis by the Customs and Border Protection chief. Her last day is April 10.
Emerging Tech
How Customer Experience is Disrupting Government Technology
Better service delivery is changing the way implementers and users view technology.
Artificial Intelligence
FDA Proposes Regulations for AI-Powered Medical Devices
Because AI retrains itself over time, the administration wants to keep tabs on what’s happening under the hood.
People
HHS teams up with USDS for IT hires
The Department of Health and Human Services is teaming up with the US Digital Service to hire for IT roles to advance health care modernization.
Digital Government
House Republicans Want FEMA to Answer for Leaking 2.3 Million Americans' Data
Members of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology want a full briefing from FEMA brass no later than April 18.
Acquisition
QSSI gets a 1-year extension on health care data hub
A long and drawn-out procurement including four rounds of protests and multiple federal lawsuits means that the incumbent contractor charged with maintaining a key piece of the Affordable Care Act infrastructure gets another year on the job.
Cybersecurity
Financial Regulators Want To Know If Their Cyber Assessment Tool Is Worth It
Four federal agencies are asking the industry they regulate whether a cybersecurity assessment is worth the work of collecting and submitting the necessary data.
Digital Government
House Democrats Recommend Zero Money for OPM Reorganization
House Oversight Committee Democrats urged appropriators to effectively block an effort to merge the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.
Acquisition
EIS contract announcements brewing
At least three big federal agencies are set to announce contracts under GSA's next-generation telecommunications contract.
Ideas
Is Your Agency Ready for AI?
Federal agencies can be particularly susceptible to AI failure, for several reasons.
Digital Government