Modernization
Clock Starts on Naming Leaders, Beginning Work on Evidence Act
Agencies now have official guidance on how to meet the first phase of requirements under the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act.
Modernization
DOT wants to preserve spectrum for connected vehicle apps
The Department of Transportation wants to keep the 5.9 GHz spectrum band reserved for connected vehicle technology, but the FCC has other plans.
Modernization
GSA's Centers of Excellence Wants Industry Feedback on Pending OPM Effort
The General Services Administration’s Centers of Excellence effort at the Office of Personnel Management is ramping up.
Modernization
6 steps for federal cloud migration success
Meeting the expectations of end users and agency leaders means ensuring applications perform at the same levels or better once they are operating in the cloud.
Modernization
NARA, GSA Planning to Offer New Tool to Support Agencies’ Records Management
Acquiring records management software may change in a hurry for agencies.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 11
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
Telecom Officials Defend America’s Position on 5G Landscape
American companies may not be Huawei, but they're innovating 5G in their own ways.
Digital Government
Experts Tell Congress Facial Recognition’s Bias Problem May Be Here to Stay
Despite significant improvements in the tech’s overall performance, he said, “it’s unlikely” researchers will ever make systems equally accurate across racial and other demographic lines.
Modernization
CBP Is Looking for a Vendor to Manage Its Multi-Cloud Environment
The winning company will have to stitch together multiple cloud services and architectures and enable the agency to add new ones as needed.
Ideas
Government May Tap Older Tech to Secure Modern Infrastructure
There might be something to keeping physical switches in power grids.
Emerging Tech
ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet
ICE agents have used facial-recognition technology on state driver’s-license photos, turning a public database into a de facto criminal database.
Cybersecurity
CBP defends facial recognition programs to Congress
An official argued that such programs largely automate the manual identity verification practices the government has done for decades, but a recent breach looms large.
Modernization
Tech amendments in the House NDAA
Congress has begun debating the future of the 2020 defense authorization bill and more than 400 amendments.
People
Connolly looks to block OPM merger in NDAA
Rep. Gerry Connolly is taking his push to block the planned merger of OPM and GSA to the must-pass annual defense bill.
Digital Government
OMB pushes evidence, CDOs and TBM in budget planning
In their annual budget planning document, the Office of Management and Budget issued early requirements for Evidence-Based Policymaking and told tech managers to adopt TBM.
Digital Government
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
Legal experts and human rights advocates say they were not told about the databases and question their reliability.
Cybersecurity
How CISA Says to Protect Smart Devices from Bad Apps
The agency has some new tips to share around securing personal devices.
Digital Government