Modernization
NTIA looks to boost lasting spectrum plan
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is asking agencies for their 15-year plans when it comes to spectrum use.
Cybersecurity
CBP announces social media tracking program
Under a new initiative, certain Customs and Border Protection personnel are trolling public-facing social media for threats against agency facilities and officials.
Cybersecurity
Holding Government Contractors Responsible for Cybersecurity Is Trickier Than It Sounds
Experts told lawmakers the ever-growing list of subcontractors is a complexifier.
Cybersecurity
Air Force’s New Fast-Track Process Can Grant Cybersecurity Authorizations In One Week
The process is a mix of quick but comprehensive testing up front followed by continuous monitoring through the life of the app.
Modernization
Kent previews next steps for AI and data policy
The White House wants to continue increasing job automation via AI and plans to work with agencies to implement newly passed laws.
Ideas
6 Ways Federal Agencies Can Overcome Complexity and Improve Mission Performance
The unknown presents the greatest danger.
Digital Government
Your Online-Shopping Experience Was Grown in a Lab
How companies are using biofeedback to sell more products
Digital Government
FCW Insider: March 27
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
Trump's Top Budget Official Defends 2020 Pay Freeze to Congress
OMB chief pledges to work with agencies to develop performance and mission-based pay plans.
Digital Government
Empowering Regulators Could Stop the Next Equifax Breach, Watchdog Says
Giving the regulatory agencies more power to punish companies after breaches could make industry invest more in cybersecurity, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Boss Suggests Joint Big-Tech Center After New Zealand Attacks Go Viral
The company’s president Brad Smith suggests establishing a virtual coordination center where major tech companies can work together during incidents.
Modernization
Management, Not Money, Will Make or Break VA Modernization, Lawmakers Say
“We are no longer on the cusp of transformation, we are in the middle of it,” Secretary Robert Wilkie told senators.
Cybersecurity
Shanahan names cyber as top modernization priority
In March 26 testimony to Congress, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan pointed to cyber modernization as a key element of DOD's $750 billion top-line budget request.
Digital Government
Federal Taskforce Busts 61 Connected to Darknet Opioid Sales
Law enforcement officials seized more than $7 million and nearly 300 kilograms of drugs during the two-month operation.
Cybersecurity
What's in store for CDM in 2019 and beyond?
The program will spend the next two years operationalizing data and building out a new risk scoring algorithm, but agencies continue to "leave the door wide open" through bad hygiene.
People
OMB's Vought defends pay freeze, tech cuts
The acting head of the Office of Management and Budget defended the White House's decisions to cut the agency's technology reform office and freeze federal pay, as the administration prioritizes modernization and personnel management.
Digital Government
Perry promises continued support for supercomputing
Budget cuts and the proposed elimination of ARPA-E do not alter the administration's commitment to advanced computing, Energy Secretary Perry told a congressional panel.
Emerging Tech