People
Unions expecting pay freeze, workforce cuts in Trump budget
With the president's fiscal year 2020 budget planned slated for release on March 11, federal unions are bracing for proposed cuts to retirement benefits and agency size, as well as a civilian pay freeze.
Digital Government
Big Tech Claps Back at Warren’s Proposal to Break Up Amazon, Google, Facebook
The tech industry doesn’t think Sen. Warren’s idea to break up big tech companies is a good idea.
Digital Government
A Startup Wants to Turn Your City’s Trash Into a Heap of Big Data
One company hopes to create an “Internet of Garbage,” with the promise to bring better logistics to municipal waste.
Artificial Intelligence
Inside the Pentagon's Big Plans to Develop Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The defense research agency has a list of research areas and a nimble contracting process to help achieve its vision.
Cybersecurity
DARPA takes on cyber defense with hackathons
Dr. Jennifer Roberts, program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information innovation office, talks about what cyber capabilities are in the works.
Acquisition
GSA closes in on plans to try out e-commerce portal
GSA will send implementation plans for its e-commerce portal project to Congress this month.
Cybersecurity
Researcher: The West Isn’t Ready for the Coming Wave of Chinese Misinformation
Beijing’s social-media operations are larger and more effective than many realize.
People
VA and DOD set to pick health data decider
Top officials at the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are closing in on a plan to name a single person to settle disputes between the two agencies when it comes to the implementation of the Cerner electronic health record.
Emerging Tech
How a Library Embraced New Technology and Helped Build a Prosthetic Hand
The public library in a small Texas town used an assessment tool that helped officials eventually upgrade equipment—including buying a 3D printer. One community member used it to make a prosthesis.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Marshals Want Help Disposing of Virtual Currencies
The service is gathering market research on vendors capable of storing and disposing of cryptocurrencies seized during investigations.
Ideas
What the Pentagon's Partnership with Homeland Security Means for Other Agencies' Cybersecurity
By working together, our government can provide a unified front in the face of an evolving threat landscape.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: March 8
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Artificial Intelligence
Here's What One Tech Titan Thinks a National AI Strategy Should Be
A feasible national AI strategy will foster innovation, create new employment opportunities, and remove murky policy barriers, Intel said.
Cybersecurity
Survey: RSA Attendees Plan to Spend More on Mobile Security in the Coming Year
Most employees access corporate data on mobile devices through public Wi-Fi networks, according to a new survey.
People
Lawmakers seek answers on CBP's HR contract
Lawmakers pressed Accenture Federal Services over a $300 million contract to build a hiring system for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Cyber Mission Force teams need more training
The Government Accountability Office found that, despite ongoing efforts, Cyber Mission Force teams need more training and Cyber Command needs to improve plans to supply it.
Digital Government
NOAA Celebrates Weather Satellite Removal From GAO’s High Risk List
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration successfully navigated a major challenge to one of its weather satellite systems that could have derailed U.S. weather forecasting.
Cybersecurity
Cyber group calls for coordinated vulnerability disclosure policies
A group led by a former top federal cybersecurity official is seeking to make policies that enable outside researchers to work with organizations to find and mitigate IT flaws "standard" in the public and private sectors.
Digital Government