Digital Government
Creating a data-first culture at federal agencies
Agencies need to emphasize the connection between analytics and outcomes.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon’s Cyber Mission Force Needs Better Training Plan
A government watchdog found flaws in the Defense Department’s transition from building its Cyber Mission Force to maintaining it.
Policy
Background Investigations Tech Team Reassigned from DISA to Defense Security Service
By mid-summer, the National Background Investigations Service technical team will be under a new office as part of major shifts in the security clearance process.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Now Helps People Find Jobs
A group of young entrepreneurs is looking to empower workforce agencies and job seekers, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.
Ideas
How to Fund an Unfunded Artificial Intelligence Mandate
Early adopters of robotic process automation may have an advantage on the race to AI.
Cybersecurity
NSA-Cyber Command Chief Recommends No Split Until 2020: Sources
That’s another delay for a separation planned several Defense Secretaries ago.
Acquisition
GSA launches Air Force contract
A new five-year blanket purchase agreement will replace Air Force's expiring IT hardware and software commodity contract.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: March 7
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
GAO Flags VA Buying, Security Clearance Process as High Risk
“We keep finding the same problems over and over,” GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told lawmakers.
Emerging Tech
Virtual Reality Could Make Disaster Response Training More Effective
In early tests of its augmented reality training software, a Texas-based startup made first responders perform faster and more accurately.
Emerging Tech
The Servant Economy
Ten years after Uber inaugurated a new era for Silicon Valley, we checked back in on 105 on-demand businesses.
Cybersecurity
Cyber strategy short on specifics and metrics, says GAO
The Trump administration's national cybersecurity strategy is a good start but more accountability is needed, the head of the Government Accountability Office told two congressional panels on March 6.
Digital Government
2019 Will Be The Year For Building Trust in Government IT, Says Federal CIO
As more services are automated, agencies must keep the public’s trust by being transparent about the algorithms and data being used.
Modernization
VA to Pilot Health Records System in March 2020
Lawmakers still have serious concerns about the agency’s multibillion health records overhaul.
People
Federal unions face a busy 2019 in Congress and in the courts
Much of the legislative wish list for one of the federal government's largest unions consists of fighting against workforce changes proposed in the first two years of the Trump administration.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: IRS needs new tech to fight fraud
A Government Accountability Office report flagged identity theft and unpaid taxes as two of the most pressing challenges facing IRS. Better tech and planning could help solve both.
Cybersecurity
Census braces for cyberattacks
With less than a year before the 2020 census officially begins, the bureau knows it'll be a prime target for cybersecurity attackers.
Cybersecurity
The U.S.-China Tech War Is Being Fought in Central Europe
The Czech Republic’s complicated relationship with the Chinese giant Huawei offers a lesson in the benefits and pitfalls of courting Beijing.
Emerging Tech