Cybersecurity
TSA's pipeline security team has five employees
The Transportation Security Administration oversees 2.7 million miles of gas pipeline with 5 full-time employees -- none of whom have cyber experience.
Modernization
FAS looks to tech transformation
The Federal Acquisition Service is closing in on deadlines for its e-commerce push and a new contract writing system.
Digital Government
Efforts to Modernize Forecasting Career Path Spark Debate at Weather Service
NWS is looking to make its employees more versatile, but unions suggest ulterior motives.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Feb. 26
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
Senator to Agencies: What Are You Doing to Secure Health Tech?
Sen. Mark Warner wants to develop a wide-ranging strategy to combat cybersecurity vulnerabilities targeting America’s health care sector.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Satellites That Can Dodge Incoming Fire
As China and Russia move to weaponize space, the U.S. military is working to give its constellations a “fighting chance.”
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Stands By Its $480 Million Pentagon Contract
The company reaffirmed its commitment to provide the Army with augmented reality headsets despite resistance from employees.
Modernization
Pentagon Investigating Whether Amazon Employee Tilted JEDI Contract
The department’s investigation into potential conflicts of interest regarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract could push the award date back as much as three months.
Emerging Tech
The Microphones That May Be Hidden in Your Home
The controversy around Google’s Nest home-security devices shows that consumers never really know what their personal technology is capable of.
Policy
A Message to FEMA: Respond to Disasters Differently
Providing money to states faster after disasters, and offering funds before they strike, would make communities safer, governors said.
Modernization
Wanted: Autonomous vehicle tech for mail delivery
The Postal Service wants information about sensor, guidance and operational technologies as well as expertise on testing and integrating the autonomous vehicle tech into its existing fleet.
Digital Government
FCC CIO to Get More ‘Significant’ Role
An update to the agency’s organizational rules will give the FCC CIO similar authorities as IT leaders in agencies covered by FITARA.
Cybersecurity
How executive vacancies hinder IT modernization and cybersecurity
Data from the Federal IT Dashboard and FISMA reports suggests that high-level agency vacancies slow modernization spending and are linked with a higher incidence of security breaches.
Acquisition
SEWP's off: Power failure briefly shutters NASA's tech contract
A power failure at the main building housing NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract vehicle has knocked out service for up to two days.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Feb. 25
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
The Reason Conspiracy Videos Work So Well on YouTube
It’s the paranoid style, mutated for platform politics.
Digital Government
How Much Leisure Time Do the Happiest People Have?
Too little, and people tend to get stressed. Too much, and people tend to feel idle.
Digital Government