Cybersecurity
The Pentagon is Trying to Secure Its Networks Against Quantum Codebreakers
The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring new encryption strategies that could withstand an attack from quantum computers.
Emerging Tech
FAA Adds More Airports To Automated Drone Flight Authorization System
More than 100 more airports have joined the beta test of a program that authorizes drone flights in controlled airspace in near-real time.
Ideas
Why the Future of Work Is a Challenge for Government
The federal workforce needs to be reskilled. Expect major disruptions ahead.
Modernization
Transportation safety agency tees up regulations for driverless cars
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking at how to regulate self-driving cars.
Policy
Space Force Clears Senate Committee After House Attempt to Stall
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s legislation “greatly increases the odds that we end up with some sort of a Space Force,” one expert says.
Ideas
Agencies Could Stretch Budgets By Embracing Drones
Shifting time-consuming manual work to drones could free up valuable personnel hours.
People
VA pushes back on health record oversight bill
The Department of Veterans Affairs is opposing a Senate plan to establish an advisory board to conduct oversight of the agency's $16 billion, 10-year plan to implement a commercial electronic health record system.
People
New ID policy looks to leverage government credentials
An updated credentialing policy from the White House aims to make PIV cards interoperable across agencies and tap federal identifiers like Social Security numbers to secure digital transactions.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: May 24
Top stories, quick hits and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
People
HHS picks Arrieta as new CIO
Jose Arrieta, who has spearheaded the department's blockchain efforts, replaces Beth Killoran.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Want to Ban Warrantless Device Searches at the Border
Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul introduced a bill that would curb law enforcement’s extensive authority over personal data at the border.
Emerging Tech
Senators Propose National 5G Strategy
The bipartisan bill would also fund removing Chinese equipment from existing networks.
Artificial Intelligence
OPM Offers Reskilling and Workforce Tools to Agency Heads
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to prepare for the workforce of the future.
Digital Government
Employees, research drive CX innovations at Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to improve customer experience by changing its culture and tapping its own workforce for innovative ideas.
Cybersecurity
EPA Cybersecurity Weaknesses Are Going Untracked and Unpatched
One EPA employee said their office was tracking vulnerabilities on their own to avoid oversight from other agency components.
Digital Government
Congress focuses on money and staffing in election security
The head of the Election Assistance Commission told lawmakers that it needs more money and people to play its part in defending U.S. elections against cybersecurity risks.
Ideas
4 Steps to Managing Data During a Cloud Migration
Security doesn't have to be a sticking point.
Digital Government
OPM: Job cuts could be part of the 'executive playbook'
The Office of Personnel Management is telling agencies that, as they rely more heavily on new technologies and retrain their employees, cutting the workforce may be in order.
Digital Government