Ideas
To Reduce IT Supply Chain Risk, Watch for Insider Threats and External Attackers
True or not, Bloomberg’s recent "Big Hack" article should have agencies thinking about the security of their IT systems.
Emerging Tech
The FBI is Trying Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software
The software allows the FBI to go through video surveillance footage much faster than agents can.
Digital Government
After Failed White House Meeting, Republicans Suggest Shutdown Agreement Could Take 'Weeks'
Trump rejects Democrats' offer to reopen government while punting on border, saying agencies could be closed "a long time."
People
Gfrerer confirmed to lead tech at VA
After about two years of temporary officials, with tech problems piling up, the Office of Information and Technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs finally lands a Senate-confirmed leader.
Digital Government
Stop-Work Orders Beginning to Go Out to Contractors
Companies wrestle with "highly fluid" shutdown situation.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Jan. 3
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
What the Shutdown Means for Shared Services
Some of the largest shared services providers are still waiting to be funded.
Ideas
Seizing the Opportunity to Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Here's how the public sector could get a leg up on competing for cybersecurity talent.
Emerging Tech
Inside the Bill That Set the ‘Strongest Clean Energy Requirement in the Nation’
Washington, D.C. is on track to set a more ambitious timeline for fighting climate change than any state.
Emerging Tech
FCC Approves Google's Motion Sensor Tech
Radar-based motion sensing gets a government thumbs up.
Cybersecurity
HHS releases cyber guides for healthcare orgs
The Department of Health and Human Services has rolled out new guidance to protect organizations in the health care sector from cyberattacks.
Emerging Tech
NASA Hits Its New Year’s Target at the Edge of the Solar System
As partygoers downed champagne, a spacecraft swept past a mysterious object 4 billion miles from Earth.
Digital Government
How Easy-to-Use Data Tools Unleash Employees
That’s what turns data analytics platforms into decision-making engines, a pair of government technology leaders said.
Digital Government
America, Meet Your (Acting) Secretary of Defense
With no military experience and just a year and a half in government, the former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan has yet to develop a foreign-policy vision of his own.
Modernization
Is RPA ready for prime time?
After a year filled with robotic process automation pilots, agencies are focused on truly operationalizing in 2019.
People
Back to the future: Shutdowns and the next generation of feds
In 2013 during another shutdown, FCW took a look at how the prospect of furloughs and unpaid work were affecting the morale of students planning careers in the federal government.
Artificial Intelligence
The Boldest Predictions for Federal Technology in 2019
More cyber brinkmanship and super smart artificial intelligence are just a couple forecasts industry leaders divined for the coming year.
Digital Government
Seven Government Tech Bills that Died in Congress
Next session, lawmakers must decide whether to reintroduce legislation to strengthen the chief information officer, lock down network-connected devices, protect elections and more.
Cybersecurity