Policy

The Federal Tech Bills that Moved as Funding Legislation Stalled

New laws call on Homeland Security to consolidate its data and force agencies to improve their websites.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Cybersecurity

This Year We Realized that All of Our Data was Stolen

Hacking is inevitable.

  • By John Detrixhe, Quartz
Digital Government

Federal Contractors Need to Prepare for a Long Government Shutdown

A shutdown of government operations for any length of time will have a significant effect on the contractor community, especially small businesses.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Ideas

What to Expect from Other Transaction Authorities in 2019

Though the contract model is well-suited to research and development, expect to see it tried for other things too.

  • By Bob Tuohy
Modernization

Pentagon Completes First App Migration to MilCloud 2.0

The Defense Department is beginning to move applications to its milCloud 2.0, its next-generation on premise cloud solution.

  • By Frank Konkel
Digital Government

Quick Hits

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  • By FCW
Digital Government

FCW Insider: Dec. 21

Top stories, quick hits and more from FCW's reporters and editors.

  • By FCW
Digital Government

House Approves Spending Bill With Wall Funding, Shutdown Prospects Remain Murky

Senate Democrats have vowed to block the measure, leaving little time for new negotiations.

  • By Erich Wagner
Cybersecurity

DOJ Hits Chinese Hackers For Attacking U.S. Navy, Agencies, Companies

Hackers with the Chinese government hit 45 targets in campaign going back years.

  • By Patrick Tucker
Digital Government

Senate Passes Bill to Make Government Data More Accessible

The legislation would require agencies to publish all nonsensitive information in a machine-readable format.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Modernization

DHS Turns to Existing GSA, NIH Contracts to (Mostly) Replace EAGLE

The department will use existing governmentwide acquisition contracts rather than recompete another EAGLE contract vehicle.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Cybersecurity

Microsoft Patches Browser Bug That Allowed a PC Takeover

The flaw has been exploited for targeted attacks.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Digital Government

Trump Says He Won’t Sign Spending Bill, Heightening Shutdown Fears

Office of Management and Budget has instructed agencies to begin informing employees of whether they will be furloughed.

  • By Erich Wagner
Cybersecurity

Election security bills face hurdles in 2019

House Democrats will likely push new election security legislation in 2019, but obstacles remain in the Senate and the White House.

  • By Derek B. Johnson, FCW
Artificial Intelligence

Google Created a ‘Responsible Innovation Team’ to Check If Its AI Is Ethical

It’s no longer left to individual programmers to decide on their own if something is designed ethically.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz
Cybersecurity

Plan to Dumb-Down the Power Grid In Name of Cybersecurity Passes Senate

The bill would establish and fund a public-private partnership to look at retro, analog options for securing the nation’s electric grid from digital threats.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Emerging Tech

Uber Is Resuming Self-Driving Car Tests On U.S. Public Roads

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will see autonomous Ubers again.

  • By Alison Griswold, Quartz
Emerging Tech

Facebook Didn’t Sell Your Data; It Gave It Away

In exchange for even more data about you from Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Microsoft, and others

  • By Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic
Cybersecurity

Shutdown showdown shifts back to the Senate

Lawmakers are hurtling toward a partial government shutdown on Friday, as Trump and House conservatives dig in on wall funding.

  • By Adam Mazmanian and Troy K. Schneider, FCW
Cybersecurity

Two big lessons learned from CDM

The growth of IoT combined with the increased complexity of network environments has the potential to create a perfect security storm. CDM can help agencies manage this growing complexity at scale.

  • By Paul Parker, FCW
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