People
Agencies still lag in empowering their CIOs. What gives?
Despite legislation, other congressional pressures and a presidential executive order aimed at expanding the authorities of CIOs, most agencies still lack policies to make those requirements a reality.
Artificial Intelligence
What Your Boss Could Learn by Reading the Whole Company’s Emails
Employee emails contain valuable insights into company morale—and might even serve as an early-warning system for uncovering malfeasance.
Cybersecurity
FCC IG Says the Alleged Net Neutrality DDoS Attack Never Happened
An internal investigation found the agency’s commenting system was knocked offline by “system design issues” and “‘flash crowd’ activity,” not hackers.
Digital Government
Pending Executive Order to Move Entire Background Investigation Bureau to Pentagon
The president is preparing to sign an order to move the entire National Background Investigations Bureau—workload, people and all—under the Defense Department.
Cybersecurity
As the IoT grows, so do the risks
Agencies must rethink their security as both the logical and physical attack surfaces expand.
People
NBIB move to DOD looks increasingly likely
National Background Investigations Bureau Director Charles Phalen discusses the Trump administration's plan to move the organization under the Defense Department.
Digital Government
Wikipedia, the Last Bastion of Shared Reality
The culture wars are coming for the best utopian project of the early internet. Can it survive the informational anarchy that’s disrupted the rest of media?
Emerging Tech
America Is Not Ready for Exploding Drones
An apparent assassination attempt in Venezuela shows how technology is moving faster than governments can counter it.
Ideas
What Government Could Learn from Payment Companies About Identity Management
If someone finds or steals a government Personal Identity Verification card, it’s possible that they could access sensitive or secret information during a very limited window before its loss was reported or discovered.
Modernization
Oracle Protests Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Contract
It's the first protest against the $10 billion cloud contract so far.
People
Dave Powner audits the state of federal IT
The GAO director of information technology issues is leaving government after 16 years. On his way out the door, Dave Powner details how far govtech has come in the past two decades and flags the most critical issues he sees facing federal IT leaders.
People
GSA gets new head of services office
A former OPM executive will lead GSA’s planned Service Management Office as the agencies merge operations.
Emerging Tech
Who’s Leading the Western Response to Russia’s Warbots? Estonia
A European leader in robotic autonomy turns its attention to the battlefield.
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI’s Bots Thrashed Former Professional E-Sports Players at Dota 2
The bots won two of the three matches played.
Digital Government
Census Awards Last Major IT Contract Ahead of 2020 Count
The award comes as officials work to get preparations for the 2020 count back on track.
Digital Government
Watchdog: Agency CIOs Still Don’t Have Mandated Authorities
A Government Accountability Office report shows few agencies have policies giving chief information officers the authorities they need to be successful.
Digital Government
Cloud-Based Mapping Could Play a Bigger Role in Disaster Response This Hurricane Season
Localities are using maps to visualize hazards, process damage imagery and crowdsource flood information.
Cybersecurity
DHS' Mosley headed to FDIC
Sara Mosley, the chief enterprise architect for the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, will be leaving her post in mid-August.
Ideas
Identifying the Cyberattack Patterns and Doing the Easy Stuff
The math favors the attackers. There is little you can do about the attacker, but there is a lot you can do about you.
Cybersecurity