Modernization
VA is Rethinking Its Entire Online Presence
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to know what it would take to create a one-stop online shop for veteran services.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft’s Politically Correct Chatbot Is Even Worse Than Its Racist One
Zo has an uncompromising approach which shuts down conversation.
Digital Government
White House's new R&D priorities include border tech, artificial intelligence and IoT
National security, wireless connectivity, manufacturing, energy, medical innovation and future tech top the administration’s research and development agenda for fiscal year 2020.
Emerging Tech
Senators Want to Double Funding for Putting Commercial Drones in the Air
A bipartisan amendment would double 2019 funding for FAA’s efforts to integrate drones into national airspace.
Cybersecurity
New DHS center to address cyber gaps
Collectively, cyber threats and their possible consequences are a bigger threat than 9/11-style attacks, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen argued as she unveiled a new National Risk Management Center to combat them.
Ideas
Here's a Non-Binary Approach to Smarter Cybersecurity
Moving beyond an "allow or deny" choice could reduce friction between agency security pros and their end users.
Cybersecurity
Facebook uncovers the next online election influence campaign
The social media giant has revealed what it believes to be a coordinated effort by unknown parties using its platform to influence the outcome of the 2018 elections.
Emerging Tech
Satellite Imagery + Social Media = A New Way to Spot Emerging Nuclear Threats
A research team is training computers to find and fuse clues from wildly different rivers of digital data.
Modernization
Does JEDI's new 'pathfinder' designation suggest second thoughts about a single provider?
Industry reacts to the Defense Department’s final proposal request for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program.
Cybersecurity
Supply Chain Cybersecurity a Major Legislative Priority for House Homeland
The committee wants to broaden DHS’ authority to kick questionable contractors off government networks.
Cybersecurity
Identity Theft Protection Service Accidentally Exposes Identities
Every lock can be picked.
Modernization
How GSA is Helping Small Businesses Get Contracts Faster
A newly launched pilot program lets the agency’s contracting experts help push deals over the finish line.
Digital Government
If You Were Fired, Don’t Lie About It In a Job Interview. Do This Instead
Explaining a suspicious departure can be difficult.
Digital Government
Clock ticks on census prep
As the clock ticks down to the 2020 census, lawmakers and watchdogs want to make sure the Census Bureau is on schedule to count the entire population.
Digital Government
Trump Picks Marine Vet To Take Over Veterans Affairs IT
If confirmed, James Gfrerer would step into a difficult job, as IT is at the center of VA’s mandate to modernize.
Emerging Tech
The Age of 3D-Printed Guns in America Is Here
The guns are untraceable, and require no background check to make or own.
People
New bill would restore IRS critical pay for IT hires
A new bill by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) would reinstate a key hiring tool to boost IT talent at the Internal Revenue Service.
Acquisition
GSA rolls out shared services pilot for SBIR
GSA and the Small Business Administration look to make tech innovation and commercialization easier across government.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Creates ‘Do Not Buy’ List of Russian, Chinese Software
Increasingly alarmed at foreign hacking, DOD and intelligence officials are racing to educate the military and defense contractors.
Cybersecurity