Artificial Intelligence
How AI Can Identify Fake News And Warn Advertisers Who Want to Avoid It
Artificial intelligence could be a way to slow its spread.
People
Senate panel advances pay raise for feds
Federal employees would receive a pay raise under a bill cleared by a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, going against the White House’s proposal for a pay freeze.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley Is Less Likely to Believe H-1B Workers Are Stealing U.S. Jobs
Current and former tech employees view things a little differently.
Emerging Tech
The Best Part of iMessage Is Coming to Android Phones
Android will now support the ability to continue text conversations on the web.
Modernization
Senate moves to maintain ZTE sanctions
Congress and the White House could be headed toward a showdown over a provision in the Senate defense bill designed to undo a move by President Trump easing sanctions on the Chinese telecom giant ZTE.
Podcasts
Critical Update: How to Build a Tech Team Designed to Succeed
Pro tip: They won't all be coders.
Digital Government
Data analytics will fuel the future of military readiness
As DOD modernizes, make better use of its vast data stores is essential.
Acquisition
First EIS contract awards loom
The Social Security Administration is evaluating contract proposal responses while it waits for GSA to finish testing EIS contractors’ back-office systems.
Emerging Tech
DHS-Funded Company Wants to Use Blockchain at the Border
DHS may soon use blockchain technology to protect all sorts of data it collects in protecting U.S. borders.
Digital Government
What Trump’s Space Force Announcement Means
New plan would create sixth service branch, and annoy the Air Force.
Modernization
GSA Seeks Industry Feedback to Better Harness Tech Spending Data
The government wants to get a better grip on the money it invests in IT and digital services.
Cybersecurity
Trade Tensions With Allies Not Affecting Cyber, Top Diplomat Says
The State Department’s focus now is punishing nations that violate cyber norms, not pushing new norms, the State Department’s Robert Strayer says.
Digital Government
Apple's New OS Will Automatically Share Your Location During Emergency Calls
First responders will be able to find callers faster.
Emerging Tech
Someone Flew a Drone Too Close to a Wildfire, Again
Firefighters in Colorado had to ground their aircraft for an hour.
Acquisition
A new push for more actionable IT spending data
The White House and the General Services Administration are seeking information from industry about how to make federal IT spending more transparent and run IT operations more like a business.
Digital Government
Scandal-Ridden Cambridge Analytica Is Gone But Its Staffers Are Hard At Work Again
The company appears to be putting a new face on its same old data-gathering gig.
Modernization
Jamming tech targets illicit comms behind prison walls
Federal law enforcement is encouraged after a successful test of technology that could electronically jam commercial mobile phones smuggled into prisons.
Acquisition
NRC seeks CDM contract extension, cites lack of 'vision' by DHS
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved to extend an integration contract related to CDM by claiming DHS failed to articulate "a complete architectural vision" at the outset of the program.
Modernization
VA 'anywhere-to-anywhere' telehealth goes live
The journey to make telehealth routine for patients and practitioners in the VA system is as much about policy as it is about tech.
Ideas