Cybersecurity
ACLU Wants to Keep Your Phones and Software Safe From the Government
Government requests for data and encryption back doors are becoming more and more common.
People
DISA takes the lead in continuous monitoring clearance tech
The Defense Information Systems Agency is spearheading a continuous monitoring solution that it hopes will virtually eliminate the reinvestigation process for security clearance holders and reduce the backlog of more than 700,000 cases.
Ideas
3 Ways to Use Data to Fight Terrorism and Money Laundering
Cognitive search and analytics technologies are all about accessing the right information at the right time.
Cybersecurity
White House Reorganization Addresses Cyber Workforce Gap
The White House wants to build a single, unified strategy for strengthening the cybersecurity workforce at every agency across government.
Acquisition
Small biz programs for contractors could be consolidated in reorg
A White House proposal would harmonize multiple federal programs for small business funding and contracting certification at the Small Business Administration.
Modernization
The Tech Side of Trump’s Plan to Reorganize Government
The plans would force government to get digital, as well as improve the way it provides services to citizens.
People
Reorg includes clearance overhaul
The plan would strip the Office of Personnel Management of its authority over background investigations and make the Pentagon the central hub for security clearance authority in the federal government.
Acquisition
GSA closes in on e-commerce portal plan
In an industry day for its planned e-commerce portal, GSA officials addressed vendor concerns and pressed for more ideas on how to develop the effort.
Digital Government
Hacking Acquisition
How the federal government uses other transaction authorities to buy tech fast.
Digital Government
The Best Employees Are Not the Agreeable Ones, According to Adam Grant
It depends on if they are givers and takers.
Emerging Tech
NSA ‘Systematically Moving’ All Its Data to The Cloud
The National Security Agency is all-in on cloud.
People
White House proposes wide-ranging government reorg
A White House plan to reorganize and consolidate agencies across government includes changes to federal employee services and customer experience.
Cybersecurity
Just 5 Percent of Federal Contractors Are Fully Protecting Against Email Spoofing
That leaves their partner agencies more vulnerable to malware attacks.
Emerging Tech
NASA Can’t Find Most of the Asteroids Threatening Earth, But It Has a Plan
They’re working on it.
Digital Government
SEC 'Forces Innovation' With New Data Science Program and a Massive IT Contract
The SEC is doing IT differently than it used to in the name of innovation.
Cybersecurity
Draft Reauthorization Pushes NTIA to Investigate Telecom Cyber Supply Chain Threats
The draft bill also orders a study on advanced location tech for mobile 9-1-1.
Artificial Intelligence
Eyes Closed in Photos? Facebook AI Can 'Open' Them
The AI can paint new eyes over your blinking ones.
Digital Government
$150M in federal funds for election security is already out the door
DHS' money and expertise are helping states secure election systems, but some officials are still wary of federal overreach.
Digital Government
House, Senate bills split on Census funding
House and Senate appropriators differ by $1 billion in their bills to fund the Census Bureau in fiscal year 2019.
Modernization