Digital Government
Congress Digs into Digital Music Rights, Precision Farming and Confirms Tech Leaders
Lawmakers also propose expanding Homeland Security's power to ban suspect tech from government networks.
Artificial Intelligence
200,000 Volunteers Have Become the Fact Checkers of the Internet
The creation process of Wikipedia is largely transparent.
Emerging Tech
What Bill Gates Fears Most
The threat of a flu pandemic clouds even his legendary optimism, so he's launching an initiative to prevent one.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence for Policing Stirs Ethics Concerns
A top body camera company has launched a panel to explore the issue. Civil rights and privacy groups aren't totally satisfied.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Is Charging NASA More Money To Deliver Cargo to the ISS
Launching supplies into space is expensive.
Modernization
The Defense Innovation Board’s 10 Essential Rules for Developing Software
The “commandments” adapt industry best practices for the Pentagon, but every agency could learn from them.
Digital Government
The Value of Failing
A new research center at Columbia University is committed to figuring out how to turn failure into success.
Ideas
Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Tax Fraud
Machine-learning technology can serve as a valuable tool for tax auditors, but what is the best technique?
Modernization
Implementation plans for new cross-border data law remain cloudy
A month after its passage, we still don’t know which foreign countries would be able to access U.S.-based communications data under the CLOUD Act or when companies can reject their requests. Neither does Congress.
Modernization
FAA reauthorization clears House
The House of Representatives passed a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, sidelining efforts to privatize the agency and adding some cyber to its responsibilities.
Modernization
EIS gets best-in-class handle
GSA's big, next-generation telecommunications contract, as well as its supporting contracts, get favored designation from OMB.
Modernization
DOD says JEDI strategy coming May 7
At a Senate hearing, top Defense officials told lawmakers that a justification for the Pentagon's cloud procurement strategy called for in a recent spending bill will be submitted before the final request for proposals hits the street.
Digital Government
Scott Pruitt’s New Rule Could Completely Transform the EPA
It would not only undermine 30 years of clean-air regulations, but radically restrict what science the agency is allowed to use.
Emerging Tech
If You Use Gmail, Google’s Tasks App Just Became Indispensable
A new way to tackle the to-do list.
People
The future of federal IT leadership
It’s time to confront, not ignore, the changing expectations for CIOs.
Digital Government
Despite #deleteFacebook, U.S. Users Are Logging In As Much As Ever
The development is somewhat unexpected.
Modernization
How a Pentagon Contract Sparked a Cloud War
Amazon and Google are taking on defense contractors in a heated battle for billions in government contracts.
Cybersecurity
DHS Plans To Formalize Bug Disclosure Policy
The policy will make it easier for computer researchers to share hackable vulnerabilities they find in Homeland Security systems.
Modernization
Feds Need To Be Pirates, Not Ninjas, Says Defense Health Official
Defense Health Agency's David Cooper urged his fellow feds to embrace pirate principles—at least when it comes to mobile apps.
Digital Government