Ideas
How Sharing Could Accelerate Reform
Active best practice sharing across government makes things better, faster and cheaper.
Digital Government
Facebook Has Revealed the Hyper-Specific Internal Rules It Uses to Police Content
The company is publishing updated “Community Standards” that spell out for users exactly what they are allowed to post, and what is forbidden.
Artificial Intelligence
Experts Say AI Could Raise the Risks of Nuclear War
A new RAND report says ideas like mutually assured destruction and minimal deterrence strategy offer a lot less assurance in the age of intelligent software.
People
OPM chief looks to elevate CHCOs
In a new memo, Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon wants to make sure agency human capital chiefs have a seat at the top table.
Cybersecurity
Agencies look to get smart on IoT
As connected devices proliferate, management and security prove challenging for agencies.
Digital Government
House Dems push to subpoena Commerce over census question
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking documentation behind a controversial decision made by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to include a citizenship question on the 2020 population survey.
Cybersecurity
Lawsuit Over Government’s Kaspersky Ban Hits A Turning Point
The judge in the cases must now either rule on motions in the cases or order oral arguments.
Emerging Tech
This FTC Group Wants To Keep You Safe from Blockchain Scams
But keeping up with criminals' tech innovation can be challenging.
Cybersecurity
State Reauthorization Elevates Cyber Office Tillerson Once Shuttered
The House bill closely tracks a standalone bill to restore and elevate the cyber coordinator’s office.
Cybersecurity
Tech Support Scams Ramping Up, Microsoft Warns
If you're not careful, you could lose a lot of money.
Digital Government
Defense Electronic Health Records Program Seeks Help Organizing Influx of Data
The Defense Health Agency wants to know if a vendor can help match all the new data it’s collecting with the old.
Emerging Tech
Drone Technology Is Now Dangerous Enough to Kill For
Advances in consumer electronics are making drones available to armed forces without the resources to hire billion-dollar defense contractors.
Digital Government
The Man Who Harvested Facebook Data for Cambridge Analytica Doesn’t Think He Affected the 2016 Election
Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic who created the app that helped the data analysis firm obtain the personal information of millions, finally speaks out.
Cybersecurity
China's penetration of U.S. supply chain runs deep, says report
A new report sounds calls on the U.S. government and industry to develop a comprehensive strategy for securing the technology supply chain from foreign sabotage and espionage.
Modernization
Coast Guard begins transition to joint regional security stacks
The Coast Guard has recently embarked on DOD-wide initiative to increase security by 2019.
Modernization
Federal spectrum key to U.S. 5G
Government-held spectrum is one of the keys to global U.S. commercial leadership in 5G, and new study says, and pending legislation can help.
Modernization
Management Chief: Workforce Must Change to Reach IT Modernization Goals
The Office of Management and Budget’s Margaret Weichert shares how the administration's “holistic approach” to management can fix the government’s technology woes.
Cybersecurity
Bhagowalia moves to CBP
Former Treasury CIO Sonny Bhagowalia is now the top tech official at Customs and Border Protection.
Modernization
The ABCs of PPPs for digital infrastructure
Public-private partnerships are a powerful tool for tackling large, multiyear modernization challenges.
Digital Government