Modernization
Dam cyber: Interior IG closes out audit of hydroelectric control systems
In a follow-up to a June report, auditors did not discover additional vulnerabilities in the Interior Department's management of five hydroelectric dams.
Digital Government
A New Study Compared Formal And Informal Communication at Work, And the Results Are No Fun
Meetings have been replaced with Slack chats, and memos with texts.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity, AI strategies coming from DOD
The Defense Department's acting deputy CIO for cybersecurity said to expect cyber and artificial intelligence strategies in the coming weeks.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX And Boeing Are Running Out of Time to Fly Astronauts Into Space
It's a safety issue.
Cybersecurity
If Your Weapons Aren’t Cyber-Hardened, Expect to Lose Pentagon Contracts
The Pentagon intends to start assessing its weapons’ resistance to hacks, instead of leaving that to manufacturers.
Modernization
Still no extension on EIS
GSA is still considering an extension on its 2020 deadline for federal agencies to move to the $50 billion next-generation telecommunications contract.
Digital Government
Is the federal tech community fed up with Trump?
After the president's provocative appearance with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Steve Kelman finds that some measured, establishment IT leaders are speaking out.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech To Troops
The Defense Department’s research arm is working on a project that connects human operators’ brains to the systems they’re controlling—and vice versa.
Digital Government
There Are Two Types of Respect. Lack One, And You’ll Hate Your Job
This isn’t just a millennial, “special snowflake” phenomenon.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Is Using AI to See Inside the Brain Like Never Before
New data might help neuroscientists better understand the structure of the brain.
Cybersecurity
Trump Believes Putin, Rejects American Findings on Election Hacking
“I do not see any reason why it would be” Russia, he said when asked if he believed Vladimir Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies.
Cybersecurity
Census Should Be More Transparent About Cyber Protections, Former Officials Say
The Census Bureau will conduct its first largely online decennial census in 2020 but hasn’t said how it will secure the process.
Cybersecurity
Government’s Kaspersky Ban Takes Effect
Pentagon, GSA and NASA contracts will now officially prohibit Kaspersky software.
Digital Government
Official Says Vendors Will Have To Abide by New IT Spending Schema Too
But officials have yet to answer outstanding questions about how that would work.
Digital Government
Smart TVs Are Tracking Viewers And These Lawmakers Are Concerned
Your TV knows just how many cooking shows you watch.
Cybersecurity
Rubio warns on 'deep fakes' in disinformation campaigns
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sounded the alarm over the extent to which the American populace remains vulnerable to tech-powered misinformation campaigns, particularly false and doctored videos.
Ideas
What If Your Data Could Secure Itself?
Building strong protections at the network perimeter are only part of the solution.
Digital Government
Lawmaker looks to block Trump's latest workforce order
Two leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are also seeking hearings on the executive order putting administrative law judges outside of the competitive service.
Cybersecurity
Russia’s Foreign-Software Approval Service Helps Military Hackers: Report
The agency that ostensibly reviews foreign-made wares for vulnerabilities sends the lion’s share straight to its hacker squads.
Cybersecurity