Artificial Intelligence
Driverless Car Startup Drive.ai Is Launching a Ride-Hailing Service in Texas
Drive.ai was founded in late 2015 by a group of deep-learning experts at Stanford University.
Ideas
How to Transform Your Agency’s IT Now So the Future is Affordable
Here are ways to avoid long-tail operations fees for your updated set up.
Policy
Huawei, ZTE Banned in House Draft of Pentagon Policy Bill
The bill also requires a governmentwide strategy to counter Chinese cyber threats.
Policy
Draft Defense Bill Delegates DISA, Back Office Cuts to Management Chief
The draft National Defense Authorization Act withdraws a requirement to “eliminate” the warfighters’ IT shop but would remove most of its central functions.
Digital Government
The Government's Tech Talent Gap is (Still) Getting Worse
And diversity efforts show mixed results.
Digital Government
Trump Praises the 'Tireless Dedication' of Federal Employees, But Says They Can Do Better
The president made his remarks in announcing Public Service Recognition Week.
Emerging Tech
R and Python Are Joining Forces, in the Most Ambitious Crossover Event of the Year—For Programmers
R and Python are essential tools for data scientists working at tech platforms.
People
NDAA draft would slash number of CIOs in DOD, boost cyber workforce
The House Armed Service Committee's 2019 defense spending bill also calls for more detail on the Pentagon's controversial JEDI cloud acquisition program.
Cybersecurity
Senate Wants More Cyber Intelligence
The Senate Sergeant at Arms is looking for an automated cyber intelligence platform that does it all.
People
OPM pushes cuts to federal retirement benefits
The Office of Personnel Management is moving ahead with a series of changes to pension benefits that it estimates will save more than $143 billion over 10 years.
Digital Government
Your fingerprints aren’t as unique as a snowflake. Yet.
Governments and law enforcement bodies are searching for better fingerprint capture technology, and the results of a recent contest demonstrate they may be getting closer to a solution.
Modernization
DISA to close St. Louis data center
DISA will close or limit operations at four of its data centers around the world as a result of its Computing Ecosystem optimization initiative.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Exploring a Subscription Fee
The company has looked into offering a service like this before.
Digital Government
How Harvard is helping government do digital better
Steve Kelman reports on the results of a project-based Kennedy School course on public-sector innovation.
Cybersecurity
House bill backs new cyber program at Energy
The administration's request for a new budget line for cybersecurity activities at the Department of Energy earned big backing in an FY2019 appropriations bill.
Ideas
Moving Your Agency From ‘Lights On’ to IT Transformation
Keeping most IT dollars tied up in O&M leads to inefficiency in the long run.
Digital Government
Net Neutrality Fight Returns to the Hill
Plus lawmakers want to know what the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is doing about Equifax and what 's delaying the Veterans Affairs Department's health record purchase.
Cybersecurity
Officials Brief Trump on Election Security
The briefing comes after months of complaints by Democrats that the president is not taking election security seriously.
Emerging Tech