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

Google Introduces New Election Ad Rules

There are a few more hoops to jump through.

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

Navy's R&D Wing is Building a Lean, Mean Innovation Machine

And the strategy relies more on understanding problems than finding solutions.

Digital Government

NDAA update: AI funding, space warfare and a ban on Chinese phones

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry’s markup of the 2019 Defense bill will be debated May 9.

Digital Government

Don’t Panic, FedBizOpps Is Working. It Just Has a New IP.

Some users might need to update their security settings to continue using FedBizOpps services.

Cybersecurity

Twitter Is Telling All of its Users to Change Their Passwords

The passwords of every account—all 336 million of them—have been exposed in an internal log.

Emerging Tech

Google Pay Has Come to The Web

Another fuel for your shopping addiction is now on desktop and mobile.

Emerging Tech

Are We There Yet?

How scientists and engineers handle a spacecraft’s months-long journey to Mars.