Cybersecurity
Just 5 Percent of Federal Contractors Are Fully Protecting Against Email Spoofing
That leaves their partner agencies more vulnerable to malware attacks.
Emerging Tech
NASA Can’t Find Most of the Asteroids Threatening Earth, But It Has a Plan
They’re working on it.
Digital Government
SEC 'Forces Innovation' With New Data Science Program and a Massive IT Contract
The SEC is doing IT differently than it used to in the name of innovation.
Cybersecurity
Draft Reauthorization Pushes NTIA to Investigate Telecom Cyber Supply Chain Threats
The draft bill also orders a study on advanced location tech for mobile 9-1-1.
Artificial Intelligence
Eyes Closed in Photos? Facebook AI Can 'Open' Them
The AI can paint new eyes over your blinking ones.
Digital Government
$150M in federal funds for election security is already out the door
DHS' money and expertise are helping states secure election systems, but some officials are still wary of federal overreach.
Digital Government
House, Senate bills split on Census funding
House and Senate appropriators differ by $1 billion in their bills to fund the Census Bureau in fiscal year 2019.
Modernization
Lawmakers question Google-Huawei partnership
Five Capitol Hill security hawks are asking Google CEO Sundar Pichai to justify a partnership with Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei.
Cybersecurity
Data gap in immigration systems could keep families separated
If the just-suspended border separation policy is ever resumed, officials may have to confront the fact that disparate immigration systems are not equipped to handle the reunification of separated families.
Cybersecurity
Can a Small Business Take Over DISA’s Multimillion Perimeter Security Contract?
The defense agency issued two RFIs asking small and disadvantaged businesses whether they can support the Gateway Security program.
Cybersecurity
On the Theft and Reuse of Advanced Offensive Cyber Weapons
Last year, North Korea and Russia used a vulnerability stolen from the U.S. government to conduct the WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware attacks.
Modernization
Officials: Here’s How Not to Screw Up a $50 Billion Networking Contract
The Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract is a great opportunity for agencies to modernize, but they need to focus on people and planning to do it right.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Introduces New Form of Two-Factor Authentication
Kick your security up a notch.
Digital Government
Commerce, Interior, Energy Top New Government Customer Experience Rankings
A new report rates how federal agencies provide customer experience.
Cybersecurity
Senate Bill Boosts Homeland Security Cyber Funding
The bill increases spending on Homeland Security’s Einstein and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cyber systems.
Acquisition
Senate bill looks to secure the IT supply chain
A new bipartisan bill looks to build capacity inside the federal government to evaluate supply chain risks with an eye to making sure the government buys secure tech.
Cybersecurity
New Bill Aims to Prevent the Next Kaspersky, ZTE
The bill would establish an interagency commission to help vet supply chain cybersecurity risks.
Artificial Intelligence
How AI Can Identify Fake News And Warn Advertisers Who Want to Avoid It
Artificial intelligence could be a way to slow its spread.
People