Ideas
To Lighten Workloads, There’s No Better Time to Orchestrate Than Now
As agencies look to modernize, they can take the opportunity to make sure all their software is working together.
Artificial Intelligence
Disrupting Government
This eBook looks at emerging technologies that are shaking up government operations.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Attacks Decline But Number of Strains Doubled, Researchers Found
About half of victims who ponied up the ransom never got their data back.
Digital Government
Women Are Powering the Blockchain
A quick scan of the blockchain frontier reveals many women in key roles as developers, investors, and business leaders.
Acquisition
VA goes all in on APIs
The agency's new Lighthouse project looks to nurture a community of developers to build apps incorporating VA data.
Modernization
Company Calls Out ‘Old Guard’ After Pentagon Cuts Its Nearly $1 Billion Cloud Contract
REAN Cloud sounded off after finding out from press accounts that its $950 million cloud contract had been slashed.
Emerging Tech
USAID Launches Program To Bring More Women Online
The WomenConnect Challenge is offering $1 million to projects that address why women in low- and middle-income countries are offline.
Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers Worry the U.S. is Losing Its Edge in Artificial Intelligence
Shrinking budgets today may have costs down the line, lawmakers said.
People
A hollow administration?
Hundreds of top agency positions remain unfilled in the Trump administration, but maybe some should stay that way.
Cybersecurity
White House hints at new cyber policies
Changes sparked by the cybersecurity executive order are on the horizon, a top administration official said.
Cybersecurity
It Takes More Than Tech Skills To Be a Strong Cyber Leader
A White House cyber policy official and a cybersecurity professor both encourage students to broaden their studies beyond technology and coding.
Modernization
5G Preemption Is Coming
The streamlined broadband deployment the FCC is contemplating will lessen local control without making rural build-outs more likely.
Ideas
5 Building Blocks Influencing the Cloud Evolution
Combining these technologies can result in more agile and nimble data and networks.
Cybersecurity
Google Will Soon Let You Easily Download All of Your Chrome Passwords
Get your password game right.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers lose patience with NBIB over clearance backlog
Senators expressed deep frustration about the government's lack of progress reducing the backlog of 700,000 pending security clearance requests, with some threatening to overhaul the process completely.
Digital Government
DOJ launches one-stop shop for FOIA requests
The Department of Justice launched a one-stop shop for users to submit online Freedom of Information Act requests across government.
People
OPM puts agencies on notice about hiring politicals for civil service jobs
The federal government's HR agency put up a caution flag about hiring former political appointees for career jobs, as Congress weighs in on the practice of current politicals "burrowing in" to the civil service.
Digital Government
Senate Panel Seeks Answers on Clearance Backlog
A government watchdog group put the process back on its high-risk list after pending actions exceeded 700,000.
Artificial Intelligence
This is Why the IARPA Director Doesn’t Worry About Self-Aware Artificial Intelligence
Poorly engineered artificial intelligence is more likely to keep Jason Matheny up at night than a program becoming sentient.
Modernization