Emerging Tech
Drone Swarms Are Going to Be Terrifying and Hard to Stop
“Now the improvised explosive devices will find our warfighters."
Artificial Intelligence
Would the FBI Arrest Tony Stark or Ultron?
As artificial intelligence programs become aware and autonomous, law enforcement will have to figure out where responsibility lies.
Modernization
Pentagon's Commercial Cloud Will Be a Single Award—And Industry Isn't Happy
The Pentagon released a draft request for proposal for what is expected to be its largest cloud acquisition to date.
Policy
White House Wants To Let Law Enforcement Bring Down Civilian Drones
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a small drone that poses a threat!
Digital Government
This is What The White House Science And Tech Office Has Been Up To
The president’s science and technology advisers released a rundown of major milestones over the last year, from creating the American Technology Council to the passage of the Modernizing Government Technology Act.
Acquisition
Senate panel approves DHS authorization
A Senate panel voted up a DHS authorization bill, but it stripped out provisions to focus the agency on improving election system cybersecurity capabilities.
Cybersecurity
OPM’s Post-Breach Contracting Efforts Fall Short Again, IG Says
The way OPM contracted for credit monitoring services has come under scrutiny.
Digital Government
The Office of the Future Will Be a Distracted Dystopia. We Have Some Better Ideas
There is a clear friction between technology and how offices are currently designed.
Modernization
DOD details its plans for JEDI cloud contract
The timeline for a department-wide commercial cloud solution is aggressive, but Pentagon officials say deeper in-house expertise and better internal cooperation can get them to an award this year.
Cybersecurity
Air Force plans to convert IT staff into cyber force
The Air Force hopes to solve the cyber worker shortage by redefining traditional IT jobs, starting at seven bases.
Digital Government
For 10 Years, I Read the Comments
Farewell to my stressful, dispiriting, but occasionally awesome life as an internet comment moderator.
Digital Government
House Passes Bill Strengthening Powers of FCC CIO
The bill would reauthorize the Federal Communications Commision, encourage broadband development and make some changes to the commission’s oversight.
Acquisition
Can Census staff up for 2020?
With the decennial count looming, a watchdog report finds problems with how the Census Bureau handles background checks of temporary employees.
Acquisition
After breach, OPM ignored contracting requirements in ID monitoring deal
Nearly four years after the data breach, OPM was found to have improperly awarded a multi-million contract for identity theft services.
Digital Government
FEMA Wants Counties to Take Charge of Pre-Disaster Logistics
The agency has its hands full with 21 disasters in 14 states, which means federal assistance may arrive slowly in the event of yet another national emergency.
Digital Government
Pentagon May Create a Combatant Command for Space
The Defense Department is also looking at major changes to speed up how it buys satellites.
Emerging Tech
Utilities Are Paying Their Customers to Buy Electric Vehicles
The transport sector may be the only major new source of electricity demand for developed economies.
Modernization
MilCloud 2.0 Meets Another Milestone
CSRA’s milCloud 2.0 can now host the most sensitive unclassified data across the Defense Department.
Modernization
Kushner Announces ‘Whole of Government’ Plan To Improve Health Tech
Presidential adviser Jared Kushner said the administration has a plan to prioritize access to and interoperability of patient health data.
Digital Government