Cybersecurity
House Homeland Votes Against Demanding ZTE Threat Report
Homeland Security is already sharing information about threats posed by the Chinese telecom, Chairman Michael McCaul argued.
Cybersecurity
GAO Probing FCC Claims of Denial-of-Service Attack
Critics have questioned whether the FCC’s commenting site was actually hit with a distributed denial-of-service attack or just deluged with comments opposing net neutrality repeal.
Modernization
GSA Announces New Start Date for $50B IT Service Contract After Legal Challenges
The Alliant 2 Unrestricted contract awards survived four lawsuits, but the delay means a later start and a later end date.
Ideas
5 Recommendations for Meeting NARA’s Vision of a Digital Future
Meeting the 2022 mandate will having agencies thinking retention policies, storage space and IT investments.
Digital Government
Microsoft Moves a Data Center Under the Sea
It's up and running. Or down and running.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers seek answers on possible drone threat
Technology for detecting and disabling unmanned systems that threaten U.S. facilities and assets requires more testing, witnesses told a Senate panel.
Acquisition
USAF edges toward an agile future
Air Force IT acquisition lead Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel said that agile didn't make the program objectives memo for 2020 but an embrace of agile development remains a goal.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Needs to Earn Our Trust, Just Like Any Human Relationship
The entire premise behind machine learning is that it learns from failure or success.
Digital Government
Facebook Gave User Data To The Chinese Company At The Heart of U.S.-China Tech Tensions
Huawei has been flagged numerous times by U.S. lawmakers as a possible security threat to Americans.
People
Trump team looks to refine workforce messaging
As the Trump administration continues its push to reform the federal workforce, its top management and personnel officials want to change how their message is being received.
Modernization
In House bill, Pentagon cloud funding comes with strings attached
The House defense appropriations bill includes new reporting requirements on the JEDI project and the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud efforts.
Digital Government
The U.S. Army’s New Algorithm Tells You How Much Caffeine Will Hit Your Body’s Peak Performance
Caffeine affects everyone differently.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Had 85,000 Reasons to Change its Mind About Its Pentagon Contract
Employee backlash can be very powerful.
Digital Government
Code for America, civic tech and DOD
Defense Department digital experts were invited to speak at the recent CfA Summit, and some attendees took offense. Steve Kelman argues that civic tech should embrace such debates.
Digital Government
OPM Information Request Sheds Light on Planned Employee Digital Record
Agency will host an event with industry leaders to discuss implementation of the management agenda priority item.
Emerging Tech
18F Thinks Security Authorizations Should Be Agile Too
The government’s digital consultants are working with agencies to develop an iterative process for certifying the security of new IT systems.
Digital Government
Washington State Sues Facebook and Google For Political Ads
According to the suit, the two companies failed to maintain information about who purchases political ads.
Cybersecurity
Civil Liberties Groups Urge IG Investigation Into Faulty FBI Encryption Stats
The FBI says the inflated figures were due to a methodology error.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker: Congress Will 'Mess Up' Tech Regulation Without Help from Industry
Leaving Congress alone to regulate the tech industry may not be the best idea.
Digital Government