Cybersecurity
Why the Energy Department needs a cyber program
The DOE wants $96 million in fiscal 2019 to fund a cybersecurity office to help manage threats facing the energy grid.
Policy
Congress Kicks Off Discussions About Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
There were frictions over issues involving funding and environmental permitting in a hearing on Thursday.
Cybersecurity
IG to investigate FEMA IT management
DHS' internal watchdog is planning to dig into FEMA's IT management practices, due to concerns it was misled by FEMA leadership about progress on IT management goals.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. is Accelerating Development of Its Own ‘Invincible’ Hypersonic Weapons
Russia isn’t the only country looking to build invincible hypersonic weapons. Here’s the latest on the U.S. efforts to send missiles and even aircraft five times faster than sound.
Ideas
Agencies Should Prioritize Data-Level Protections to Secure Citizen Information
Because it really is all about the data.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker looks to boost FTC power in data breach enforcement
California Democrat Ted Lieu wants to expand the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to take action against companies who lose their consumer data in security breaches.
Digital Government
The Problem With America's New National Broadband Map
This long-awaited map looks like a precise picture of connectivity in America. Many people will find it doesn’t match what’s happening in their homes.
Digital Government
The 'Genome Hacker' Who Mapped a 13-Million-Person Family Tree
Huge crowdsourced genealogy databases are inspiring new genetics research.
Artificial Intelligence
Mobile Carriers Testing a Replacement for Two-Factor Authentication
There are a lot more factors involved in this security solution.
Digital Government
The Career-Boosting, Life-Changing Magic of Naming Your Superpower
Understanding it can deepen your self-awareness, and your relationship to work itself.
Artificial Intelligence
Government Can Tackle Ethics in Artificial Intelligence Better than Industry, Experts Say
The government can invest in some of the big picture problems in AI.
Digital Government
IG Begins Full Audit After FEMA CIO Allegedly Misleads Investigators
The Federal Emergency Management Agency isn’t fixing its outstanding IT management issues and the acting inspector general says he plans to find out why.
Cybersecurity
CYBERCOM Chief Nominee Plans Recommendation on NSA Split Within Three Months
Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone has “no predisposed opinion” about the split, he told lawmakers.
Acquisition
NGA previews acquisition overhaul
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking to revamp its acquisition process to lean heavily on small businesses and agile spending authorities.
Cybersecurity
Nakasone discusses deterrence, dual-hat structure at confirmation hearing
"Our adversaries have not seen our response in sufficient detail to change their behavior,” the Army general said when asked about previous cyber provocations.
Artificial Intelligence
Cultural Context is the Hardest Part of Speaking a Foreign Language. Amazon’s Alexa Could Change That
A potential Alexa upgrade could mean that Amazon is taking her mobile.
Modernization
OMB Names Who Will Divvy Up Modernization Funds
Here are the seven people who will evaluate agency proposals.
People
HR managers want fewer regs, more tech to make hires
As the typical time to hire continues to creep upward, federal managers voiced their support for fewer hiring rules and regulations, more hiring fairs and better uses of tech and data in the process.
Cybersecurity
Making the case (again) for renaming NPPD
The directorate's name change is about more than a title, say DHS leaders working with critical infrastructure sectors.
People