Digital Government
Unsure Who to Accept or Reject on LinkedIn? Consult This Flowchart
LinkedIn can be a goldmine for professional opportunities if you know where to look.
Modernization
DOD scales back $950M cloud agreement
A DIUx-driven Other Transaction Authority agreement with REAN Cloud that had been DOD-wide will now be limited to U.S. Transportation Command, and given a much lower ceiling of $65 million.
Modernization
Defense Department Drastically Cuts Nearly $1B Cloud Contract
Amid industry criticism following a $950 million cloud computing contract last month, the Defense Department limited its scope and reduced its size down to $65 million.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants Industry Input on How First Responders Should Wear Their Tech
Wearables are great—but they can't get in the way when firefighters and paramedics do their jobs.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Figured Out a Way to Demand Ransom Without Sending Email
These hackers are killing two birds with one stone.
Digital Government
USDA to Block Social Media Following IG Report Showing an Uptick in Porn Watching
Employees will be barred from visiting 400 websites "not related to official department communications or business," starting Wednesday.
Emerging Tech
Interior Wants To Know How To Manage Its Huge Social Media Presence
The department issued a sources sought notice seeking tools to manage its 1,500 social media accounts.
Artificial Intelligence
Why Retail’s Artificial intelligence Bet Is All Wrong
Many retailers have forgotten what really helps customers
Digital Government
Are postal carriers out as potential census takers?
Lawmakers are pressing the Census Bureau's decision to ditch a pilot program to test postal workers as enumerators in the 2020 population count.
People
FBI taps veteran agent to head IT shop
The FBI named John S. Adams to serve as the executive assistant director of its Information and Technology Branch.
Cybersecurity
White House names deputy undersecretary for DOD R&E
Lisa Porter, the executive vice president of CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel and director of IQT Labs, would help run the Pentagon's newly reorganized IT and R&D operations.
Ideas
Here's a Discovery That Could Lead Us To Lightsabers
A new form of light could lead to breakthroughs in quantum computing ... and maybe lightsabers.
Modernization
DOD CIO: JRSS set for 2019 completion
Acting Defense Department CIO Essye Miller said the massive Joint Regional Security Stacks program is nearly 60 percent completed and on track to be done by the end of 2019.
Digital Government
How Agencies Can Effectively Implement Artificial Intelligence
Managing data, workforce, and risk are key to success.
Digital Government
A New Company Is Taking Remote Work’s Flexibility to the Extreme
In the digital age, if you have the freedom to work anywhere, why not try to go somewhere?
Cybersecurity
CBP closes in on completing 17-year multibillion IT project
Customs and Border Protection is nearing the end of development of one of the most complex IT systems in the federal government.
Digital Government
Congress Mulls a CIO's Authority, Future of Homeland Security and Data Breaches
And one caucus is concerned about climate change data vanishing form federal websites.
Digital Government
How to Make Better Use of Everything You Read
Thankfully, tech can be an ally in this quest.
Digital Government
Hiring Good Coders Shouldn't Be That Big a Gamble—And Now it No Longer Has to Be
Solving the challenge of knowing who you’re really hiring before they walk in the door is an age-old conundrum
Cybersecurity