Cybersecurity
It’s Official: Defense Department Will Use Other Agencies’ Cloud Security Assessments
The department’s IT office issued a provisional rule to accept other agencies’ FedRAMP ATOs without the need for written approval.
Emerging Tech
Energy Department’s New Innovation Center Will Be a Testbed for New Reactor Tech
The National Reactor Innovation Center will bring all stakeholders together to build and test—and ultimately field—new ideas in nuclear energy production.
Modernization
New App from VA Streamlines Veterans’ Resources to Enhance Their Care
The ultimate goal is to eliminate the barriers vets face in retrieving the information they need most.
Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon's Research Arm Wants AI to Help Design More Secure Tech
The “AI co-designers” would help the Pentagon rapidly blueprint secure weapons, vehicles and other network-connected platforms, and suggest designs humans haven’t yet conceived.
Ideas
Accelerating Cloud Computing in Government Requires New Management Approach
CIOs must swap magic for real insights on what and how cloud technologies benefit to their agency.
Modernization
How DOD will survive its next audit
The Defense Department's chief financial experts explained how the second audit will leverage the benefits of the first.
Digital Government
Cloud Smarter
A deep dive into the White House’s finalized cloud computing guidance for federal agencies.
Modernization
FedBizOpps Will Be Gone Before the End of the Year
The federal contracting opportunity website is being decommissioned. Here’s what you need to know about the transition.
Modernization
The stubborn persistence of government data centers
DHS, DOJ, State Department officials agree that hybrid infrastructure is the answer for the foreseeable future.
Ideas
Better Collaboration Tools Need Better Security
Building new technology on a faulty foundation can be a recipe for disaster.
Modernization
Defense Department Inspector General Clarifies JEDI Involvement
The Pentagon’s IG is reviewing complaints from multiple sources.
Digital Government
First-Ever Winners of Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Awards Announced
Honorees are an all-star team of distinguished federal officials and industry partners.
Modernization
Pentagon sets up new 5G shop
DOD Undersecretary for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin said the department is in the midst of adding assistant directors to lead the "strategic shaping" of 5G research and development.
Modernization
DOD watchdog announces JEDI review
The Pentagon's internal watchdog announced in its first public statement on the matter that it was reviewing the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program – a massive, single-award cloud computing buy with a ceiling value of $10 billion that is set to be awarded in the coming weeks.
Modernization
In This City, Residents Can Search And Apply for Affordable Housing Online
San Francisco took a laborious paper process and transformed it into an easy-to-use online application system for open affordable housing spots.
Modernization
Chinese Propaganda Goes Tech-savvy to Reach a New Generation
Party propaganda has morphed from dry sermons to "indoctritainment."
Modernization
Labor Unveils New Resources to Boost Contractor Hiring Compliance
It’s part of the agency’s broader effort to improve transparency.
Ideas
The Government’s Challenge Is Not Attracting Top Tech Talent—It’s Keeping It
Hiring tech talent is the beginning, not the end.
Emerging Tech
CBP Plans to Use Facial Recognition For ‘All Passenger Applications’
The agency is ramping up its use of biometric identification technology as part of a broader effort to overhaul its traveler processing systems.
Digital Government