Modernization

Army pushes cyber to the battlefield

The Army will begin integrating cyber efforts on the battlefield and implement a new system to give program managers more control over funding.

Modernization

DOE cyber arm preps risk management tool

The tool coming from the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response will quantify what cybersecurity spending delivers in terms of risk management.

Cybersecurity

2018 Midterm Elections Were ‘the Most Secure’ in U.S. History, DHS Cyber Chief Says

Government cybersecurity is also improving, CISA Director Chris Krebs said, but legacy IT is holding agencies back.

Digital Government

Miscategorized Tech Jobs May Hinder Agency Efforts to Fill Critical Vacancies

The Government Accountability Office found agencies assigned a non-IT code to more than 15,000 IT positions.

Modernization

Defense Digital Service turns to industry for background check help

As the Pentagon prepares to absorb background-checking responsibility, the Defense Digital Service is turning to industry for help.

Modernization

GSA Chief: Leadership Must Protect Workforce to Drive Innovation

Things can go wrong when employees are taking risks. That's where senior officials step up, GSA’s Emily Murphy said.

Modernization

More Agencies, New Focus Areas Coming to GSA’s Centers of Excellence This Year

Officials at the fore of the administration’s Centers of Excellence IT modernization program break down the major changes coming this year.

Modernization

Trump Budget Request Seeks $150 Million for Tech Modernization Fund

The president’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal asks for lots of IT spending in defense, border surveillance tech and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Modernization

House Veterans Affairs is Having Trouble Hiring Tech Experts

The group’s struggle reflects the growing shortage of tech talent on Capitol Hill.

Modernization

Cyber forces, AI get a budget boost in 2020

The White House's 2020 budget request increases funds for military cyber forces and defense cyber workforce with carve outs for artificial intelligence investments.

Modernization

Budget proposal includes $150M for tech modernization fund

President Trump's $1.4 trillion budget proposal for 2020 boosts the central Technology Modernization Fund and gives agencies a push to launch their own working capital funds for IT.

Modernization

Helping Police Divert Mental Health Patients From ERs

A start-up wants to use a mobile app to allow clinicians and case workers to do remote patient evaluations when law enforcement officers respond to mental health calls.

Modernization

Want to Work with Air Force’s Kessel Run? Better Move Fast.

The experimental lab is looking for partners to supply “the best software developers in the world.”

Digital Government

What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks People Want

The Facebook CEO had a change of heart that could recast the future of the internet.

Modernization

VA to Pilot Health Records System in March 2020

Lawmakers still have serious concerns about the agency’s multibillion health records overhaul.

Modernization

The U.S. must lead in artificial intelligence

Despite a promising recent executive order, the U.S. has not created strategy to promote the development of AI in an effort to reap its benefits.

Modernization

Army plans new cloud program office

The Army is gaining momentum in its overhaul of legacy systems, starting with new cloud and enterprise-as-a-service pilots and a new data strategy.

Modernization

DHS moves IT services to governmentwide contracts

With EAGLE II expiring, Homeland Security is shifting to governmentwide contracts for IT services.