Modernization
NSA Cloud Capabilities See Boost Under New Billion-Dollar Contract with HPE
It’s leaning into an as-a-service experience.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Software Chief Provides Update on DOD’s Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative
He shared hard numbers to demonstrate how the massive implementation is saving the department time and money.
Emerging Tech
Inside Pacific Northwest National Lab’s 5G Innovation Studio
Federal officials are exploring what the next generation of wireless capabilities has to offer.
Digital Government
Biden Administration Announces Tech Talent Fellowship Effort
The program is geared toward attracting young technologists to government work.
Ideas
Why Open-Source Tech Holds the Key to Modernization
As “avoid vendor lock-in” eclipses “do more with less,” open source offers freedom to tailor mission-specific solutions and cherry-pick right-sized applications.
Cybersecurity
White House Tasks NIST with Producing Another Cybersecurity Framework
The administration touted private-sector commitments to improve cybersecurity through training and design.
Digital Government
Survey: More than 40% of Employees Support Higher Insurance Rates for Unvaccinated
The responses indicate vaccinated working Americans are calling for more punitive measures against the unvaccinated.
Modernization
On TikTok, Misogyny and White Supremacy Slip through 'Enforcement Gap'
A new report shows how extremists use profiles, hashtags and other effects that violate the platform’s community guidelines.
Ideas
Developing a Holistic Approach to Multicloud Security
To be effective, a multicloud security strategy needs to provide end-to-end protection that gives agencies visibility across hosts and services.
Modernization
Report: Agencies Failing to Comply With IDEA Act
Federal agencies are not going digital as quickly as they should be, according to a report.
Modernization
Report: Agencies aren't fielding interactive digital forms
A law passed in 2018 requiring executive agencies to make online versions of paper-based forms used by the public, but only a few are fully compliant according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Strike Another Hospital System
Cybercriminals struck Memorial Health System, a nonprofit that runs three hospitals, outpatient service sites and clinics spread across southeastern Ohio and northwestern West Virginia.
Digital Government
You’ve Been Vaccinated. Now Prove It.
Proponents of vaccine passports say the credentials give vaccinated people more assurance as they resume going out and could spur the reluctant to get vaccinated.
Ideas
Government Should Embrace the Advantages of the MVP Approach
The MVP is meant to eliminate waste—save money and time that would otherwise be spent on fruitless ideas.
Cybersecurity
FDIC’s Temporary Wi-Fi Network Tool Doesn’t Have Needed Security Authorizations
The program is in limbo while the tool awaits an ATO, prompting the inspector general’s office to express its “concerns.”
Modernization
Pilot IRS awards five scanning contracts
The IRS is using an innovative procurement program to test and deploy experimental solutions to digitize paper files as part of an agencywide effort to reduce the reliance on non-machine-readable documentation.
Cybersecurity
Background Check Agency Wants a Social Media Search Tool
The Defense Department office charged with investigating potential insider threats wants to use social media to add context to allegations.
Digital Government
GSA’s First Centers of Excellence Customer Touts $50M in Cost Avoidance
After three years, the Agriculture Department launched a cloud office, consolidated contact centers and stood up more than a hundred dashboards.
Ideas
Building Resiliency into the Future of the Federal Government
Creating a digital workplace that enables government users to work virtually from anywhere with the productivity, personalization and security they need is vital to digital resiliency.
Modernization