Cybersecurity
Bipartisan Bill Bolsters FCC Motion to Ban Suspect Chinese Telecom Equipment
The Federal Communications Commission is already set to vote on a notice of proposed rulemaking on its equipment authorization program.
Artificial Intelligence
Survey: Government Faces Increasing Threat from Stolen Accounts
But agencies may not be taking the right steps to mitigate the account takeovers.
Ideas
Chip Shortage Threatens Modernization—and Everything Else
Initially, the chip shortage mostly affected car manufacturers.
Modernization
DOD's Commercial Virtual Remote Environment Officially Sunsets
The environment for collaboration that supported telework during the pandemic expired.
Digital Government
ICE Is Consolidating IT Systems to a Single Vendor Platform
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for a vendor to help with app development and shifting existing tools to the ServiceNow platform.
Digital Government
GAO: Tech, Automation Improved Decennial Census Productivity
More than half of the Americans self-responded to the decennial census using the internet in 2020.
Cybersecurity
FDA Tells NIST Securing ‘Critical Software’ Extends Beyond Devices
Two federal agencies were among those who submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for shaping deliverables under a recent executive order.
Modernization
Pentagon Releases Cloud Strategy for Operations Outside U.S.
The strategy emphasizes the need to deploy software quickly and securely to the tactical edge.
Modernization
FBI Seeks a Vendor to Help with Multiyear IT Modernization Project
The Office of the Chief Information Officer is creating a new contract to help with the IT Modernization Initiative and other major efforts.
Modernization
Defense Officials Tout Proposed Tech Investments But Senators Focus on Divestments
Senate Armed Services Committee lawmakers focused on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
Digital Government
GSA Needs an IT Vendor to Help Manage Its Lease App: G-REX
The Public Buildings Service’s app undergoes biweekly maintenance updates and occasionally ships major enhancements.
Digital Government
Government’s Contract Spending Reached Record High in Fiscal 2020
Fiscal 2020 is the fifth straight year of increased government contract spending, according to Bloomberg Government.
Modernization
Joint DOD-VA Medical Center Will Be Major Test for Electronic Health Record Interoperability
Officials said they are preparing to deploy the new records system at “the most integrated facility” in the Defense and Veterans Affairs health care networks.
Ideas
COVID-19 Messages Make Emergency Alerts Just Another Text in the Crowd on Your Home Screen
Many people still react to such messages with uncertainty, irritation and intense emotion.
Modernization
Digital Engineering Could Speed Wartime Arms Production
It could also allow contractors to build and modernize weapons they did not create.
Digital Government
Where’s the DOD IT Budget Breakdown?
The previous two administrations released separate DOD IT budget documentation going back to at least 2013, but the Biden administration has not yet done the same.
Modernization
DHS Faces Rising Costs as Planned Biometrics Cloud Gets Pushed Back
Three years behind schedule, the move from legacy IDENT to the new Amazon-hosted HART system is now slated for the end of 2021.
Ideas
How the Pandemic Impacted Government’s Cloud Migration Plans: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
While federal, state and local agencies remain firm believers in hybrid environments, they face several obstacles.
Emerging Tech
NSF, Tech Companies Partner to Create Post-5G Wireless Systems
They intend to promote the development of resilient and intelligent next-gen networks.
Modernization