Modernization
Lawmakers See Equity-Enhancing Future for Telehealth Beyond Pandemic
Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., view telehealth services as a key tool to promote equity in health care post-pandemic
Modernization
Space Force and cyber
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center under the U.S. Space Force, said cybersecurity was increasingly integral to space missions and changes had to be made to infrastructure contracts.
Ideas
Setting Data-Driven Goals to Improve Citizens' Digital Experiences
Agencies need to find the best way to measure progress.
Modernization
A future-proof security model for a modern, mobile government
COVID-19 has shown the importance of the extensibility and scalability of the cloud and has been a forcing factor, expediting modernization initiatives – including security modernization.
Modernization
Treasury Rolls Out One-Stop Online Shop for Federal Financial Management Guidance
It’s all part of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s aim to reimagine how agency officials tap into relevant financial information.
Cybersecurity
CISA Releases Tips For Secure Teleworking
The short guide offers quick tips and links to deeper resources for employees at every level.
Cybersecurity
Industry Groups Spar Over NDAA Provisions on Sourcing of Electronics from China
Dueling letters to lawmakers support and oppose language requiring the department to phase out the procurement of some basic technology from adversarial nations.
Ideas
It’s Time for Government Agencies to Secure Their Multicloud Environments
Multicloud environments can be extremely challenging to organize, manage and secure.
Modernization
NASA sets internal contact tracing app
NASA leverages commercial software, CDO Council for the agency's COVID tracing app.
Emerging Tech
NIST Awards Millions in Innovation Funds for Projects on AI, Wildfire Forecasting—and Much More
Here are a few projects that received a financial boost through the Small Business Innovation Research program.
Digital Government
NIST Offers Cash Prizes for New Ways to Maintain Anonymity in Data
The agency is putting up cash prizes for new differential privacy algorithms, as well as methods for testing the quality of those solutions and using open source code.
Modernization
Lawmakers Propose Using FCC E-Rate Funds to Boost Individuals’ Internet Access
The Federal Communications Commission-provided funds have historically been distributed to institutions instead of people.
Modernization
VA Officials Hope to Wrap Training, Testing Before October Go-Live of EHR Program
Despite numerous obstacles, the Veterans Affairs Department expects to be ready for the October 24 deployment date its new electronic health records system.
Cybersecurity
FCC Advances Order on Interagency Security Reviews of Foreign Applications
The effort tries to strike a balance between the desire to capitalize on foreign investments and managing threats from adversaries like China.
Modernization
Lawmakers push for 'attitudinal' shift at the Pentagon in new report
The House Armed Services Committee's Future Defense Task Force issued its final report, stressing unmanned and AI initiatives.
Modernization
DHS poised for major EIS commitment
The Department of Homeland Security is getting ready to implement a big part of its plans for the federal government's $50 billion next-generation telecommunications contract.
Ideas
What is the 'New Normal' for IT Modernization?
Given that protocols requiring social distancing are likely to remain in effect for some time, the likelihood of workers returning to offices at pre-pandemic levels seems slim.
Digital Government
Federal Government to Conclude Fiscal 2020 With Record Spending
Even without data from the month of September, the Treasury Department reports total federal spending exceeded $6 trillion for the first time.
Digital Government
COVID-19 Exposes Need to Modernize U.S. Public Health Data System, Experts Say
Federal agencies should develop clear standards for data sharing on cross-cutting issues in order to understand the pandemic better.
Modernization