Emerging Tech
NIST Wants Help Demonstrating Security Compliance in 5G
The new project will help develop interoperability among various components of the emerging network architecture.
Modernization
COVID-19 shifts network priorities
Network infrastructure is a key to unlocking remote work in the new COVID environment, say agency CIOs.
Modernization
Federal HR offices have been slow to recover since 1990s downsizing, says MSPB
Plans for automation and other technologies to allow for individual HR employees to handle a larger workload haven't panned out.
Modernization
Lawmakers want more complete phone encryption on Capitol Hill
Privacy hawk Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is leading the charge to make sure phone traffic between House and Senate offices is encrypted.
Podcasts
Critical Update: Why the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Certification Program Inspires Hope and Fear
The Defense Department’s Katie Arrington, and representatives from across the federal contracting community share perspectives on a new era dawning in U.S. cybersecurity policy.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon’s AI Center Awards $800M Contract Through GSA Center of Excellence Program
The contract is set to provide artificial intelligence-powered analytics tools to “prepare for future warfare operations.”
Modernization
DOD taps Alliant 2 for AI
The Defense Department used one of the General Services Administration's government wide contracts to get AI for future warfighting capabilities.
Ideas
How Agencies Can Sustain Telework After the COVID Pandemic
Agencies are now financially able to boost their IT capacity and acquire equipment to operate in the work from home landscape.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Shop Wants Machine Learning to Fix Complex RPA Processes
The office does not want new robotic process automation tools or cloud providers, according to a Defense Innovation Unit solicitation.
Modernization
U.S squeezes Huawei on chip design
An export rules change will limit the Chinese telecommunications company's ability to use U.S. gear and software to make semiconductors abroad.
Modernization
Under Social Distancing, Rural Regions Push For More Broadband
More than a fifth of Americans in rural areas lack broadband.
Emerging Tech
GSA Seeks Support for Challenge Sites, Including Potential New Challenge X Lab
The crowdsourcing Challenge.gov and Citizenscience.gov need program support, as does a potential new testbed for agencies.
Artificial Intelligence
Agencies Lean Into Automation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Robotic process automation is accelerating across the National Institutes of Health, Internal Revenue Service and Housing and Urban Development Department.
Modernization
COVID-19 More Likely to Accelerate Telecom Modernization than Cause Delays, GSA Officials Say
The pandemic has delayed some agency transitions to the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, but those are outliers, according to program leads.
Cybersecurity
CISA Releases Top 10 Most Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities
The agency highlighted three threats targeting remote workers though other known issues date back to 2016.
Digital Government
New House COVID-19 Bill Includes Hazard Pay for Feds, Strengthens Protections for Telework and Sick Leave
Pelosi on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would provide up to $10,000 in premium pay for federal workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak and would prevent agencies from exempting employees from paid sick leave benefits.
Ideas
Learning from New Jersey: Why Government Organizations Should Cut Ties with COBOL
COBOL is an aging programming language and its workforce is no different.
Artificial Intelligence
USPTO Adds Company to $50M Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Contract
General Dynamics Information Technology joins at least 12 companies on the Patent and Trademark Office’s future-facing blanket purchase agreement.
Modernization
GSA Offers Techniques for Quickly Coding Policy Changes
Coders from the General Services Administration offer examples for how agencies can turn administration policy into digital computer code.
Cybersecurity