Modernization
New App Uses QR Codes to Trace Coronavirus Exposure
A free, open-source smartphone app permits contact tracing for potential coronavirus infections while preserving privacy.
Modernization
Judge Grants Pentagon’s Request for Corrective Action on JEDI Cloud Contract
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract could be on hold for up to four months as the Pentagon reconsiders aspects of it.
Modernization
Judge gives DOD the chance for a second look at some aspects of the JEDI award
The Pentagon is getting the chance for a do-over of some aspects of its controversial $10 billion cloud award to Microsoft.
Emerging Tech
What’s Wrong With the Air Force’s ‘Connect Everything’ Project
In a new report, GAO watchdogs say officials can’t say how much it costs or if it’ll even work
Emerging Tech
Medical Consortium Aims to Create Network of Virtual Critical Care Wards
The group seeks to support patients in need of critical care in hospitals and other ad-hoc locations using cloud-based communication technology.
Ideas
Ensuring Continuity with Your Internal Customers in a Virtual World
Focus on internal customers, even during a pandemic.
Ideas
The Pandemic Is a Clarion Call to Remove Barriers to Innovation
The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to put in place solutions that will benefit us all, now and in the future.
Modernization
Groups Urge Congress to Fund Federal Tech Upgrades in Next COVID Stimulus Bill
Six federal technology advocacy groups offered four principles for legislators to consider.
Ideas
Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution a Silver Lining?
Dramatic disruptions like the coronavirus pandemic can lead to permanent shifts in how we work.
Digital Government
Need Help With Covid-19 Tech? This Nonprofit Connects Volunteers with Governments
The U.S. Digital Response, a new nonprofit, dispatches tech-sector volunteers to assist governments with coronavirus-related projects.
Digital Government
Spike in Federal COVID-19 Spending Flattens as Total Nears $3B
A separate analysis shows some IT modernization efforts booming while others are put on hold during the pandemic.
Modernization
Pentagon IG Can’t Rule Out White House Influence on JEDI Cloud Contract
A 300-page IG investigation reveals multiple ethics violations and refusal by Defense Department General Counsel to let senior officials comment on communications with the White House.
Modernization
DOD watchdog can't prove White House interference in $10B JEDI award
An oversight report found several missteps and cases of ethical misconduct, but could not substantiate allegations of White House interference in the award of the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract to Microsoft.
Cybersecurity
GAO to Pentagon: Practice the Cyber Policies You Preach
The Defense Department has yet to fully implement multiple initiatives to improve basic cyber hygiene.
Digital Government
Use of VA’s Telehealth, Virtual Mental Health Services Skyrocket
VA is adapting new ways to treat patients during the pandemic.
Modernization
ICE CIO gives Zoom the cold shoulder
The top tech official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement is instructing employees to avoid installing Zoom for video conferencing and use instead Skype, MS Teams and WebEx.
Modernization
NIST Invites Comment on Guidance for Who Gets to Access What in the Cloud
Cloud services facilitate resource and data sharing but that introduces security vulnerabilities.
Emerging Tech
Wi-Fi Peeks into Buildings to Check Social Distancing
Mapping the Wi-Fi strength of mobile devices can reveal how people move and gather.
Modernization
In a crisis, America turns to….COBOL programmers and fax machines
The coronavirus pandemic illustrates how far the federal government and states has to go to support an agile, 21st century public sector workforce.
Cybersecurity