Modernization

Real Work on TIC 3 Begins After Draft Guidance Is Finalized, Says Lead Official

Agencies are piloting some potential additional use cases in the background, which the TIC program office plans to start digging into this summer.

Modernization

GSA to Partner with GAO in Latest Centers of Excellence Partnership

The General Services Administration intends to help the Government Accountability Office stand up an innovation lab.

Modernization

OMB to Agencies: Time to Finish IPv6 Transition

Before the end of fiscal 2021, agencies will need to have a plan in place to hit 80% IPv6-only systems by 2025.

Modernization

First Instance of VA’s New Electronic Health Record System Now Scheduled For July

VA officials said the initial deployment was delayed after clinicians asked to be trained on a full system instead of a minimum viable product.

Cybersecurity

Senator Highlights Significance of Defense Department's Vulnerability Disclosure Programs

The letter follows a report that a Defense server was exploited to mine cryptocurrency.

Cybersecurity

In RSA Showdown, Analyst Says U.S. Must Choose Between Surveillance and Security

The debate highlights how the Justice Department’s push for access to encrypted data could undermine the U.S. campaign against Huawei.

Modernization

MetTel nabs $253M EIS task order

The Social Security Administration has awarded a telecommunications task order to one three small business vendors on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.

Artificial Intelligence

Pentagon Confirms Alka Patel to Lead the Implementation of Its New Ethical AI Principles

The agency announced it would hire an ethicist in September.

Emerging Tech

Federal Regulators: Should Energy Companies Be Allowed to Use Cloud for Power Delivery?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission needs to understand the risks involved before enabling power companies to adopt cloud technologies.

Digital Government

Census Advocates Spread the Word on New Online Forms

March letters will kick off the decennial count.

Digital Government

More Legislation May Be Coming to Bolster the Federal Cyber Workforce

Industry sees focus on education as a path to ending competition over personnel.

Modernization

IGs Announce Plan to Probe Joint DOD, VA Electronic Health Records Programs

The two inspector general offices are teaming up to determine whether the commercial EHR programs are meeting the main goal of interoperability.

Modernization

App Tells You Who's Collecting Your Data and Why

Find out what internet of things devices around you may be tracking you.

Digital Government

Data Center Issue Prompts GAO to Revert Redesigned Website Back to an Old Version

The new site’s host company, Contegix, is still working to resolve the technical difficulties, a GAO official said.

Policy

Taxing Internet Ads Could Raise Lots of Money, but Doubts Persist

Maryland could be the first in the nation to tax online ads.

Modernization

Lawmaker, DHS chief spar at hearing over border wall tech

Technology is a key to an effective border wall, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security told a Senate panel.

Modernization

AWS looks to expand record in JEDI lawsuit

A recent filing also takes a hard look at the timing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper's recusal in the case.

Modernization

DOD releases first AI ethics principles, but there’s work left to on implementation

The Defense Department released its first official artificial intelligence ethics principles that it says will shape how it develops and implements the technology.

Ideas

You May Feel More Focused with Your Phone Nearby

Leaving phones behind can be distracting.

Modernization

Report: FedRAMP must evolve to meet demand, emerging tech

A new report lays out where FedRAMP has gone wrong – and what can be done to fix it.