Policy

Congress Lays Out Tech Funding in Spending Bills and Focuses on Supply Chain Threats

It's a busy week ahead for Congress.

  • By Joseph Marks

The Tech Side of Trump’s Plan to Reorganize Government

The plans would force government to get digital, as well as improve the way it provides services to citizens.

  • By Aaron Boyd and Frank Konkel

Commerce, Interior, Energy Top New Government Customer Experience Rankings

A new report rates how federal agencies provide customer experience.

  • By Frank Konkel

Senate Bill Boosts Homeland Security Cyber Funding

The bill increases spending on Homeland Security’s Einstein and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cyber systems.

  • By Joseph Marks
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

New Bill Aims to Prevent the Next Kaspersky, ZTE

The bill would establish an interagency commission to help vet supply chain cybersecurity risks.

  • By Joseph Marks
A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, April 29, 2018. A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, as he stands on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, April 29, 2018.

DHS-Funded Company Wants to Use Blockchain at the Border

DHS may soon use blockchain technology to protect all sorts of data it collects in protecting U.S. borders.

  • By Jack Corrigan

What Trump’s Space Force Announcement Means

New plan would create sixth service branch, and annoy the Air Force.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber and Patrick Tucker, Defense One

GSA Seeks Industry Feedback to Better Harness Tech Spending Data

The government wants to get a better grip on the money it invests in IT and digital services.

  • By Frank Konkel

Trade Tensions With Allies Not Affecting Cyber, Top Diplomat Says

The State Department’s focus now is punishing nations that violate cyber norms, not pushing new norms, the State Department’s Robert Strayer says.

  • By Joseph Marks

NDAA, ZTE and the Rest of Congress' Agenda

Congress and the executive branch continue wrestling over Chinese telecom ZTE.

  • By Joseph Marks

FTC Suggests Considering Security Disclosure Rules for Connected-Device Makers

If the Consumer Product Safety Commission required IoT makers to outline their security protections, the Federal Trade Commission could go after false claims.

  • By Joseph Marks

Are Federal Cyber Workers Up to Snuff? Many Agencies Don't Know.

Some still aren’t sure who counts as a cyber worker and who doesn’t.

  • By Joseph Marks

House Passes Bill to Open Government Data About Opioid Abuse

The Health and Human Services Department would have to build a dashboard to share information about substance abuse, treatment and recovery.

  • By Jack Corrigan

First Modernization Fund Winners Offer Cheat Sheet for Future Pitches

The first three awardees of the Technology Modernization Fund offer a window into the kinds of projects and pitches the board is looking for.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Lawmakers Take Another Shot at Transforming Trump Cyber Policy

Proposed amendments to the Senate’s defense authorization bill would reinstate the White House cyber coordinator and require a White House cyber strategy.

  • By Joseph Marks
Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, walks at his company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, walks at his company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 1, 2017.

Kaspersky Asks Appeals Court to Reverse Government Ban With a Quickness

The Russian anti-virus company wants to complete the appeal process before a broad government ban takes formal effect in October.

  • By Joseph Marks

Congress Questions Trump's ZTE Deal

Plus the other goodies tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act federal employees need to know.

  • By Joseph Marks, Heather Kuldell and Frank Konkel

Technology Modernization Fund Board Doesn't Want Boring Proposals

Agencies that want a shot at funding had better make their proposals interesting.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer

Schumer, Rubio Seek to Reverse Trump Reversal on ZTE Ban

Trump wants to help ZTE as part of a U.S.-China trade deal, but lawmakers say the company’s a national security risk.

  • By Joseph Marks

Congress Says It Doesn’t Need a Tech Advisory Office

Lawmakers voted against reinstating the Office of Technology Assessment, which was defunded in 1995.

  • By Aaron Boyd