Cybersecurity
CMMC Official Backs Light-touch Option for Continuous Monitoring of Defense Contractors’ Cybersecurity
The Pentagon’s certification program is looking for a way to keep tabs on companies during the three-year intervals between independent audits.
Ideas
Lawmakers Keen to Break Up 'Big Tech' Like Amazon and Google Need to Realize the World has Changed a Lot Since Microsoft and Standard Oil
Those cases may seem similar to today’s situation, but this era is different in one crucial way: the global technology marketplace.
Ideas
Racing the Clock on Election Security
There are less than 100 days left until the presidential election.
Digital Government
The State of Customer Experience
Federal agencies had been working to improve service delivery—then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Digital Government
NIH Commits $58 Million to Advance Data Science in Africa
The ultimate hope is to help advance quantitative and qualitative research and health on the continent.
Digital Government
Bill Calls for National Database to Track Evictions
The Housing and Urban Development Department would be required to set up and secure a new, central resource.
Cybersecurity
The Liability Plan to Hold Software Producers Accountable for Cybersecurity
A key congressman explains one of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s loftier recommendations.
Modernization
Oversight Democrats Want at Least $1B for Technology Upgrades in Next Relief Bill
Lawmakers make the case that the funding should be included in any coronavirus relief package that comes to a vote to help address IT systems struggling due to surge in demand.
Cybersecurity
DISA to Release Zero-Trust Model This Year
Vice Adm. Nancy Norton said the Defense Department must take a data-centric approach to protecting its networks.
Artificial Intelligence
New Intelligence-Community AI Principles Seek to Make Tools Useful—and Law-Abiding
Over the last five years, AI has grown considerably, as has public concern about its use, particularly for national security purposes.
Digital Government
Contact Tracing Demonstrates Need for National Privacy Laws, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said the technology being developed to aid the fight against coronavirus proves the need for a standardized privacy framework.
Artificial Intelligence
4 Senators Introduce Bill with New Tools to Compete Against China
The bill includes major tech proposals, calling for more investment and closer partnerships with allies.
Policy
Senate Panel Advances TikTok Ban for Feds, More Transparency on Agency Leaders
Top federal officials would see positions and salaries posted monthly.
Digital Government
Senate Voices Privacy Concerns Over Contact Tracing
Experts were gathered in front of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection to testify on scams. But data privacy concerns bubbled over.
Cybersecurity
How Your Local Election Clerk Is Fighting Global Disinformation
Russians don’t have to change votes. They can change minds.
Cybersecurity
White House Cites Intel Sharing Efforts in NDAA Veto Threat
The related provisions would implement major recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
Modernization
Preliminary FITARA Scores Look Good, Lawmaker Says
FITARA scores are not finalized but Rep. Gerry Connolly says no agency will receive a D or an F on upcoming scorecard.
Ideas
Research on Voting by Mail Says It's Safe – from Fraud and Disease
It can inspire public confidence in the voting process, if done properly.
Digital Government
Out of View: After Public Outcry, CDC Adds Hospital Data Back to Its Website — for Now
Dr. Joseph Varon, center, visits with Dorothy Webb, left, and her daughter, Tammie, while making his rounds inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in July
Cybersecurity