Digital Government
Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.
The Trump administration is creating a center that will give immigration agents access to information from U.S. intelligence agencies. Migrants and others denied entry will be unable to see the evidence against them because it is classified.
Digital Government
Trump Revokes Obama Order That Had Limited Hiring Options for Some Contractors
Contracting experts had been critical of the lack of flexibility for managers under a rule requiring certain companies to hire employees from their predecessors.
Ideas
How Automation Can Lead to Better Ethics Compliance
For one thing, it can help formalize the process.
Cybersecurity
Interior Grounds All Drones With Ties to Chinese Companies
The decision comes months after agency officials approved purchases of aircraft built by the Chinese firm SZ DJI Technology.
Cybersecurity
Civilian Vendor Cybersecurity Certification Would Look Very Different From DOD
A civilian counterpart to the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification would need to suit the varying missions across government, according to federal deputy CIO Margie Graves.
Digital Government
Social Security Ends Telework Program for 12,000 Employees
Workers in all of the Social Security Administration’s operations components have less than two weeks to find alternate arrangements.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Will Still Need Training in the Field, Deputy Defense CIO Says
The Office of the CIO and Joint AI Center are focused on getting AI deployed throughout the military, which will require some significant culture change.
Digital Government
The ACCC Is Suing Google over Tracking Users. Here's Why It Matters.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission follows regulators in countries including the U.S. and Germany in taking action against the way “tech giants” harvest and exploit their users’ data.
Emerging Tech
Aviation Safety Bill Targets Challenges Posed by Flight Automation
It comes on the heels of two tragic commercial aircraft crashes that killed 346 in the last year.
Cybersecurity
Ohio Establishes ‘Cyber Reserve’ to Combat Ransomware
The civilian unit of the National Guard will be on call to assist local governments that come under cyberattack.
Digital Government
Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Relocate Major Federal Agencies Outside of D.C.
Ninety-percent of positions in 10 departments would be moved to economically distressed areas.
Policy
White House Threatens to Veto House-Passed Election Security Bill
The SHIELD Act would require political campaigns to report offers of campaign assistance from foreign powers to the FBI.
Digital Government
Efforts to Reform Federal Hiring Already Showing Results
Administration officials said that performing pass-fail interviews earlier in the hiring process led to a faster turnaround, better candidates and more hires from public job announcements.
Cybersecurity
House Committee Advances Bill to Expand DHS Cyber Monitoring Program
As state and local governments face rising cyber threats, the legislation would give them free access to the tools provided under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Digital Government
How Donald Trump Turned to a Comics Titan to Shape the VA
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin shares details about the interactions in his new book.
Emerging Tech
Silicon Valley Rep Calls For Task Force, Legislation on Government Use of Biometrics
Rep. Ro Khanna said Congress should dictate exactly how federal agencies use technologies like facial recognition. But first, the legislative body needs to get properly educated.
Artificial Intelligence
Trump Reestablishes Science and Tech Advisory Council
After lying dormant for almost three years, the president signed an executive order reestablishing the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and naming seven of 16 potential members.
Modernization
OMB Focused on Trust and Agility in Tech Improvements
Increased agility will help tech officials maximize their IT modernization efforts—and perhaps build more trust in government among the public.
Emerging Tech
Justice to Require DNA Sampling of Nearly All Detained Migrants
Once collected, the samples will be moved into the FBI’s massive DNA database.
Modernization