Artificial Intelligence

Agencies Are a Step Closer to Creating Their Own Siri

Siri, Alexa and Facebook chatbots might soon be handling common customer service roles in government.

Digital Government

How Policy Could Advance Open Data in Government

Data.gov's Program Manager Hyon Kim says the OPEN Government Data Act could boost participation.

Digital Government

Trump's Innovation Office In Close Touch With USDS

White House tech adviser Chris Liddell attends U.S. Digital Service meetings multiple times a week.

Digital Government

GSA Reorganizes to Support White House Innovation Office

The agency's Technology Transformation Service will move under the Federal Acquisition Service.

Emerging Tech

What Are Microservices and Why Should Government Care?

The General Services Administration is experimenting with some of the easy-to-tweak services that power online shopping.

Digital Government

More Competition Key to Improving OASIS, GSA IG Says

The agency's inspector general had suggestions, not complaints, about the professional services contract.

Digital Government

GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service to Revamp Customer Service to the Tune of $1.3M

CenturyLink will provide hosted contact center and voice-over IP services to FAS as part of its contact center modernization project.

Digital Government

GSA May Make Industry Participation in Data Reporting Pilot Optional

Voluntary participation in the 3-year pilot had been higher than expected, leaving officials to consider whether mandating participation was necessary.

Digital Government

Trump Has A New Innovation Office. It’s Unclear What That Means for 18F and USDS.

Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will head up the office.

Digital Government

Inside CA Technologies' $45M False Claims Settlement

While rare, these sorts of settlements are not unheard of in federal IT contracting.

Digital Government

Category Management Continues Efforts to Get Better Deal for Federal Bucks

Category management has saved $2 billion since 2012, but there's more low-hanging fruit to grab.

Ideas

In Defense of 18F—Because Inaction Also Has a Cost

Procurement doesn’t grab many headlines, but it is critical to the nation’s future.

Digital Government

18F Wants to Change the Rules, Not Break Them, Leader Says

Part of hacking government includes finding policies and regulations that are barriers, Technology Transformation Service Commissioner Rob Cook said.

Modernization

Cloud.gov Achieves FedRAMP Compliance

Agencies now can begin using the platform for a variety of services, including hosting websites, information management tools and application programming interfaces.

Digital Government

Top Federal IT Contracts to Watch for in 2017

This year will offer more contracting opportunities valued at far less than the number of contracts that went out to bid in 2016.

Digital Government

Video: Analyzing GAO's Decision To Deny Protests of Alliant 2

The contract will be in use for the next 10 years and $65 billion are at stake.

Digital Government

New Category Management Brass Coming to GSA

The Office of Information Technology Category welcomes two officials from FCC and Treasury.

Modernization

GSA Wants Disruptive Tech for Shared Services

“This is an important step toward understanding how we can change the way government does business internally," according to one official.