Artificial Intelligence

How Virtual Reality Could Be Used to Save Lives

Think these technologies are too futuristic for the government? Not anymore.

Digital Government

18F Co-Founder on Why Tech Transcends Party Politics

18F Co-founder and former Executive Director Aaron Snow discusses the tech team's future.

Modernization

GSA to Offer Cloud-Based Contract Writing System Next Year

The pay-as-you-go system will offer guidance as well as reduce costs, according to GSA.

Digital Government

After Criticism, 18F Charts Next Steps

The first priority is to right the cost-recovery issues highlighted first by GAO and the IG, according to GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth.

Cybersecurity

GAO Plans OPM, FedRAMP Audits in 2017

The office also plans to review how well CDC and NIH are protecting health information.

Digital Government

GSA Wants a Digital Federal Staff Directory

Ideally, users could search for equivalent employees across agencies.

Digital Government

Aneesh Chopra: Relying on Bid Protests Is ‘Absurd'

Bid protests in the federal government have increased 60 percent since fiscal 2008, but their success rate has declined.

Cybersecurity

GSA Gets Thumbs Up on Cybersecurity Act Assessment

The agency's IT security policies are up to date and "generally consistent" with governmentwide standards, according to the IG.

Modernization

FedRAMP Ready? GSA Releases Template to Figure It Out

Cloud service providers can assess whether they're ready for FedRAMP authorization with a new template.

Digital Government

EPA Tests Future of Public Comments

18F helped the agency build a system that lets citizens comment on specific paragraphs of proposed rules.

Digital Government

18F: Slack Incident Wasn’t a ‘Data Breach'

The tech team responded to the IG report saying a security vulnerability within Slack was fixed, and that data wasn’t exposed.

Emerging Tech

DHS: Open Source Software Is Like Giving Mafia a Copy of FBI System Code

The department made a bid to adjust a White House draft policy that would encourage agencies to code in the open, and to share their code with each other.