Artificial Intelligence
Energy Department, Microsoft Set Up Consortium to Produce AI-Enabled Tools for First Responders
At least ten partners from across the government, industry and academia have already signed on.
Ideas
Diversity Pledges Alone Won't Change Corporate Workplaces – Here's What Will
The problem is not a lack of commitment but what social scientists call “unconscious bias.”
Emerging Tech
DOD Releases Prime Airwaves for Commercial 5G Networks
Amid criticism, officials said 100 megahertz of federal midband spectrum will be transferred to commercial users at an unprecedented pace.
Digital Government
Survey: More Than Half of Tech Employees ‘Dread’ Work Each Morning
Private-sector tech employees face growing anxiety and loneliness related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Digital Government
GSA Enters Third Phase of Multiple Award Schedule Consolidation
Customers will be able to find a company's offerings under one identifier.
Digital Government
Congress Hammers Big Tech on Business Practices
House lawmakers grilled the tech chiefs of four of America’s largest companies, continuing its investigation into possible antitrust violations.
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.
Cybersecurity
Was the Pentagon’s Blacklist of Chinese Companies Justified?
An independent study of the list found China uses its favored companies to wipe out competition and spread economic influence.
Digital Government
Survey: Tech Employees Less Comfortable Negotiating Salary in COVID-19 Era
Fewer employees at large tech companies are talking salary with their managers during the pandemic.
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.
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
Former TTS Director Lands Job With IT Services Company
Anil Cheriyan left GSA’s tech incubator this month to take a job in the private sector.
Digital Government
Agencies Could Use Improvement in Contracting Forecast Data
According to an industry group study, most federal agencies aren’t sharing details about their upcoming acquisitions needs as well as they could.
Ideas
Preventing Cyberattacks in Government Supply Chains
Stolen credentials remain the No. 1 hacking tactic used by malicious actors to gain access to “secure” networks and wreak havoc within organizations—and potentially up the supply chain.
Digital Government
Industry Group Urges Congress to Extend CARES Clause to Reimburse Government Contractors
The Professional Services Council called on Congress to extend Section 3610 authority in order to sustain the contracting workforce in a letter to leadership Thursday.
Modernization
Pentagon Officials to Industry: Bring Us Tech That is Easy to Integrate
Information systems that are easy to integrate and build in cybersecurity practices at the foundation top officials' wishlist.
Digital Government
Experts Break Down GSA’s Abrupt Cancellation of $15B Small Business IT GWAC
Four federal contracting experts joined Nextgov to discuss what happened with Alliant 2 Small Business, what’s next for the family of contracts and what this means for GSA’s suite of small business vehicles.
Emerging Tech
Industry Calls on Government to Invest Billions for Developing Secure 5G Networks
Comments to the NTIA also say the administration shouldn’t choose winners and losers to compete with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
Digital Government
Intelligence Authorization Would Add to Due Process Rules for Security Clearance Reviews
Also new in the bill is a provision allowing the government to share negative information about contractors with their companies.
Digital Government