Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Targets August for JEDI Award
The Defense Department is making its source selection “disconnected” from Oracle’s pending court case.
Digital Government
How Far Will Google’s Billion-Dollar Bay Area Housing Plan Go?
The single largest commitment by a private employer to address the Bay Area’s acute affordable housing crisis is unique in its focus on land redevelopment.
Emerging Tech
Google Maps Wants to Help Users Navigate During Natural Disasters
The app will offer crisis navigation warnings and provide detailed visual information about hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes.
Emerging Tech
The ‘Platform’ Excuse Is Dying
For years, tech companies have relied on a rhetorical sleight of hand. It’s not working anymore.
Policy
House Appropriations Package Now Includes Contractor Back Pay
There is still a chance federal contractors unpaid during the 35-day shutdown could get back pay.
Digital Government
Watchdog: FCC’s Tech Advisory Council Is Too Heavily Skewed Toward Industry
The result is an ineffective body with minimal impact, according to former members.
Digital Government
Will Trump Object to the Raytheon-United Technologies Merger?
After an analyst said Obama-era opposition to consolidation had dissipated, Trump appeared to signal the opposite.
Digital Government
GSA Seeks Industry Feedback in Schedules Consolidation Effort
The agency wants buyers and sellers to weigh in as it works to modernize the Schedules process.
Digital Government
Why the Salesforce Acquisition of Tableau Matters to Government
Salesforce is positioning itself as more of a federal player with its purchase of Tableau.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Unveils Artificial Intelligence Course for Government
Through online course materials, the tech giant hopes to help governments better implement the budding tech.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon ‘Matchmakers’ Aim to Keep U.S. Tech Firms from Taking Chinese Money
Defense officials hope to protect cutting-edge technologies by getting innovative firms funded by U.S.-friendly investors.
Emerging Tech
Adaptive Gaming Offers Disabled Veterans a New Way To Connect
A partnership between the Veterans Affairs Department and Microsoft is opening video games and esports up to vets with limited mobility.
Policy
Contractors Advise Lawmakers on How to Reduce Pain During the Next Shutdown
House Democrats’ field hearing spotlights suffering from the most recent lapse in appropriations as message to colleagues.
Modernization
Energy Department Awards $2 Billion IT Services Contract
Accenture Federal Services secured a blanket purchase order agreement to help the department migrate to a cloud-based IT services model.
Modernization
SEC Pulls On-Ramp For $2.5 Billion IT Contract
The agency is reworking the on-ramp solicitation for its massive enterprise IT vehicle, which, if officials aren’t careful, could take down the entire contract.
Digital Government
Amazon’s Retreat From Seattle
Amazon is moving its presence eastward, sometimes into smaller communities.
Modernization
Pentagon Says No JEDI Conflict, Narrows Field to AWS and Microsoft
The Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract could be awarded by mid-July.
Cybersecurity
The Private Sector is Trying to Bring More Cyber Experts to Government
Mastercard, Microsoft, Workday and the Partnership for Public Service launched an initiative that would place highly qualified grads in cyber jobs at federal agencies.
Cybersecurity
Financial Regulators Want To Know If Their Cyber Assessment Tool Is Worth It
Four federal agencies are asking the industry they regulate whether a cybersecurity assessment is worth the work of collecting and submitting the necessary data.
Emerging Tech