Emerging Tech
One Defense Agency is Building a Bot Army
And it's saving the department hundreds of thousands of work hours a year, a defense official said.
Digital Government
It’s Official: Trump Shifts All Security Clearance Work to Pentagon
An executive order renames the Defense Security Service and sets a timeline for the office to take over background investigations for the entire federal community.
Policy
Progress Is Finally Being Made on Security Clearance Backlog
Improvements to processing times are still needed.
Ideas
Government Workforce Management—Overdue for an Overhaul
Agencies are handicapped by outdated management rules—it isn’t a worker problem, it’s a system problem.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Officials Swear They Aren't the Enemy
Federal cyber officials want to help agencies build more secure health care systems, not just say no.
Cybersecurity
Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy Announces Second Class
The second class will be open to all feds, not just those who do not work in IT.
Emerging Tech
Acting Defense Secretary Appoints New Digital Service Director
Chris Lynch and his hoodie are leaving the Pentagon.
Cybersecurity
How to Build a Better Password Than ‘123456’
The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre offers simple advice for people and organizations for more secure options.
Artificial Intelligence
NSF Kicks Off Final Phase of Workforce Reskilling App Competition
The Career Compass Challenge aims to build an app that matches feds to the tech jobs based on their current skills and interests.
Ideas
Moving from Random Acts of Digital to Real Transformation
Too often, government agencies and businesses alike pin their hopes on a single type of transformative technology.
Cybersecurity
Class in Session for Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy
Demand drove an increase in cohort size.
Digital Government
Nearly 7 Percent of Tech Workers Admit to Cheating on Taxes
Happy Tax Day, America.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Evaluate 1.1 Million Security Clearance Holders
While artificial intelligence is key to the future of background investigations, it will always be up to humans to make clearance decisions, an official assured.
Digital Government
NIST Expands Hiring Authorities for Top-Level Tech Talent
The standards-setting agency is making it easier for hiring managers to onboard IT managers, engineers and scientists through new direct hiring authorities.
Digital Government
Nominations Open for New Government Leadership Awards
We'll be naming an all-star team of officials who have gone above and beyond to serve the American people.
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.
Digital Government
Trump Upends Homeland Security Department in Mass Removal of Top Staff
Experts and former officials call the bulk turnover unhealthy, unprecedented and "enormously disruptive."
Emerging Tech
IRS Turns to Automation Amid Shrinking Workforce
The tax agency is preparing to launch a bot that would reduce a critical contracting compliance measure from multiple hours to two minutes.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Chief is Ready to Update Federal Tech Hiring
The department is preparing to roll out a new personnel system that will let officials “hire people based on their skill sets, not what’s on a piece of paper,” said Chris Krebs.
Ideas