Ideas
Can the U.S. Government Really Ban TikTok?
It is nearly impossible to ban any application completely.
Podcasts
Critical Update: GSA's Centers of Excellence Program Evolves
The Centers of Excellence program started out working with agencies one at a time. But in less than three years, the program has sped up, staffed up and spread out across government.
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.
Emerging Tech
White House Council Seeks Input on Plan to Invest in Alternatives to GPS
The request for information flows from an executive order on the responsible use of positioning, navigation and timing services.
Artificial Intelligence
Report Recommends Doubling Federal Funding for AI Research
A new report from Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., calls for increased funding and stronger federal leadership on artificial intelligence development.
Emerging Tech
White House, NSF Launch Partnership to Boost K-12 Access to Quantum Education
Founding members from industry weighed in on how they aim to contribute.
Policy
Trump Executive Order Aims to Make Some Pandemic-Induced Telehealth Expansions Permanent
The president's directive also targets improvements to rural health care.
Cybersecurity
White House Cites Intel Sharing Efforts in NDAA Veto Threat
The related provisions would implement major recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
Emerging Tech
White House, NSF Invest $75 Million to Launch Three Quantum Innovation Institutes
Each center will focus on innovating a different area of quantum information science and all will aim to help develop a talent pipeline.
Digital Government
Out of View: After Public Outcry, CDC Adds Hospital Data Back to Its Website — for Now
Dr. Joseph Varon, center, visits with Dorothy Webb, left, and her daughter, Tammie, while making his rounds inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in July
Ideas
The Fed's Independence Helped It Save the US Economy in 2008 – the CDC Needs the Same Authority Today
There is a paradox inherent in the relationship between political leaders and technical experts in government.
Digital Government
U.S. Chief Technology Officer to Serve as One of the Pentagon's Top Tech Officials
The new acting head of defense research and engineering comes from the White House with a relatively light resume.
Modernization
OMB Names Two More Lead Offices for New Shared Services Regime
The announcement comes after two more agencies completed their marketplace implementation plans.
Digital Government
Trump Signs Executive Order to Overhaul the Federal Hiring Process
Order seeks to place less emphasis on applicants with college degrees.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Suzette Kent Tells Staff She’s Retiring
The government’s top IT leader is leaving government in July.
Digital Government
Federal Chief Data Officers Council Names First Chairman
The Agriculture Department’s data lead will take the reins of the new governmentwide council as agencies tick items off their data to-do lists.
Digital Government
Social Security Administration Seeks to Solicit More Feedback from Customers
The agency is following White House guidance to improve customer service delivery, beginning with getting more input from actual customers.
Digital Government
Trump’s Social-Media Order Is a Gift to Disinformation Bots, Experts Say
But much of the order may be legally unenforceable.
Cybersecurity
White House to Seek Comment on National 5G Security Strategy
The Pentagon and others want to move beyond activities focused on excluding Huawei and other equipment deemed tools of foreign adversaries from the ecosystem.
Digital Government