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Social Security Numbers Are Irreplaceable But Not Irreparable

We can't start from scratch.

  • By Neville Pattinson
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White House Takes Important Step to Accelerate AI Adoption

It’s hard to overstate AI’s importance: It’s the biggest commercial opportunity in the world right now.

  • By Anthony Robbins
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Trust Me, I’m An Artificial Intelligence From Washington

People tend to question everything. So what chance does AI have?

  • By John Breeden II
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Getting Leaders Onboard for Data Governance

Everyone from top to bottom should be working toward a culture of data stewardship.

  • By Jonathan Alboum
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In Agile We Trust: Understanding Agile Adoption Challenges

In the beginning, start small.

  • By Mark Byers
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How to Make Mobility Work for Government

As organizations experience the tension between intended security and de facto mobility, workers are growing frustrated, and government agencies are falling behind.

  • By Andy Linn
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Why Federal IT Projects Fail (and How to Ensure Success)

As it turns out, projects are often derailed from the beginning.

  • By John Marinaro
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Don’t Call It an ‘Arms Race’: U.S.-China AI Competition Is Not Winner-Takes-All

The most common framing of the two countries’ artificial-intelligence development is dangerous.

  • By Justin Sherman
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What the Pentagon's Partnership with Homeland Security Means for Other Agencies' Cybersecurity

By working together, our government can provide a unified front in the face of an evolving threat landscape.

  • By Wayne Lloyd
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How to Fund an Unfunded Artificial Intelligence Mandate

Early adopters of robotic process automation may have an advantage on the race to AI.

  • By Jim Walker
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How to Boost Federal Email Security

National Institute of Standards and Technology issued new guidance to protect agency email.

  • By John Breeden II
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Is Your Agency Ready for the 21st Century IDEA Act?

The law calls on federal agencies to get started right away.

  • By Reggie Davis
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How Government Agencies Can Build Cyber Trust in 2019

For all the damage that can come as the result of cyberattacks, the cost of severed trust is almost always the highest.

  • By Eric Trexler
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White House’s Race to Maintain AI Dominance Misses Opportunity

The administration supported a race for AI when it could have supported a race for ethical innovation.

  • By Kate Kaye
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Where Are the Stories About Government’s Vital Work?

Agencies need to do a better job of explaining what they do and why it matters.

  • By John Kamensky
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Moving to the Cloud? You Need to Monitor Application Performance.

When a smartphone app doesn't work it's annoying. But when an agency app doesn't work, there can be consequences.

  • By Charles Fullwood
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Workism Is Making Americans Miserable

For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a religious identity—promising identity, transcendence, and community, but failing to deliver.

  • By Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
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How the Government Plans to Modernize its Workforce

Cloud-based tools can help woo the next generation of public sector workers.

  • By Celeste O’Dea
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The Dangers of a Mandatory DNA Database

A controversy in Arizona is a portent of future public-policy fights.

  • By Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
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Why 2019 is the Year to Try Project Management as a Service

Better project management means better mission outcomes.

  • By Edward Tuorinsky
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