Modernization
Officials: Here’s How Not to Screw Up a $50 Billion Networking Contract
The Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract is a great opportunity for agencies to modernize, but they need to focus on people and planning to do it right.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How That $380 Million in Election Security Funding Is Being Spent
State election officials are mostly using new election security money to shore up the basics.
Cybersecurity
Interior IG: Nation’s Dams Safe From Hacks But Vulnerable to Insider Threats
An inspector general review exposes significant weaknesses to dam cybersecurity that have grown more serious over time.
Cybersecurity
Two Companies Picked To Protect Nation’s 600 Dams from Cyberattacks
The Interior Department awarded spots on a five-year, $45 million contract to manage IT risk for more than 600 dams nationwide.
Cybersecurity
House Homeland Votes Against Demanding ZTE Threat Report
Homeland Security is already sharing information about threats posed by the Chinese telecom, Chairman Michael McCaul argued.
Emerging Tech
Puerto Rico’s Power Grid to Get Boost from Energy Department Project
The project was developed to create a resilient energy grid that incorporates different types of power sources.
Ideas
It’s Time to Protect Identity Like We Protect Critical Infrastructure
Identity is crucial, but it isn't protected as such.
Digital Government
Tech Lessons Learned From the Devastation of Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands' CIOs discussed data security, relationships with wireless carriers and next-level training at NASCIO’s midyear conference.
Digital Government
Congress Faces Government Funding That Runs Out Friday
Lawmakers have been working on an omnibus spending bill but it has yet to be introduced.
Cybersecurity
Here Are Some Key Challenges to Critical Infrastructure Security
Researchers should focus on when humans need to be in the loop and when machines can take charge.
Modernization
Trump Administration Mum on Nationalizing 5G
The proposal is still on the table, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, though localities may find their authority on public rights of way preempted regardless.
Emerging Tech
Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity Into Money
A close-up portrait of bitcoin miners in eastern Washington reveals the real hustle at the heart of cryptocurrencies.
Cybersecurity
Senators Want Dumber Tech For Energy Grid Cybersecurity
A bill to study retro approaches to preventing and mitigating the effects of cyberattacks is advancing in the Senate.
Modernization
5G Preemption Is Coming
The streamlined broadband deployment the FCC is contemplating will lessen local control without making rural build-outs more likely.
Emerging Tech
Utilities Are Paying Their Customers to Buy Electric Vehicles
The transport sector may be the only major new source of electricity demand for developed economies.
Policy
Congress Kicks Off Discussions About Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
There were frictions over issues involving funding and environmental permitting in a hearing on Thursday.
Cybersecurity
Justice Launches Cyber Task Force
The task force will examine cyber efforts to undermine elections and critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
What a Pentagon Report from the Year 2000 Got Right About Cyber War
Many of the issues that concern cyber strategists today were already clear at the turn of the century.
Cybersecurity
DHS: We Can Vet Election Cyber Systems in All 50 States
Some states remain wary of asking for federal election security help, but the ice is thawing, a Homeland Security official said.
Digital Government
AT&T Wants to Keep an Eye on Our Bridges
Infrastructure meets the internet of things.
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