Ideas
The Key to Reducing Exposure to Cyber Liability, Part 1
Former federal CISO Greg Touhill explains how to reduce an organization's exposure to breaches and subsequent liabilities.
Digital Government
Changing the Language in Job Ads Could Help Bring More Women Into Tech
Using gendered words or phrases can be exclusionary.
Ideas
How the New Science of Vulnerability Management Can Help Struggling Federal Networks
IT teams often have the tools to find network vulnerabilities. What they don't have is the manpower to fix them all.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Might Give You a Personal Assistant Instead of Taking Your Job
We’ve arguably never been busier—and more in need of some assistance.
Digital Government
Delayed Security Clearance Reforms Could Increase Costs for Agencies
Continuous evaluation could remain a pipe dream as cash-strapped agencies get no guidance from the top.
Modernization
The Most Important Productivity App Is the One That Stitches Them All Together
Welcome to the world of Recipes and Zaps.
Modernization
Feds Can Hire Short-Term Tech Talent for Modernizing
Office of Personnel Management announced a hiring authority would let agencies fill positions for up to a year.
Digital Government
Why the U.S. Fails at Worker Training
Automation and globalization are making some workers’ skills obsolete. Why can’t the federal government figure out how to successfully prepare Americans for the future?
Digital Government
Tech Industry Insiders Want to Standardize Data Scientists
A few companies are creating a Data Science Standards Board that Booz Allen Hamilton thinks could help government hire better.
Digital Government
Contractors Begin Early Shutdown Preparations
Agencies will be forced to shutter their doors on Oct. 1 if Congress fails to pass a spending bill to set agency funding for fiscal 2018.
Ideas
How Government Agencies Can Protect Their Social Media Accounts—And Employees
Do public officials have the right to block users who insult them or post scathing comments publicly? At least one court case says no.
Digital Government
LinkedIn Data Can Predict How Likely You Are to Quit, and It’s Being Sued to Keep it Public
LinkedIn has 500 million profiles online, an extraordinary wealth of information about the education and career paths of nearly 7% of all of humanity.
Digital Government
There Are More Programming Jobs Than Ever Outside of Silicon Valley
For decades, the software industry has been synonymous with Silicon Valley. That’s an increasingly dated concept.
Emerging Tech
Predictions for What Robots Will Do to the U.S. Workforce, Ranked From Certain Doom to Potential Utopia
No matter what you think, there’s probably a research-backed prediction that supports your view.
Artificial Intelligence
It Will Take Human-Machine Teams to Fight Cyber Threats, McAfee CTO Says
Artificial intelligence won’t replace humans, but it will change the way they work.
Cybersecurity
Millennials Pose Greatest IT Security Risk of Any Group, Survey Says
Millennials use unapproved apps, Generation X members ignore security policies and baby boomers get phished.
Cybersecurity
How the Interior Department Stopped a Phishing Attack
The phishing attack compromised more than 100 employees' credentials.
Digital Government
If the Government Shuts Down, Some of Its Websites, Databases and IT Do Too
OMB’s 2013 guidance requires IT systems related to excepted activity, including national security, stay functional.
Cybersecurity
Government’s Biggest Cyber Problem Will Be Contractors’ Big Opportunity, Report Says
If the government can't hire cyber talent, it will continue to seek outside support, a market analysis said.
Artificial Intelligence
In the Great Robot Job Takeover, Women Are Less Likely to Suffer Than Men
Fields such as manufacturing and transport tend to be dominated by men.
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