Cybersecurity
Holding Government Contractors Responsible for Cybersecurity Is Trickier Than It Sounds
Experts told lawmakers the ever-growing list of subcontractors is a complexifier.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon To Explore Potential of 5G — and Its Made-in-China Hazards
Planned experiments will test the emerging wireless technology, even as leaders fret publicly about supply-chain risks.
Policy
Contractors and Advocacy Groups Push Back on State Efforts to Mandate Surveillance Software
State legislation pushed by one company to require contractors to install the software would compromise data privacy and carry steep costs for companies and governments, the groups argue.
Cybersecurity
DHS Invests $5.9 Million into Cyber Training Tool for Energy Sector
The project will expand a strategic decision-making and communication exercise tool developed for the finance sector to the energy sector.
Emerging Tech
GSA’s 10x Offers Seed Funding To Develop Feds’ Tech Ideas
The four-phase program is looking to test, fund and build federal employees’ ideas for using tech to improve their agencies.
Digital Government
Pentagon Watchdog Launches Probe of Acting Defense Chief's Boeing Ties
Shanahan welcomes the investigation pushed by Democrats and transparency group.
Digital Government
White House Issues New Guidance on Category Management
Obama-era move toward pooled agency purchasing is updated to reduce duplication.
Modernization
Office In Charge of Trying Guantanamo Detainees Needs IT Support
The Office of Military Commissions is conducting market research on a $20 million IT support contract.
Digital Government
Federal Contractor Numbering System Gets First New Managing Vendor After 20 Years
The DUNS number—a unique ID for organizations doing business with the government—will be phased out in favor of a new identifier with a new name and vendor.
Emerging Tech
NASA Could Go to the Moon Next Year
The agency is willing to ditch its own billion-dollar rocket in favor of a commercial one, to meet a very tight deadline.
Cybersecurity
What DOD Plans To Do With $9.6 Billion in Cyber Funding
Defense Department cyber leaders explained the 2020 budget request and offered insight into how U.S. Cyber Command is using its new acquisition authority.
Modernization
GSA Chief: Leadership Must Protect Workforce to Drive Innovation
Things can go wrong when employees are taking risks. That's where senior officials step up, GSA’s Emily Murphy said.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Revive Bill to Secure Agencies’ Connected Devices
This time the bill has bipartisan support in both houses of Congress.
Modernization
More Agencies, New Focus Areas Coming to GSA’s Centers of Excellence This Year
Officials at the fore of the administration’s Centers of Excellence IT modernization program break down the major changes coming this year.
Cybersecurity
China’s Cyber Prowess is Shaping How the Pentagon Buys
It's imperative for security to coincide with modernization, a Defense Department acquisition official said.
Modernization
Want to Work with Air Force’s Kessel Run? Better Move Fast.
The experimental lab is looking for partners to supply “the best software developers in the world.”
Artificial Intelligence
Inside the Pentagon's Big Plans to Develop Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The defense research agency has a list of research areas and a nimble contracting process to help achieve its vision.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Marshals Want Help Disposing of Virtual Currencies
The service is gathering market research on vendors capable of storing and disposing of cryptocurrencies seized during investigations.
Digital Government
GAO Flags VA Buying, Security Clearance Process as High Risk
“We keep finding the same problems over and over,” GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told lawmakers.
Modernization
IRS Wasted $3.4 Million on Software It Never Used, Watchdog Says
Auditors also found the agency bought a software product without testing that it worked for its intended purposes. It didn’t.
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