Digital Government

6 Major Multibillion Dollar Tech Procurements to Watch in 2023

Contracts range in potential estimated value from $5 billion to $100 billion, according to government spending data and Deltek analysis.

Digital Government

Survey: 1 in 3 Government Workers Say Agencies Aren’t Fostering Employee Connection

The survey suggests increased emphasis on connection-building could increase talent retention efforts.

Artificial Intelligence

3 in 4 Americans Worry AI Will Take Their Jobs

A Forbes survey indicates Americans are growing more alarmed about artificial intelligence for a variety of reasons.

Digital Government

Pentagon UFO Chief: ‘No Credible Evidence’ of Aliens, Yet

Sean Kirkpatrick, who heads the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Office, briefed the Senate Wednesday.

Digital Government

Pentagon’s UFO Chief to Testify Before Congress

Sean Kirkpatrick, who leads the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Office, recently co-authored a paper suggesting some of the unknown objects the Pentagon is studying could be alien probes.

Emerging Tech

Senator Calls for Cybersecurity Audit of Law Enforcement Wireless Network

FirstNet is a cellular network built for first responders around the country, but at least one federal official told the senator’s office they had “no confidence” in the network’s security.

Policy

Proposed Bill Would Ban Excessively Loud Streaming Commercials

The legislation would update the CALM Act of 2010 that tackled loud television ads.

Digital Government

Report: These 9 Trends are Reshaping Government in 2023

Technology and improved digital service delivery factor into many trends identified in a March report.

Acquisition

FTC seeks info on cloud computing market’s influence

The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback about the market power of cloud computing providers, among other information.

Digital Government

FTC Seeks Info on Cloud Computing Market’s Influence

The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback about the market power of cloud computing providers, among other information.

Digital Government

3 Customer Experience Tips for Feds from Feds

Two professional customer experience experts offered advice for other practitioners across the federal ranks this month.

Digital Government

Energy Provides $48M Toward Electric Grid Modernization Projects

The projects will be managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E.

Digital Government

House Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Members, Assignments Announced

Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly will serve as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation.

Digital Government

AWS Touts Modular Data Center for Defense Department

The cloud giant’s latest offering is specifically for Defense Department customers through its new $9 billion cloud contract.

Emerging Tech

Energy Launches Foundation to Accelerate Emerging Tech Commercialization

The Energy Department aims to boost investment in commercial energy tech through its first ever agency-related foundation.

People

National Cyber Director to retire next week

Chris Inglis will retire almost two years after beginning the job.