Cybersecurity
Lawmaker: Congress Will 'Mess Up' Tech Regulation Without Help from Industry
Leaving Congress alone to regulate the tech industry may not be the best idea.
Digital Government
How NIH is Organizing Its Enormous Troves of Data
The agency has a new strategic plan for how to manage, store and analyze its scientific data.
Emerging Tech
Interior is Using Drones to Save People Trapped by Hot Lava
They’ve also been faster and safer than putting boots on the ground, a department official said.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants to Take a Page from the Startup Community
The agency's goal is to get ahead of emerging tech.
Emerging Tech
How the NGA App Store Put Tech Acquisition in Top Gear
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency can bring innovative software tools to government in as little as a few months.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Find 65 Bugs in the Pentagon’s Travel Management System
The Defense Department’s fifth bug bounty awards $80,000 for spotting security holes in a travel system used by millions of the agency’s employees.
Emerging Tech
DHS Has a Plan to Make You Stop Hating Airport Security
The agency is looking at ways to speed up passenger screening while improving security from "curb to gate."
Emerging Tech
GSA Wants to Help Your Agency Cash in on the Technology Modernization Fund
An upcoming workshop will teach feds how best to pitch projects to a board of administration officials.
Cybersecurity
Investigators Slam NASA for Numerous IT and Cybersecurity Shortcomings
The agency has only made modest progress on longstanding issues.
Policy
Pentagon Bans Personal Devices from Classified Areas
That includes phones, smartwatches and other devices that can transmit, store and receive data.
Digital Government
U.S. Digital Service Will Teach You How to Buy the Latest Tech
Federal employees can learn best practices for digital procurement in a new certification program.
Emerging Tech
We Need a DARPA-Like Program for Veterans’ Problems, Experts Say
Dedicating funds to veterans’ health care needs could bring more products to market faster, experts told Congress.
Policy
House Passes Bill to Keep Tabs on VA’s Health Records Modernization
Lawmakers plan to keep a close eye on the implementation of the $10 billion project.
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.
Digital Government
Census Bureau Goes Tech Shopping for 2020 Count
The bureau is looking for help with background vetting, app testing and other prep for the decennial.
Policy
Government Should ‘Stop Pretending’ Your Social Security Number is Secret
Cyber experts want Congress to explore different ways to prove people’s identities.
Policy
GSA to Host Another E-Commerce Portal Industry Day
The agency will solicit information from vendors interested in hosting the platform and another for selling on it.
Modernization
Better Government Websites Build Trust with Citizens, Silicon Valley Lawmaker Says
Rep. Ro Khanna's customer-experience focused bill would require agencies to go all digital by 2020.
Modernization
How Younger Workers Update Agency Tech and Vice Versa
It’s not millennial entitlement, said a top CIA technologist.
Digital Government
Pentagon's EHR Setbacks ‘Don't Bode Well’ for Potential Veterans Affairs Rollout
The Veterans Affairs Department will be looking to avoid mistakes made thus far by the Pentagon.
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