Digital Government
FAA expands automated airspace control for drones
Drone operators can now quickly register flights in controlled airspace in four more regions.
Cybersecurity
IARPA wants help fending off invasive aquatic species
Researchers want to find new detection technology to help stem the tide of invasive sea creatures hitching rides into U.S. waterways and ports.
Modernization
EIS gets best-in-class handle
GSA's big, next-generation telecommunications contract, as well as its supporting contracts, get favored designation from OMB.
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber strategy to land by mid-May
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told lawmakers the agency was looking at how to get into the bug bounty business.
Cybersecurity
How tech supports CBP priorities
Customs and Border Protection is working on many fronts to field new technology, the agency head tells Congress.
Cybersecurity
Agencies look to get smart on IoT
As connected devices proliferate, management and security prove challenging for agencies.
Modernization
Federal spectrum key to U.S. 5G
Government-held spectrum is one of the keys to global U.S. commercial leadership in 5G, and new study says, and pending legislation can help.
Cybersecurity
Bhagowalia moves to CBP
Former Treasury CIO Sonny Bhagowalia is now the top tech official at Customs and Border Protection.
Digital Government
White House to relax rules on military drone exports
The Trump administration is looking to make it easier for allies to buy military-grade drones from U.S. firms.
Cybersecurity
FDA moves to require patching in connected medical devices
The Food and Drug Administration is looking to make sure internet-enabled medical devices can be updated to guard against cyberthreats.
People
GSA shuffles key IT personnel
The Technology Modernization fund gets a leader, and a contracting executive is moved off GSA's $50 billion telecom contract.
Digital Government
9 agencies seek TMF funds
Nine agencies have submitted plans to tap the first $100 million available via the Technology Modernization Fund, but no decisions have been made yet.
Modernization
Energy floats $25M in cyber research funding
As part of its expansion into cybersecurity, the Department of Energy wants to fund sector-specific research.
Cybersecurity
DHS seeks growth in cyber budget
At an appropriations hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she's losing sleep over cybersecurity threats.
Cybersecurity
CBP leverages tech, data sharing to fight illegal opioids
New detection technology, as well as increasing shipping data sharing with China helps in the border fight against fentanyl, according to the Customs and Border Protection leader.
Acquisition
ODNI looks to separate CIO, CDO shops
The intelligence director's office is mulling a new approach to CIO and chief data officer roles that stresses more efficient acquisition.
Modernization
DOE commits to more exascale
The Energy Department will potentially commit almost $2 billion to build two more exascale computers.
Modernization
GSA tries to raise the profile of EIS
The General Services Administration added new info on how agencies can tap into its next generation telecommunications contract -- and tied the vehicle more closely to IT modernization.
Modernization
Why acquisition management is the SENSR project's secret weapon
Getting four agencies to share spectrum and combine their radar systems is a massive undertaking. Settling on a single acquisition management system makes it much more manageable.
Modernization
EIS testing is picking up speed
Eight of 10 contractors for GSA’s next-generation telecommunications contract report progress on required back-office systems tests.
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