Former U.S. officials call for transparency in cybersecurity of 2020 census

An Air Force official said last week the military is planning a joint exercise with the UK, Australia and Canada on a quantum “challenge program.”

It’s time to move beyond passwords, 2FA, and other vulnerable and outmoded methods for identity verification, explains Averon's Aaron Mahone in this op-ed.

DIUx has scored early successes in Texas leveraging its nearby military assets and offering the Defense Department's “priority problems” to make it an attractive customer.

The Army chose Austin because of its “quality of life and proximity to commercial technology, research and development, and academic innovation."

Defense officials want to leverage the nuanced technology’s computing power to optimize machine learning as well as address scientific modeling problems.

The Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization will run point on the whole project.

Federal leaders are leveraging policy and technology changes to improve customer service both inside and outside the agencies.

Jim Banks, R-Ind., will chair the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, and Conor Lamb, D-Pa., will serve as ranking member.

"What gets measured gets managed," after all.

The library's implementation plan, and critiques from some in civil society, is raising a quintessential tension in civic tech.

Agencies have been tracking their IT spending using a 20-year-old policy and federal leaders think it's time for a refresh.

The single sign-on platform is now included in a bug bounty program that GSA started last summer.

The goal, Deasy says, is a final RFP "that truly represents what any smart intelligent company in private industry would do in seeking to put an enterprise cloud in place."

The Trump administration doesn't want to regulate AI too tightly — so what should the government be doing?

Kratsios said he hopes to see some perceptible results within the next six years.

The Laboratory Partnering Service streamlines what used to be a bunch of disparately held information.

The Trump administration wants to leverage the public, private and academic sectors to ensure the U.S. has the lead in artificial intelligence.

The first task order will focus on cloud migration and data center consolidation.

The OTA will offer speed to the procurement of a new background investigations process.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to better leverage artificial intelligence in the front-facing services it provides to its customers.

And they're looking for industry input on what techniques already exist.

Kurt Garbars said in a LinkedIn post that he officially retired June 30, leaving federal service after a 30-year tenure.

The watchdog knocked IRS for both physical and digital security flaws.

New technology to block phishing attacks on mobile devices is now available for agencies to pilot through licenses held by DHS.

"Just because we're considering cloud first doesn't mean that's where it goes," said SSA senior adviser John Foertschbeck.

Yes, Dana Deasy will now lead the JEDI Cloud program.

GSA's IG says that contractor staff provided more than $675,000 worth of work on the telecommunications contract despite not having security clearances.

The federal government's current level of technical debt is $7 billion — is there a solution? Dell EMC's Steve Harris explores that question in this op-ed.

A recent report recommends that the bureau increase controls to ensure that users are who they say they are.

The agency provided feedback to industry on two draft solicitations for its seven-year IT infrastructure contract Monday.

This summer the program is looking to establish itself firmly within the federal government's "innovation family."

The bureau is calling for potential contractors to oversee the maintenance support of two software packages — its Generalized Instrument Design System and its Surveyor computer program.

Can your technology predict when a protest will break out in Egypt? IARPA wants to hear from you.

Constructing comprehensive inventories of software licenses and telecommunication assets could prove a challenge for IT modernization. EIS looms, and the White House is watching.

Colter has been the organization's director of strategy since October 2017.

Outdated code, old hardware and attrition of the qualified workforce makes IRS's IT management a risky game.

The new Austin location puts AFWERX close to the Texas capital's tech community as well as key military facilities in the region.

Integrating the developer and operations teams became a staple of the federal government’s IT modernization best practices. Now some want to take Ops piece out of it using cloud.

An industry day offered some insight into what to expect.

Developing and implementing the Federal Data Strategy will take time and will involve experts and thought leaders from inside and outside the federal government, members of the Center for Open Data Enterprise say in this op-ed.

In its most recent assessment of the President's Management Agenda's IT modernization goals this week, OMB said agencies are largely keeping pace.

The CISO and CIO councils have crafted a new handbook that agencies can use to “upskill” new cyber professionals into cybersecurity leaders.

Top leadership at the VA has been anything but consistent for the past year, and it's causing lawmakers to worry about the department's newly signed $10 billion EHR deal.

Founder Hudson Hollister plans to step down on Oct. 1.

The National Quantum Initiative Act is intended to advance the nation’s development of the emerging technology, which could bring big advancements in computing power.

What do the five offices actually look like? FedScoop took an exclusive tour to find out.

As the Commerce Department prepares for the 2020 census, its CIO wants to leverage the intelligence community to identify the threats against it.

OMB has launched a new website, strategy.data.gov, to encourage public comment on the Federal Data Strategy.

In-Q-Tel can give startups “confidence that OK, our capability could really have a true mission impact,” the head of federal for MapD says.

Some contractors worry that GSA's micropurchase plan for its e-commerce portals could create two “parallel” systems of compliance.

Deasy, who's been the department's CIO since May, will replace Chief Management Officer Jay Gibson at the head of the program.

Anne Rung says the user-focused design the government is pursuing in its procurement and citizen services takes a lot of lessons from the private sector.

Visualization tools, the agency hopes, can help make better transportation safety policy.

The session focused on the strategies industry is using to best capitalize on AI technologies and how they may translate to ongoing projects within the DOD.

In an exclusive Q&A, Carlson details AWS's pursuit of the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI commercial cloud contract and why she supports DOD's decision to make a single award.

Officials said the new panel's goal will be to create a national agenda on quantum information science, address U.S. economic and national security implications from the technology and coordinate federal policy.

Thomas said FAS is exploring reducing the number of contract schedules to make it easier for agencies to procure services and supplies.

The plan promotes the use of modern technology to improve service delivery as a central tenet in the 21st century federal government.

The online pandemonium crashed a key SEC website, and the agency learned a thing or two about scalability.

Former fellows open up on what got them hooked.