Evolving Government: Battling fraud with big data

The study found a "lack of parity" between how people respond to drone noise versus delivery truck noise.

"The system is expected to be widely targeted by attackers," a GSA source sought notice says, and so 18F aims to identify pen-testers with proven ability.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security acting Deputy Undersecretary of Cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra urging for the adoption of Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance.

The State Department’s lead cyber diplomat for the past six years, Chris Painter, is leaving at the end of this month.

A new GAO report found delayed IT modernization efforts at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Chilson was most recently an attorney advisor to the FTC chair.

There's impact, excitement and the opportunity to give back, leaders said Tuesday.

Major milestones this year include the launch of code.mil, the Pentagon's foray into open source, the launch of login.gov and Hack the Air Force, an Air Force-specific spinoff of Hack the Pentagon.

DHA officials said the electronic health records system is now operational at a medical facility servicing more than 20,000 outside of Seattle.

GSA officials gave agencies more detail about its highly-anticipated new Special Item Number for the CDM program, set to debut this summer.

Government adoption is in its "early innings," CSRA CTO Yogesh Khanna said Monday.

The agency reissued its presolicitation for the $553 million contract to service its High Performance Computing program.

The unredacted comments published on Thursday include information like citizens' full names, email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers.

Verizon will serve as the subcontractor to provide wireless service under the contract, FedScoop has learned.

While agile development is driving innovation in the IT and government services realms, two DHS officials say it should stretch to the contracting office.

The Department of Commerce is reaching out to industry stakeholders to find out how to move its cybersecurity operations to the cloud.

With the awarding of the GSA’s eagerly anticipated telecommunications contract on the horizon, officials want agencies to start planning for it now.

Three provisions are set to sunset in late 2018 and 2019.

Cyd Harrell announced she will now fill the newly created position of chief of staff, while Rebecca Piazza has been promoted to the agency's new deputy executive director.

FedScoop study identifies the top IT factors impeding government workforce productivity and top opportunities for improving productivity and trust in mobile devices

FedScoop caught up with Meagan Metzger, the founder of Dcode42, to discuss the role of AI in government and what to expect at the upcoming Demo Day.

The House Small Business Committee left Wednesday's hearing on the SBA's OCIO "encouraged" by Roat's vision.

Chris Liddell said the future of government services could rest in a series of central hubs specializing in innovation.

The move will add significant difficulty for federal agencies to buy and use the company’s cybersecurity products.

The office’s focus on reducing the documentation burden is part of a strategy to make the use of EHRs more palatable for small practice physicians.

Touhill will oversee Cyxtera Federal Group, launched as a means to connect public sector agencies with technology already being used in the private sector.

The agency's security assessment and authorization methodology still has some catching up to do.

The fiscal 2019 budget may be more than a year away, but the Office of Management and Budget already has a forecast: a chance of more reorganization.

The Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental listed a solicitation for a commercially available solution that can "actively vet applications to standards on DoD mobile devices, limiting downloads of certain applications, and stopping malicious activities."

The General Services Administration has partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to make it easier to for the agencies to find veteran-owned vendors on acquisition supply schedules.

A new ITIF report proposes a specific set of recommendations for how the White House Office of American Innovation should apply customer-driven innovations to federal processes and policies.

NVIDIA is involved in a global effort, one that has grown out of like-minded communities to democratize AI. It's comprised of educators, startups, and governments all with the shared goal of implementing AI for the good of all humanity.

Noah Kunin's recent Medium post on why he's leaving 18F sparked a philosophical conversation.

In part 3 of the Evolving Government series with Dcode42, Thresher CEO Becky Fair talks about the use for machine learning in the federal government.

Rice most recently served as CIO of the TSA.

The Pentagon has finally inked a deal to pilot behavioral biometric technology to identify those using its computer networks, more than a year after its CIO first pledged to get rid of the ubiquitous Common Access Card.

In this contributed post, Dell EMC's Steve Harris details what CIOs should do to prepare for the MGT Act, if it's signed into law.

The nonprofit is now using Amazon Snowball to upload a backlog of around seven terabytes of data to its Digital Library.

KPMG conducted after-hours walkthroughs of employee workstations and found sensitive information — like passwords — left out and unattended.

The Defense Department lacks a comprehensive strategy to maintain prototyping and innovation initiatives, a new GAO report found.

The log of federal spending will help agencies make a "cogent business case" for modernization funds, Margie Graves said.

The Senate version of the $700 billion defense policy bill for fiscal 2018 would split the Defense Department CIO responsibilities among new chief management officer and chief information warfare officer positions.

The group wants to create a model for what a modern digital consultancy should look like.

In part 2 of the Evolving Government series with Dcode42, Coseer CEO Praful Krishna explains how AI can boost government information security with intelligent redaction.

Complying with the law can help agencies earn back Americans' trust, officials said at the 2017 DATA Act Summit.

Gordon is currently the Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Products from the Moscow-based cybersecurity company would be banned from the Department of Defense under a version of the fiscal 2018 defense authorization bill.

The 15 fellows will work to bring tech to public interest organizations in the areas of immigration, child welfare and criminal justice.

The flood of new devices and data are only part of deeper challenges for CIOs who must begin planning for the convergence of IT and OT.

If confirmed by the Senate, Lord would serve as undersecretary of acquisition, technology and logistics until February 2018, when that role splits to form two new offices.

More than 60 percent of citizens prefer an assistant with a "young, female and human-sounding voice," a new Accenture survey revealed.

The FCC's response to questions from the Senate raises "fundamental questions" about the commission's detection of and response to a recent cyberattack, House lawmakers say.

One Applet automatically saves NASA's picture of the day to an iOS album. Another allows a voter to get an email every time the local congressman tweets.

Joy comes to HUD from a long career in the private sector.

Submit your nominations before the Aug. 7 deadline.

Launched in 1975, the CBO serves as an independent office analyzing and "scoring" budgetary and economic issues for congressional legislation.

The agency seeks proposals from contractors that will improve processing times for the FASt Lane program.