The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
04/15/2021
Defense
The new group is tasked with looking for areas in research and engineering that, if improved, would make the Defense Department better at adapting new technology.
04/14/2021
Workforce
Originally a brainchild of the Obama-Biden tech office, the Presidential Innovation Fellows program is now looking for its eighth cohort of in-house federal tech innovators. How has it changed, and what lessons might the program offer for recruiting top tech talent into the government?
04/14/2021
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers have continued to prod the NSA chief to request new surveillance authorities that might prevent another SolarWinds-type breach.
04/14/2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
04/14/2021
IT Modernization
A group of House Democrats is asking administrators of the revolving Technology Modernization Fund how they will make sure its payback mechanisms don't "atrophy" after the massive surge in money from the American Rescue Plan.
04/13/2021
Cybersecurity
The new vulnerabilities found in Exchange servers running on-premises are separate from zero-day exploits discovered and announced in March.
04/13/2021
Cybersecurity
The worldwide threat assessment by the U.S. intelligence community comes one day before the heads of several agencies are scheduled to testify during open and closed session to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
04/13/2021
Defense
The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System has been in the works for years, but the potentially multibillion deal could mark a paradigm shift in how the Defense Department buys and leverages technology.
04/13/2021
People
The White House announced plans to nominate Christine Wormuth, the Pentagon’s former top policy official, to be the first woman as Army secretary.
04/13/2021