Technology News

• Trump signs 2019 spending bill, federal pay raise into law

  President Donald Trump signed the 2019 spending bill into law, securing a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees that will be retroactive to Jan. 1.

  Pay & Benefits
  February 14, 2019
• CBO: DoD will need $735B by 2033 to cover cost of plans

  In today’s Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office takes a look at just how much it will cost for the Defense Department to go through with all of its plans for the near future.

  Federal Newscast
  February 14, 2019
• TSA’s new cybersecurity road map includes IT and transport safety

  Norma Krayem, senior policy adviser at Holland & Knight, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio with an assessment on the new TSA cyber road map.

  Federal Drive
  February 14, 2019
• Navy creating new Senate-confirmed position to oversee IT, cyber issues

  The Navy plans to eliminate its office of Assistant Secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment in favor of a new Senate-confirmed position: Assistant Secretary for Information Management.

  Navy
  February 14, 2019
• Novelist, int’l security specialist: Follow your passion wherever it leads

  Gigi Schumm welcomes Kathleen McInnis, an international security specialist at the Congressional Research Service — where she works to help Congress address national security and defense strategy issues.

  Women of Washington
  February 13, 2019
• The 2019 outlook for federal agencies’ IT

  Agencies have a never-ending thirst for information technology that will help them achieve something or other. Laura Criste, federal market analyst at Bloomberg Government, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more discussion.

  Federal Drive
  February 13, 2019
• How cybersecurity actually improved during the government shutdown

  With government in turmoil thanks to a lapse in appropriations, one might think cybersecurity would be among the first things to break. It turns out that wasn’t the case.

  Federal Drive
  February 13, 2019
• DoD rips wrapping paper off of new Joint AI Center

  The Defense Department launched two pilots to test out its governance, processes, and tools to gauge how artificial intelligence can impact mission areas.

  Artificial Intelligence
  February 13, 2019
• HUD’s shutdown challenges reveal textbook case for IT modernization

  Some 1,150 housing contracts expired during the 35-day government shutdown, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development said the situation could have been avoided if its contract management system wasn’t more than 30 years old.

  Government Shutdown
  February 13, 2019