Digital Transformation

The Department of Veterans Affairs has experienced several consecutive years of budget boosts, and 2022 may be no different. But unlike prior years, VA is seeking more funding for veterans homelessness, research and infrastructure upgrades.

The Cyber Diplomacy Act would create a Bureau of International Cyberspace Policy at the State Department, led by an ambassador with the same rank and status as an assistant secretary of state.

Joe Castle, a recent PhD graduate from Virginia Tech, who studied federal technology policy and open source software, and is a federal employee, said culture, public engagement, structural factors and organizational location are all drivers for why an agency would share open source code.

SBA’s chief human capital officer says the agency is looking at permanent telework as a strategy to recruit from a broader pool of talent.

Data is a blessing and a curse, but some entities are using it successfully, and changing their approach.

A recent award by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the University of Massachusetts is aimed at advancing machine learning in a way that mimics the human mind.

Although vulnerabilities stemming from both companies software were present on hundreds of DoD systems, officials say there’s no evidence that cyber adversaries actually exploited them.

In the post-pandemic, post-SolarWinds world of tomorrow, federal agencies will need to rethink their security approach.