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DEFENSE
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WT EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVES Cybersecurity challenges fuel adoption of zero trust BY NICK WAKEMAN
TECH SPOTLIGHT: RANSOMWARE
Existing tools for a growing threat BY TROY K. SCHNEIDER
CASE STUDY
Dismantling data silos to
reduce unemployment
BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ
FCW INDEX
26 Why DOD is so bad at buying software
The Defense Department wants to acquire emerging technology faster and more efficiently. But will its latest attempts to streamline its processes be enough?
BY LAUREN C. WILLIAMS
INNOVATION
34 The 2021 Government
Innovation Awards
A celebration of the government projects, individual change agents and industry partners that are transforming public-sector IT
TRENDING
7 WORKFORCE
Thrift Savings Plan will launch a mobile app next year
FCW CALENDAR
Where you need to be next
8 POLICY
Code for America chooses voluntary recognition of a new employee union, and an FCC commissioner calls for tighter restrictions on DJI drones
25 TECHNOLOGY
AT&T wins another shot
at FBI telecom work, and a 60-year-old IRS system won’t be modernized until 2030
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INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT:
Building a Data-Driven Government with AI Advances
in artificial
intelligence are
crucial to helping agencies make decisions quickly
and innovate in response to new challenges
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INDUSTRY INNOVATORS
These 8 companies represent a range of technologies, concepts and applications — and a shared focus on the government customer
PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATIONS
Here are 12 projects from all levels of government that not only improve mission delivery but reimagine what’s possible
RISING STARS
Meet 10 outstanding early-career individuals who are doing great things today — and who are likely to fill the senior slots tomorrow
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Building a Data-Driven Government withAI
Advances in artificial intelligence are crucial to helping agencies make decisions quickly and innovate in response to new challenges
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