Critical Update

Oorah, 3D printing

Oct 9, 2018

We talk to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell about how they’re using 3D printing in the field to get the warfighter everything they need—from buckles to barracks. It’s one of the bold innovations in government that you can catch at our live event, the Bold Showcase on Oct. 11.

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What Government Doesn’t Get About the Social Media War

Oct 2, 2018

The use of social media could mark as fundamental a change to the way we conduct politics and conflict as the telegram, telephone and television did in earlier centuries, Peter Singer writes in his new book “LikeWar.” But federal agencies and executives face a slow learning curve—and that has major...

Coming soon...

Sep 18, 2018

Critical Update is on a short recess but we’ll be back in October with some very cool new stories.

Assessing the Cybersecurity Landscape with Rep. Jim Langevin

Aug 21, 2018

Government agencies will always be a valuable target to hackers.The biggest problems—and fixes—in federal cybersecurity start at the top. Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus Co-founder Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., joined Critical Update to talk about what that leadership looks like and the impact of the White House...

View From the Hill

Jul 17, 2018

Congress shapes the technology priorities for federal agencies, which is why we spoke to Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, a two-term congressman and chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT. Hurd helped develop the FITARA Scorecard, a tool Congress uses to track whether agencies are complying with...