NASA team’s plan to decode UFO sightings hinges on better data
NASA team’s plan to decode UFO sightings hinges on better data
IT Modernization
DHS faces slow disaster response burdened by legacy systems, officials warn
Officials told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security had severely outdated information technology systems across various components.
Policy
US deploys tech diplomacy to cultivate leadership in emerging fields
The Biden administration’s latest foreign policy pillar prioritizes uniform standards on critical technologies within ally nations.
IT Modernization
Debt ceiling politics could derail plans for modernizing unemployment benefits delivery
The department has a plan to build on modular modernization advances piloted in New Jersey, but provisions in the debt ceiling compromise legislation could claw back funding pledged in the American Rescue Plan Act.
Sponsor Content
Everyone means everyone: Okta’s ongoing path to accessibility
A key pillar at Okta is building a world where anyone can safely use any technology.
Emerging Tech
AI and China are ‘defining challenges of our time,’ CISA director says
Artificial intelligence’s potential as an “extinction event” for humanity prompted CISA Director Jen Easterly to advise companies to “think about self-regulation” for product security and safety.
Cybersecurity
Unmonitored networks put US nuclear arsenal at risk, GAO finds
A Government Accountability Office report found that the Energy Department cannot effectively monitor potential insider threats to U.S. nuclear security because department staff “have not identified the total number of DOE’s stand-alone classified networks.”
Emerging Tech
Clean energy advancements hinge on steady funding, Energy official says
Accelerating critical technologies to support a robust clean energy economic sector is a top priority for the agency’s 2024 budget request.
Policy
Agencies launch initiative to better identify minority-owned contractors
The joint effort between the Small Business Administration and the General Services Administration aims to make it easier for federal procurement officials to connect with small, disadvantaged businesses across sectors.
News
Debt limit deal would save feds' paychecks, but freeze agency spending
The agreement also reduces shutdown threats, plus other takeaways for federal employees.
IT Modernization
Budget and tech challenges loom over IRS's direct file pilot
The news of the forthcoming pilot was followed this week by a compromise debt ceiling bill that includes reallocating $20 billion of the funding the IRS got as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Sponsor Content
Delivering public benefits and services at scale with Okta's integration with Login.gov
Expectations to deliver top CX are beginning to trickle from the commercial digital world into the public sector.
CXO Briefing
Does Congress Need a Chief Data Officer?
A new joint resolution would establish a bipartisan commission to look at what legislators need in terms of data, evidence and professional capacity.
Cybersecurity
DOD Submits Classified Cyber Strategy to Congress
An unclassified fact sheet released by the Pentagon said the new strategy will continue efforts to conduct “hunt forward operations”’ with U.S. allies and “defend forward” activities meant to disrupt threat actors on their own turf.
Cybersecurity
Agencies Warn of State-Sponsored Volt Typhoon’s Hacking Tactics
In collaboration with international and private sector partners, CISA released a new advisory warning network defenders of PRC-linked Volt Typhoon’s infiltration tactics.
CXO Briefing
With Days Until Feds Could Miss Paychecks, White House and Republicans Inch Closer to Averting a Default
The gap between the two sides is narrowing.
CXO Briefing
Debt Defaults are Not Shutdowns, But Both Raise Money Fears
Question number one that companies in the government market want answered is how payments for their work on contracts will, or will not, happen in a debt default situation. No one knows for sure.
CXO Briefing
Space Force Will Look At How to Hack Targets From Space
“We're laying the groundwork for starting to figure that,” said the leader of Space Operations Command.
CXO Briefing
House Passes Bill to Permanently Authorize VA’s Tech Training Program
VA’s VET-TEC pilot ran out of funding last month, but lawmakers in the House and Senate are moving to permanently authorize the technology education program.
Cybersecurity
Securing U.S. Intellectual Property ‘Top Priority’ for Federal Law Enforcement
The FBI and Homeland Security are emphasizing the need to digitally safeguard tech R&D in the U.S. from state-sponsored adversaries.
Ideas
Americans are Increasingly Moving to Red States – Where Life is Cheaper, But People Also Die Younger
The blue state to red state migration has demographic repercussions.
Policy