3 Companies Settle Over Fake Comments on FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback
3 Companies Settle Over Fake Comments on FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Is Maybe, Actually, Strangely, Going to Do This Mars Thing
From his private Cape Canaveral, the billionaire is manifesting his own interplanetary reality—whatever it costs.
Emerging Tech
USPS Turns to AI at the Edge to Boost Package Processing
Results are already surfacing from the new Edge Computing Infrastructure Program.
CIO Briefing
White House Seeks Ideas on How Agencies Can Deliver Services More Equitably
The Biden administration wants to know its blindspots and biases in operating federal programs.
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Going Virtual: How Federal Agencies Are Embracing the Hybrid Workforce
As federal agencies look ahead to life after COVID-19, they are coming to terms with the fact that the office will look a lot different than it did before 2020.
Emerging Tech
TSA Wants New Ideas to Speed Up Checkpoints
The agency is looking for established technologies that could eliminate physical pat-downs and shoe removals.
Data
Coalition Urges Congress to Boost Funding for Census Modernization
A group of Census experts and data users are asking appropriators to provide $2 billion in funding to the Census Bureau in fiscal 2022.
Ideas
How Design Thinking Can Improve Public Sector IT
With its push to provide faster, more predictable and higher quality software, public sector IT organizations may have discounted the need for design.
Emerging Tech
Army to Equip First Unit With Augmented Reality Headsets By Fall
Top Army officials told Congress the first unit will be equipped with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System headsets by the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Ideas
COVID-19 Lockdown Stressed All Ages, But in Different Ways
Overall, more than one-third of the children and adolescents screened positive for one of the mental health problems assessed in the study.
Cybersecurity
Biden Administration Likely Retaining Trump Doctrine on Cybersecurity in Space
Vice President Kamala Harris is prioritizing cybersecurity as chair of the National Space Council, an official said.
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Rapidly and Safely Scale Vaccine Distribution with Digital Processes
This two minute demo showcases how DocuSign is helping to power the distribution of the Covid19 vaccine.
CIO Briefing
Pentagon Watchdog to Examine How the U.S. Military Handles UFOs
The inspector general launched an evaluation into “actions regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” just before a similar report is due to Congress.
Cybersecurity
State Department Needs a Tool to Scan Its Worldwide Network for Vulnerabilities
The department is exploring a “lifecycle refresh” for its Enterprise Vulnerability Scanning Solution program.
CIO Briefing
Review Board Upholds Facebook’s Ban on Trump—For Now
The board left the decision on whether to ban Trump permanently up to the tech company.
Ideas
Our Most Advanced Technology Can Still Be Bested by a Rock
Earth is doomed if a large asteroid ever comes calling.
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IT Modernization
How the Army Software Factory Preps Soldiers for Future Battlefields
Program lead Maj. Vito Errico said the project is focused on helping the Army figure out how to organize product teams for the future force.
Ideas
Why We Remember More by Reading – Especially Print – than from Audio or Video
Learning is generally more successful when it’s on paper than onscreen.
CIO Briefing
Biden Promised the Most Diverse Administration Ever. Here’s How He’s Doing.
Seven figures that show the representation — and the gaps — in President Joe Biden's Cabinet and federal appointments.
Cybersecurity
Cyberspace Solarium Commissioners Concerned Over Security of Nation’s Water Supply
Having succeeded in passing a number of their recommendations through the last National Defense Authorization Act, the commissioners plan to embrace an oversight role as they push for more new laws.
Emerging Tech
NSA, Army Launch ‘Qubit Collaboratory’ to Advance Quantum Information Science
A new broad agency announcement will be open until early 2026.
CIO Briefing