Cybersecurity
NSA, CISA Promote Domain Name System Incorporating Threat Information
The agencies’ guide on selecting a provider of protective DNS services is based on a pilot with the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.
Modernization
TMF Board Announces New Award One Day After $1B Cash Infusion
The Labor Department snagged $9.6 million to improve its data management infrastructure.
Emerging Tech
Advocacy Groups Again Ask CBP to Withdraw Biometrics Expansion Proposal
Customs and Border Protection accepted a second round of comments after the change in administrations.
Ideas
It's Not Just a Social Media Problem – How Search Engines Spread Misinformation
Search engines learn to serve you what you and others have clicked on before.
Policy
Consumer Privacy Bill Would Set National Data Privacy Standard
The legislation would require companies to write their privacy policies in plain English.
Cybersecurity
DARPA Building Special Chips for Data Privacy Protection
Fully Homomorphic Encryption is considered the “holy grail” of encryption. But right now it takes too much compute power to be used widely.
Ideas
Practical Steps to Managing Supply Chain Risk
Like with any new agency initiative, nothing moves forward without executive sponsorship.
Emerging Tech
NIST’s Working to Support Interagency Blockchain Use
Interested partners are invited to respond to a new notice.
Policy
Interior Reverses Trump Science Policy, Vows to Free Career Staff From Political Interference
Biden administration announces its latest move to reverse Trump-era science policies.
Emerging Tech
HHS Aims to Accelerate Technologies for Combatting Lyme Disease
The often-overlooked illness radically disrupts hundreds of thousands of lives each year.
Ideas
COVID-19 Revealed How Sick the U.S. Health Care Delivery System Really Is
In reality, the U.S. health care sector is not a system at all.
Modernization
CBP Attempts to Mitigate Privacy Risks Created by New Customs App
CBP One will become the primary public-facing portal for a number of customs programs and services. But any new data collection effort brings privacy risks.
Cybersecurity
Space Firms Put Aside Rivalries to Share Threat Data
A new clearinghouse has begun gathering and distributing information about threats to space networks, products, and services.
Digital Government
IG: ‘Tens of Billions’ in Fraudulent Unemployment Claims in 2020
A Labor Department Inspector General memo suggests a massive uptick in fraudulent unemployment claims brought on by COVID-19.
Emerging Tech
Army Outfits Paratroopers with Wearables to Gauge Stress
It’s all part of collaborative research leveraging military-centered, biometric data.
Cybersecurity
Hacking Campaign Fuels Calls for Information Sharing Mandate
Senators weigh potential protections from liability for incident reports amid concerns about cyber hygiene.
Cybersecurity
CISA, DHS Bolster State and Local Cybersecurity Programs
CISA added another vendor to an intrusion detection plan and DHS increased the required cybersecurity spend for certain FEMA grants.
Digital Government
JADC2 Concept All About Moving Data, Air Force Chief of Staff Says
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., said dialogue among services on data and the JADC2 concept should happen more regularly.
Ideas
How to Use Analytics Data and Smart Experiments to Optimize Agency Services
Keep in mind that optimization is a never-ending process.
Cybersecurity