Modernization
Trump Administration to Name OPM’s Basil Parker as Federal CIO
The chief of staff and IT and cybersecurity workforce adviser will be appointed to the top IT position in the federal government, according to the White House.
Emerging Tech
How the Pandemic Changed the Defense Digital Service’s Portfolio
While the group supports multiple COVID-19 efforts, DDS Director Brett Goldstein is also looking ahead to DOD’s data challenges and possible expansion of Hack the Pentagon.
Podcasts
Critical Update: The Government’s Cloud Anxiety
As more federal agencies shift to cloud computing, officials are reexamining the responsibilities customers and service providers must bear to secure data.
Emerging Tech
COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium Shifts Focus to Patient Outcomes
In its second phase, the supercomputing group will prioritize projects that offer to help coronavirus patients in the near future.
Artificial Intelligence
Army-Funded Algorithm Decodes Brain Signals
The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface.
Digital Government
Acting Federal CIO Has Been in the Job for Months, OMB Confirms
Even some federal IT officials who work closely with the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer weren’t aware that Michael Rigas has been serving as acting Federal CIO for months.
Emerging Tech
Advisory Committee Recommends DHS Perform Better Outreach Regarding Biometrics Programs
The Homeland Security Advisory Council also said its request to review a controversial biometrics rule was never fulfilled.
Ideas
Foundations of a Sound Social Media Retention Strategy for Federal Agencies
A lack of a clear social media strategy also leads to key bits of information getting lost.
Cybersecurity
Transportation IG to Examine Security of Financial Systems Dispersing CARES Act Funds
A new audit will hone in on the security controls of systems being used at the Federal Transportation Department.
Emerging Tech
AFWERX Looks to Buy Thousands of COVID-19-Spotting Wearable Devices
The innovation unit is interested in accessing them in as quick as 60 days.
Emerging Tech
Army Considers Facial Recognition to Monitor Children in Its Care
The branch aims to pilot video surveillance and machine learning algorithms to see how they can help keep an eye on kids’ well-being in its child development centers.
Artificial Intelligence
Air Force Turns to Machine Learning to Fight COVID-19 Disinformation
Just as the technology can be used to help deliberately spread falsities online, it can also be tapped to stop that spread.
Modernization
Army Wants a Vendor to Bring ‘Parity’ to AWS and Azure Cloud Offerings
The contractor would be expected to streamline all of the Army’s disparate cloud services, including integrating new Microsoft Azure offerings.
Ideas
Will Quantum Computing Supercharge Artificial Intelligence?
Imagine if we could simply train an AI to look at the data coming from the quantum machine, figure out what makes sense and what is probably wrong without human intervention.
Emerging Tech
‘First-Ever,’ Living 3D-Printed Brain Aneurysm Made—and Treated—at LLNL
The work could pave the way for safer, more personalized medical attention.
Cybersecurity
CISA’s Elections Operations Center to Remain Open for Another 45 Days
Officials acknowledged reports of misleading robocalls and suspicious traffic around a Florida system, but said neither were out of the ordinary.
Artificial Intelligence
Critical Update: What a Treasury Office is Learning from Its Blockchain Projects
That’s not the only emerging technology the Fiscal Service Bureau’s innovation office is experimenting with.
Digital Government
GSA, Pentagon Re-award DEOS Cloud Contract
The latest award comes with a significantly lower projected ceiling than previously cited.
Emerging Tech
Army Picks Fitbit to Develop Wearable Presymptom COVID-19 Detectors
The health and wellness wearable company plans to use the award to partner with the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to expand testing of its internally developed algorithm.
Modernization