IT Modernization
After Two Years, JEDI is Finally Underway
The second year of competition for the Pentagon’s controversial cloud contract was as dramatic as the first.
Policy
OMB Finishes Major Tech Policy Overhauls in 2019
The Office of Management and Budget reworked several policies—some of which hadn’t been updated in a decade.
Emerging Tech
How VA Is Tapping Cutting-Edge Tech for Veterans
From artificial intelligence to Walmart telehealth stations, the agency spent 2019 focused on how tech can augment its health services.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Wants AI-Driven Drone Swarms for Search and Rescue Ops
The project will likely require AI and unmanned systems developers to work together under the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.
Ideas
New Year’s Resolutions Federal Employees and Their Agencies Can Actually Keep
Don't worry: Losing weight isn't one of them.
Data
Agencies Will Start 2020 With 20 Data Actions to Complete by Year’s End
The administration released the Federal Data Strategy Action Plan for the next year, adding four more action items from the draft released in summer.
Cybersecurity
Like Voldemort, Ransomware Is Too Scary to Be Named
Wary of alarming investors, companies victimized by ransomware attacks often tell the SEC that “malware” or a “security incident” disrupted their operations.
Emerging Tech
Lawmaker Asks DHS Secretary to Reassess Facial Recognition Programs After NIST Report
A National Institute of Standards and Technology report found age, race and gender could impact the accuracy in some commonly-used facial recognition algorithms.
Emerging Tech
The Crazy Government Research Projects You Might've Missed in 2019
Self-aware artificial intelligence, biology-based computers and “smart” surveillance are just a few.
Data
NOAA Contracts With 3 Major Cloud Providers on Big Data Project
More than four years after starting the Big Data Project, NOAA signs with three cloud companies to provide free access to its wealth of data.
Emerging Tech
U.S., Japan Sign International Statement on Quantum Cooperation
The move comes as both nations are making strategic investments to accelerate advancements across the quantum landscape.
Emerging Tech
NSA, Army Research Aim for More Advanced—And Less Noisy—Quantum Systems
Through a new broad agency announcement, the two solicit proposals to help identify the strength and type of errors affecting quantum computation.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: OPM is At Risk of Not Being Able to Restore IT Systems Post-Disaster
The massive 2015 data breaches that exposed personal information of current and former federal employees are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit.
IT Modernization
Microsoft Gets Temporary Authority to Host Secret Classified Defense Data
A Defense agency has granted Microsoft a temporary provisional authority to host data at Impact Level 6 for the next 90 days.
Ideas
Data Evangelists Spread the Word on Boosting Government Performance
A recent gathering of state and local officials had the feel of an old time revival.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Facial Recognition Deployments in Public Housing
In a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, democrats from both chambers raised concerns about threats to residents’ privacy.
IT Modernization
A More Automated FedRAMP is One Step Closer
The program office seeks public comments on updates to its automation plans.
Data
How California’s Consumer Privacy Act Will Become the Digital Law of the Land
Under the law, the onus is on consumers to request that companies disclose or delete their personal data. But more states and the federal government could still jump into the privacy debate.
Data
NIST Launches Biometric Databases to Boost Identity Verification Research
The rollout marks the beginning of “what is intended to be an expanding collection of biometric resources.”
Cybersecurity
Facebook's Push for End-to-End Encryption Is Good News for User Privacy, as Well as Terrorists and Paedophiles
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