Emerging Tech
NIH Sets Sights on Enterprisewide Tool to Track Its Millions of Twitter Engagements
The institutes also want to be able to pinpoint influencers and medical misinformation.
Emerging Tech
Open-Source Project Aims to Broaden Access to Early Alerts for Earthquakes
Using internet of things devices and open-source standards, developers and citizen scientists can help monitor earthquake activity, deliver alerts in moments of risk—and more.
Emerging Tech
Universal Service Fund Wants to Automate Verification of High-Cost Telecom, Broadband Areas
The Universal Service Administrative Company is looking at robotic process automation to streamline checks and balances before it subsidizes telephone and internet access in high-cost areas.
Emerging Tech
NASA Prepares to Launch Internal COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program
The agency is using the Salesforce platform to begin tracking potential infections and community transmissions on a voluntary basis.
Ideas
We Need to Rethink Our Supply Chain Approach in Response to COVID-19
Markets do not work without information, and neither do task forces.
Modernization
VA Restarts Electronic Health Record Rollout
The initial deployment at a Spokane, Washington, medical center is now scheduled for October, while the new scheduling system will begin rolling out in August.
Emerging Tech
White House Council Seeks Input on Plan to Invest in Alternatives to GPS
The request for information flows from an executive order on the responsible use of positioning, navigation and timing services.
Ideas
AI Methods Make COVID-19 Forecasting More Local
The researchers say that officials and anyone in the public can use in their decision-making processes.
Modernization
VA Needs a Cyber Audit of its Governmentwide Financial Services Center
The accounting shared services program—used by a range of federal agencies and programs—needs to ensure its systems are secure.
Ideas
Is COVID-19 a Threat or Opportunity for Electronic Government Records Capture, Access and Preservation?
The tsunami of data and the hard pivot to remote work and home school has stretched government information management capabilities to their limits.
Emerging Tech
TSA’s Looking to Rapidly Verify Passengers Without Biometrics or Physical IDs
Prior to the pandemic, hundreds of travelers would attempt to pass through security checkpoints each day without identification.
Cybersecurity
Using Automated Security Protocols Reduce the Cost of Data Breaches, Report Says
U.S. agencies lead in adopting security automation and orchestration, an expert said.
Digital Government
IRS Floats Experimental Contract Vehicle to Help Administration Meet Procurement CAP Goals
The tax agency is using Pilot IRS—an iterative funding vehicle—to work on a governmentwide acquisition initiative.
Artificial Intelligence
The Air Force’s Latest GPS Alternative: Earth’s Magnetic Fields
Officials just launched a public challenge to help create the artificial intelligence needed to turn the planet’s magnetic fields into readable maps.
Artificial Intelligence
Figuring Out School Bus Routes Is More Complicated Than Ever. Districts Are Turning to Technology for Help.
In places where kids go to in-person school, buses will look different this year as systems deal with the challenges of transporting kids during a pandemic.
Modernization
USDA Unveils Fresh Round of Farmers.gov Updates
New features on the Farmers.gov portal include a dashboard to help farmers track H-2A related application decisions in real time.
Ideas
How to Hide from a Drone – the Subtle Art of ‘Ghosting’ in the Age of Surveillance
An umbrella could protect from more than just rain.
Modernization
Expanded Telework Could Save Individual Feds $2.5K-$4K Annually
Lessons from the pandemic have big implications for federal offices and employees, lawmakers and experts say.
Artificial Intelligence
Photo Tweaks Could Protect Your Privacy from Algorithms
End users can use this technology to help mask vital attributes on their photos before posting them online.
Artificial Intelligence