Artificial Intelligence
White House Tech Chief Calls Europe’s AI Principles Clumsy Compared to U.S. Approach
Analysts disagreed with the assessment, calling the EU white paper a good start for developing a risk-based approach to regulating artificial intelligence.
Cybersecurity
MITRE Piloting Evaluations to Validate Cybersecurity Firms’ Protection Claims
The group will assess which firms can best detect and defend from adversaries that target banking transfers and ATMs.
Cybersecurity
House Subcommittee Knocking at Amazon’s Door Over Ring Data
The chairman of a House Oversight panel wants a briefing with Amazon officials about the consumer security tool.
Cybersecurity
CISA Shares Details About Ransomware that Shut Down Pipeline Operator
One cybersecurity firm links the incident to a December attack on the Coast Guard.
Emerging Tech
Border Patrol Needs Automated Sensors to Cover Watery Blindspots
Homeland Security is looking for a technical solution to give border agents situational awareness about illegal watercraft and the potential risks of interdiction.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon to Adopt Detailed Principles for Using AI
Sources say the list will closely follow an October report from a defense advisory board.
Digital Government
Indian Health Service CIO Gets Ready to Update One of Government’s Oldest Systems
As chief information officer of the Indian Health Service, Mitchell Thornbrugh will play a critical role as the agency updates from a system that first debuted in 1969.
Ideas
Coronavirus Is a Data Time Bomb
It will be a long time before we understand what the outbreak did to the global economy.
Ideas
AI Algorithms Intended to Root Out Welfare Fraud Often End Up Punishing the Poor Instead
These systems must be designed in ways that are fair, transparent and accountable to prevent hurting society’s most vulnerable.
Ideas
To Protect Data, Organizations Must Stop Being ‘Cloud Dumb’
The first thing executives need to understand is that the cloud providers aren’t responsible for protecting data.
Emerging Tech
Senators Call for a Moratorium on Government’s Use of Facial Recognition
Some say it’s a step in the right direction but limitations remain.
Ideas
How Citizen Scientists Can Help Protect Water Quality
One of the ways to help these groups gather data is to give them better tools and training.
Modernization
Securing the Government Cloud
In this special report, Nextgov distills what you need to know about federal cloud security.
Artificial Intelligence
Labor Department Joins GSA’s AI Center of Excellence to Automate Procurement Tools
Labor becomes the sixth agency to join the Centers of Excellence program and the first of 2020.
Emerging Tech
CBP Expands Facial Recognition Program to Another Southern Border Crossing
Travelers passing through the Progreso port of entry on foot will see a new crossing protocol.
Modernization
New Bipartisan Bill Would Codify GSA’s Centers of Excellence Program
The “light touch” legislation was introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
Modernization
Frustrated by Flawed Broadband Maps, States Are Trying to Create Their Own
The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband maps underestimate the number of households that lack internet service. State agencies are trying to gather better data.
Digital Government
Trump’s Budget Pushes Bonuses and Reskilling to Build Up IT Workforce
The budget calls for reskilling 400,000 federal employees using OMB’s Reskilling Academy as a model.
Modernization
VA’s Electronic Health Records System Won’t Make Its First Go-Live Deadline
Training was supposed to start this week ahead of deployment in March, but Veterans Affairs officials said that timeline has been pushed out.
Ideas