Emerging Tech

5 Ways Congress Can Grow the Internet of Things

A trade association asked Congress to pass legislation that would advance connected technology in the United States.

Digital Government

Congressman Wants U.S. to Part With Europe on Data Privacy

As the number of devices quietly gathering your data increases, so does the risk of exposure.

Digital Government

The Future the US Military is Constructing: a Giant, Armed Nervous System

Service chiefs are converging on a single strategy for military dominance: connect everything to everything.

Emerging Tech

The Coming Software Apocalypse

A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.

Digital Government

Survey: Most CIOs Say a Majority of Their Applications Are Out of Date

About 72 percent of federal chief information officers said the majority of applications in their agencies are legacy systems, a new survey finds.

Digital Government

The Genomic Revolution Reaches the City Crime Lab

How will law enforcement handle the deluge of new information available from DNA?

Digital Government

What Facebook Told Congress Suggests its Russian Ad Problem Could Be Bigger Than it Looks

Some Congress members, however, believe that the company has yet to quantify the full scope of the problem.

Emerging Tech

What’s Blockchain’s Role In The Public Good?

A nonprofit partnership is looking for ways the decentralized ledger system can benefit society.

Digital Government

Analysts Are Quitting the State Department’s Anti-Propaganda Team

The Global Engagement Center is struggling to keep up with its missions: countering ISIS recruitment and Russian disinformation.

Ideas

Technology Could Enable Better Suicide Prevention for Veterans

To better take care of high-risk patients, the Veterans Affairs Department needs to get technology that frees up caregivers' time.

Artificial Intelligence

What the CIA’s Tech Director Wants from AI

Dawn Meyerriecks says staying ahead of Russia and China isn’t as hard as getting U.S. leaders to listen to their own artificial intelligence analysis.

Modernization

Army Logistics Renews $135M Cloud Contract—And Gets Watson

Watson will analyze sensor data from vehicles to improve the service's predictive maintenance.

Artificial Intelligence

This Aid Agency Is Using Chatbots to Beat World Hunger

Turning smartphones and social media into lifelines for the most vulnerable of refugees.

Cybersecurity

A Federal Push for Smart Cities Cybersecurity and Privacy Standards

“There are not a whole lot of best practices for local governments,” an official with the National Institute of Standards and Technology told Route Fifty.