Emerging Tech
DHS Launches Third Biometric Rally to Assess How the Tech Works on Crowds
The agency is accepting applications through April 30.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Commission Will Recommend Creation of a Response and Recovery Fund
Resources should flow to the private sector in addition to state, local and tribal entities, according to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
Cybersecurity
How Veterans Affairs CISO Approaches Risk, Recruiting Talent and Proving Cyber's Business Value
Paul Cunningham must ensure the security of the largest medical network in the country while making sure veterans can access services as seamlessly as possible.
Cybersecurity
Social Security Turns to Social Media to Help Combat Phone Scammers
Because government-related scam calls and texts are only getting worse.
Ideas
The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It
Because the U.S. data on coronavirus infections are so deeply flawed, the quantification of the outbreak obscures more than it illuminates.
Emerging Tech
TSA Confiscated 3D-Printed Guns at Raleigh-Durham International Airport
It’s not the first time.
Cybersecurity
Nokia and Ericsson Defend Collaboration with Chinese Entities During Senator’s Inquiry
Senators want to help the companies compete against Huawei, but China touches everyone’s supply chain.
Emerging Tech
Pilot IRS to Return with New Focus Areas and Significantly More Funding
In the next three to six months, the IRS plans to issue new solicitations through its experimental contracting vehicle.
Emerging Tech
Energy’s Forthcoming Nuclear Security-Focused Supercomputer Could Be Faster Than Originally Expected
The system, set to be equipped with performance capabilities that could exceed 2 exaflops, is expected to break supercomputing speed barriers.
Emerging Tech
A Military-Funded Biosensor Could Be the Future of Pandemic Detection
If it wins FDA approval next year, the two-part sensor could help spot new infections weeks before symptoms begin to show.
Cybersecurity
3 Essential Steps to Help Ensure Data Protection in the Mobile Workforce
Federal agencies can protect their most valuable assets by taking security measures at multiple touchpoints.
Cybersecurity
West Virginia Scraps Voatz Mobile Voting App
The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office announced it would use a different electronic absentee voting technology after researchers raised security concerns with the previous voting app it had used.
Modernization
Real Work on TIC 3 Begins After Draft Guidance Is Finalized, Says Lead Official
Agencies are piloting some potential additional use cases in the background, which the TIC program office plans to start digging into this summer.
Modernization
GSA to Partner with GAO in Latest Centers of Excellence Partnership
The General Services Administration intends to help the Government Accountability Office stand up an innovation lab.
Cybersecurity
Key Defense Supplier Hit by Ransomware
The hackers also allegedly stole sensitive documents from Visser Precision, which makes parts for Lockheed, Boeing, and SpaceX.
Cybersecurity
CISA Officials See ‘No Malicious Activity’ During Super Tuesday
Subsequent information could change the analysis but the agency does not currently attribute technical hiccups in some states to interference.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Wants to Produce Invisible Headlights
The agency is exploring how thermal energy might one day enable 3D vision.
Cybersecurity
Federal Officials: Tackling the ‘Most Insidious’ Cyber Threat Takes Looking After Workers
Insider threat is seen as the primary attack vector for intellectual property theft and was reportedly on the rise last year.
Modernization
OMB to Agencies: Time to Finish IPv6 Transition
Before the end of fiscal 2021, agencies will need to have a plan in place to hit 80% IPv6-only systems by 2025.
Policy