Cybersecurity
Senate Intel Report: Key Officials Excluded From 2016 Election Response
Committee leaders recommend an integrated response to cyber events and disregard for political affiliations moving forward.
Emerging Tech
Veterans Affairs Launches Its First 5G-Enabled Hospital
Secretary Robert Wilkie said it was the first in the nation and one of the first in the world.
Artificial Intelligence
Highway Administration to Explore How AI and Blockchain Can Transform Transportation
The agency aims to spur innovation through “longer-term, higher risk” research.
Ideas
Astroturfing Is Bad But It's Not the Whole Problem
The shift to a digital process has made commenting easier yet also inadvertently opened the floodgates to voluminous, duplicative and, yes, even “fake” comments.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Federal Agencies Must Be 'Better Connected, More Collaborative'
Agencies need to work together and with the private sector to improve how they manage IT systems, data and their workforces, researchers say.
Artificial Intelligence
Energy Names Inaugural Director of New Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office
The agency launched the center in September to coordinate and streamline its heaps AI-focused efforts.
Cybersecurity
FBI Director Argues Private Companies Shouldn’t Decide Encryption Debate
A key lawmaker questioned whether the Justice Department’s position is at odds with the Defense Department’s.
Cybersecurity
Iowa’s Lesson: Political Parties Are Not as Good as Government Officials at Counting Votes
Most primaries are run by state and local governments. But caucuses are different—and Iowa shows how that can be a problem.
Modernization
CIA Issues Draft Solicitation for Next Step in Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Journey
The intelligence community will opt for multiple cloud service providers for its planned Commercial Cloud Enterprise contract.
Modernization
Procurement Reporting Tool Is Moving to SAM But FPDS.gov Isn’t Going Anywhere
GSA is moving the central reporting function of the Federal Procurement Data System to beta.SAM while Treasury works to improve the quality of data reported through the site.
Ideas
U.S. Workplaces Are Nowhere Near Ready to Contain a Coronavirus Outbreak
Tens of millions of Americans don't have paid sick days while others operate in "tough it out" workplace cultures.
Emerging Tech
One Step Closer to a Batsuit for Soldiers
Researchers announce new military funding in search for body armor skin that could be 300 percent stronger than anything we’ve seen before.
Cybersecurity
With Cybercriminals on the Attack, States Help Cities Punch Back
As cybercriminals increase their attacks against local governments, some states are helping cities and counties better protect themselves.
Cybersecurity
ODNI Plans to Share More About Cyber Threats Under New Counterintelligence Strategy
The strategy requires the intelligence community to think of the private sector as consumers of its threat information.
Cybersecurity
GAO to DHS: Assess How Agencies Implement Cyber Directives
An audit says the Department of Homeland Security needs to do more to ensure agencies carry out binding directives it issues.
Cybersecurity
GSA Is Hiring a Contractor Team to Work on Login.gov
The single sign-on platform needs improved security, scalability and availability as the program pushes for broader use across government.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Is Spending Millions on Hunter Drones With Nets
Shooting drones down over cities isn’t ideal. Nabbing them in midair is an intriguing alternative.
Emerging Tech
The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side
This sounds like science fiction—but for soldiers, it could soon be a reality.
Modernization