Emerging Tech
Senate Bill Would Direct Treasury to Assess Crypto Mining Rates and Uses Over Time
The bipartisan legislation would require a Congressional report that dives deep into virtual currency use.
Emerging Tech
Health Technology in Action
In this special report, Nextgov examines how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping technology tools and policies in health care.
Cybersecurity
FCC Working on Rule for Wireless Carriers to Avert SIM Swap Fraud
More than a year after lawmakers requested such action to protect consumer data and national security, the commission’s move could help to stop hackers undermining multifactor authentication.
Ideas
Prioritizing Breach Prevention for a Secure Government
A more secure government happens when hackers are stopped before they can touch critical data and systems—when a breach is prevented, not mitigated.
Cybersecurity
White House Announces 7 TMF Awards with Big Focus on Zero Trust
Half of the awards announced publicly went to zero trust cybersecurity projects, with no funding going directly to pandemic response tech. One project remains classified.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Planning a New Initiative to Train People How to Make Use of Its Space Data
A NASA initiative aims to teach the public how to effectively use open-source tools and software to answer data-centered questions on their own.
Cybersecurity
NSA Cyber Chief Warns Hackers Increasingly Use Commercial Tools to Stay Hidden
Advanced persistent threat actors are becoming harder to spot and making attribution more difficult.
Digital Government
After 3 Years, Key IRS Systems Still Aren’t Properly Encrypted
The inspector general attributed the delays in the agency’s data at rest encryption program to additional mandates and poor adherence to program management best practices.
Cybersecurity
Senator: Competing Cyber Incident Reporting Bills May Merge
The bills could be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act.
Ideas
Why Government Agencies Fail at DevSecOps—and How They Can Succeed
Instead of seeking out short-term gains, agencies need to focus on the long-term benefits.
Modernization
Congress Gets First Look At Upcoming TMF Awards
The federal CIO offered a few details of the project proposals received and upcoming award announcements.
Digital Government
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans’ Medical Records
While previous reporting showed the trio had a hand in budgeting and contracting, their interest in turning patient data into a revenue stream was not previously known.
Cybersecurity
CISA Warns of Vulnerabilities in Banned Chinese Surveillance Tech
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on tightening its national security reviews of foreign suppliers.
Ideas
The Failure of Government's Post-COVID Imagination
Twelve principles to guide the future of work.
Ideas
The Pandemic Has People Stuck in a Bad Mental/Physical Loop
Participants talked about how caregiving, exhaustion, and mental health stressors kept them from being active, perpetuating the cycle.
Cybersecurity
Audit: IRS Needs to Improve How It Wipes Taxpayer Data from Devices
Computer and laptop hard drives that aren’t properly scrubbed could allow exposure of private taxpayer data.
Emerging Tech
IRS’ Criminal Investigators Want Help Breaking into Physical Crypto Wallets
The agency’s digital forensics unit is looking for a small business to help make routine processes out of some nascent research into related hardware hacking techniques.
Digital Government
The Census Bureau’s First Ever Data on LGBTQ+ People Indicates Deep Disparities
Sexual orientation and gender identity were added to the U.S. Census Bureau’s survey of the pandemic this summer — the first time a national government survey has captured the LGBTQ+ economic experience.
Ideas
5 Post-Pandemic Federal Telecom Trends
The past year and a half of telework and remote service delivery have accelerated the impact of the government's digital transformation efforts.
Cybersecurity