Emerging Tech
Microsoft Joins Space-Focused Threat Intelligence Sharing Community
The company is the newest named founding member of Space ISAC.
Ideas
5 Priorities to Uplevel Identity Security with the Technology Modernization Fund
Modern threats require modern solutions to solve them.
Emerging Tech
Reps Call for Review Into Alleged FBI ‘Misconduct’ Against Chinese Scientist Accused of Spying
They asked the Inspector General to launch a new investigation.
Emerging Tech
Military to Use Lasers to Send Data From Space to Drones
In the first experiment of its kind, military researchers will attempt to link drones to satellites via light.
Emerging Tech
Feds Aim to Standardize Geographic Information Systems Across the 911 Landscape
A new solicitation offers a glimpse into the next generation of 911.
Emerging Tech
Verizon Awarded $495 Million Contract for DOD Supercomputing Network Modernization
The company won the fourth iteration of the Defense Research Engineering Network contract.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Propose $50 Million Federal Program to Support Rural Patients
If passed, a new bill could increase telehealth and remote patient monitoring in places with limited broadband access.
Ideas
The First Mobile Phone Call Was 75 Years Ago – What It Takes for Technologies to Go from Breakthrough to Big Time
Technology development really occurs on a timescale of decades.
Cybersecurity
NSA: Test Unified Communications Patches Before Installing
Guidance from the National Security Agency aims to protect communications carried over the internet from eavesdropping, denial-of-service attacks and other dangers.
Digital Government
Feds Offer Tips to Better Leverage Agency Data
Making better use of agency data is not as simple as flipping a switch.
Modernization
Survey: Technologists Prefer to Keep Working Remotely
Only 17% of technologists nationwide prefer full-time office work.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Needs Tech Agency to Compete with China, Think Tank Says
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is just a first step when it comes to competition with China, according to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
Modernization
HHS Puts Up $80M to Increase Number and Diversity of Health IT Workforce
The four-year effort will focus on improving data collection—especially around race and ethnicity—and training a more diverse health informatics and technology workforce.
Ideas
Agencies Embrace the Year of Multicloud
By choice or chance, many agencies are already using multiple cloud technologies but that doesn't mean they have a strategy.
Cybersecurity
Officials: Federal Shift to IPv6 Brings New Cybersecurity Options and Risks
Agencies should be planning now to meet new IPv6 requirements by 2025.
Cybersecurity
Bipartisan Bill Bolsters FCC Motion to Ban Suspect Chinese Telecom Equipment
The Federal Communications Commission is already set to vote on a notice of proposed rulemaking on its equipment authorization program.
Artificial Intelligence
Survey: Government Faces Increasing Threat from Stolen Accounts
But agencies may not be taking the right steps to mitigate the account takeovers.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Renew Effort to Ban Federal Agencies from Using Facial Recognition Tech
The reintroduced bill would prohibit agencies from using biometric tech and block federal funds for biometric surveillance systems.
Ideas