Emerging Tech
Unmanned spacecraft concludes 15-month test flight
X-37B could fill in role of NASA Space Shuttle, Air Force says
Digital Government
Intel agencies want to know how your brain works
The goal is to help analysts make sense of data faster.
Digital Government
Defense and VA eye commercial system for managing medical tests
Health officials consider a turnkey, vendor operated system for ordering lab work and distributing results.
Modernization
Pentagon’s blueprint for mobile devices lacks security details
Strategy offers little guidance for securing specific smartphones and tablets.
Digital Government
Tech Roundup: HHS has a new chief technology officer
Federal IT spending is projected to fall; FCC looks at mobile phone safety, and more.
Emerging Tech
Air Force seeks scientists to help unmanned aircraft collaboratively track targets
White papers are due July 1.
Modernization
Policy would require agencies to scan for network threats every 72 hours and begin patching holes
Continuous monitoring program remains a work in progress, DHS official says.
Digital Government
Navy seeks social media tracker to measure reach
Service wants to gauge engagement online.
Digital Government
Fraud can’t be stopped with data alone
Data analysis must be crafted on the front and back ends, IGs say.
Cybersecurity
NSA chief endorses the cloud for classified military cyber program
A centrally secured information hub would provide controlled access to intelligence.
Digital Government
Navy to award $49 million for faster pill-dispensing system
Current outmoded pharmacy automation systems will soon lose vendor support.
Modernization
Navy wants to make tactical and commercial handheld devices talk
Service eyes interoperation of phones across various waveforms.
Emerging Tech
Justice Department investigating cable companies' fear of streaming video
The investigation will focus on issues such as setting data limits.
Cybersecurity
Lieberman: Cybersecurity bill could wilt over summer
Senator says he is “less encouraged” and that floor debate on the bill could be pushed off until July.
Modernization
Encryption could drive government to break into your cloud
Paper: Law enforcement increasingly will depend on surveillance access to stored records.
Digital Government
Biochip could diagnose flu strains in minutes
Brown researchers have developed a new gene amplification process.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon takes nano-approach to eliminating viruses
DARPA wants to microscopically treat diseases.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon experiments with bomb-sniffing rats
The army has spent more than $100,000 on the first phase of the project.
Cybersecurity
Officials describe WikiLeaks crisis response
Court rules Friday on motion to dismiss 10 charges leveled against Manning.
Digital Government