Emerging Tech

NIST Wants Help Assessing China’s Influence on Emerging Technology Standards

The agency wants insight into how the nation might engage in international standardization activities for artificial intelligence and quantum information science.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Racing the Sun to Protect America 

Lessons from the solar storm of May 1921.

  • By Dana A. Goward

Navy Beats Army in First Amazon-Led Competition to Produce the Fastest Self-Driving Race Cars

The program offers a hands-on machine-learning experience—and bragging rights.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Lockheed, Air Force Software Factory Helps Field New Strike Planning Aid System

The contractor built new DevSecOps pipelines for Rogue Blue software factory in Nebraska.

  • By Mila Jasper

Automatic Government

This Nextgov ebook examines how agencies employ automation and other variants of artificial intelligence software to improve service delivery and mission outcomes.

  • By Nextgov Staff

Biden Issues Executive Order to Bolster Nation’s Cybersecurity

The administration calls for a standardized federal playbook and review board for incident response, as well as changes to software procurement.

  • By Brandi Vincent

DOD Not Prioritizing Development of GPS Alternatives, GAO Says

Despite known vulnerabilities with GPS tech, the department treats developing other position, navigation and timing technologies as an “afterthought,” officials said. 

  • By Mila Jasper

Survey: 1 in 3 Experience Slow Service Engaging With Government

Despite progress, a recent survey indicates agencies still have room to improve service delivery.

  • By Frank Konkel

IRS Develops Digital Dashboard to Predict Dates When Contracts Will Be Put In Place

It’s one part of a larger initiative in the IRS Procurement Office to promote data-driven decision-making.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon Preps to Experiment with Robotic Surgery, Augmented Reality Via 5G

A request for product proposals is in the pipeline.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon Publishes Five Data Decrees

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks also mandated assessments of certain data efforts in a May 5 memo.

  • By Mila Jasper

Energy Department to Fund Research into All Forms of Nuclear Matter

The agency has $10 million for projects that blend quantum information science with nuclear physics.

  • By Brandi Vincent

DHS Drops Proposal to Expand Immigration-Related Biometrics Collection

The Biden administration withdrew the controversial rule, which garnered more than 5,000 comments when it was proposed last fall.

  • By Mila Jasper

DARPA Researchers Develop Sarcasm Detection Capability (Yeah, Right)

The artificial intelligence-enabled deep learning model achieved a “nearly perfect sarcasm detection core” on a major Twitter dataset.

  • By Mila Jasper
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Treasury Office Seeks Tools to Trace Cryptocurrency Linked to Sanctions List

The department’s Office of Global Targeting is looking for multiple tools to track the flow of virtual currencies and user behaviors.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Justice Official Recommends Supreme Court Reject Oracle’s JEDI Petition  

Oracle has not won at any level of court despite numerous bid protests against the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.

  • By Frank Konkel

Elon Musk Is Maybe, Actually, Strangely, Going to Do This Mars Thing

From his private Cape Canaveral, the billionaire is manifesting his own interplanetary reality—whatever it costs.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

USPS Turns to AI at the Edge to Boost Package Processing

Results are already surfacing from the new Edge Computing Infrastructure Program.

  • By Brandi Vincent

TSA Wants New Ideas to Speed Up Checkpoints

The agency is looking for established technologies that could eliminate physical pat-downs and shoe removals.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Army to Equip First Unit With Augmented Reality Headsets By Fall

Top Army officials told Congress the first unit will be equipped with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System headsets by the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.

  • By Mila Jasper

Pentagon Watchdog to Examine How the U.S. Military Handles UFOs

The inspector general launched an evaluation into “actions regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” just before a similar report is due to Congress.

  • By Brandi Vincent