Emerging Tech
NSA, Army Research Aim for More Advanced—And Less Noisy—Quantum Systems
Through a new broad agency announcement, the two solicit proposals to help identify the strength and type of errors affecting quantum computation.
Modernization
GSA’s $50B Telecom Contract Is Now Truly Open for Business
More than two years after awards were announced, agencies can now issue task orders to all nine vendors on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Facial Recognition Deployments in Public Housing
In a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, democrats from both chambers raised concerns about threats to residents’ privacy.
Cybersecurity
CISA Still Wants Your Thoughts on Its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
The agency wants feedback on how the government should accept unsolicited bug reports.
Ideas
Robot Career Guidance: AI May Soon Be Able to Analyse Your Tweets to Match You to a Job
Those social media posts may point to your career path.
Digital Government
NIST Launches Biometric Databases to Boost Identity Verification Research
The rollout marks the beginning of “what is intended to be an expanding collection of biometric resources.”
Emerging Tech
China Has Increasing Sway in U.S. Science, Defense Report Says
Beijing is using better jobs at home, aggressive intelligence agencies, and a greater financial reach to influence American institutions.
Digital Government
The Governmentwide Tech Guide to the 2020 Spending Deals
The 2020 appropriations package includes billions for tech upgrades at some agencies, as well as funding for governmentwide modernization projects. In some cases, that money comes with strings attached.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Is Searching for Domestic Drone Options
Acquisition chief Ellen Lord shared details about the Defense Department's efforts to spark a U.S. ecosystem for small unmanned aerial systems and counter technologies.
Artificial Intelligence
Commerce Partnership Opportunity Aims to Amplify Feds' Data Use
The department’s National Technical Information Service is looking for services to help agencies use data as an asset.
Emerging Tech
The Next Big Customer Experience From Jeff Bezos
His space company, Blue Origin, is on the verge of sending tourists just past the boundary of Earth.
Emerging Tech
Argonne’s Advanced X-Rays Are Beaming the Way to Smarter Helmets
An ongoing collaboration with scientists from the Army Research Laboratory and Northwestern University could improve the protection of human skulls.
Modernization
TMF Program Office Won’t Recoup Current Costs Until 2025, Watchdog Says
Officials pushed back strongly against the report.
Artificial Intelligence
How to Train Computers Faster for 'Extreme' Datasets
A divide-and-conquer approach to machine learning could speed up problems in speech translation and answering general questions.
Emerging Tech
Senate Advances Legislation to Preserve T-Band Spectrum for Emergency Personnel
Experts agree that Congress must reverse a rule to protect the crucial band set aside specifically for first responders in dense cities.
Emerging Tech
'Dark Patterns' Trick You into Spending More Online
There's a reason a website tells you how many other shoppers are looking at the same item you are.
Emerging Tech
18F Launches New Portfolio to Target Defense and Intelligence Agencies
The government’s digital consultancy shop has gained some experience in defense and national security issues and has built a new service line to focus on those agencies.
Ideas
What Can Drones Do to Protect Civilians in Armed Conflict?
The United Nations has been trying to figure that out.
Emerging Tech
House Passes Bill that Mandates TSA to Study Emerging Transportation Security Threats
The legislation calls for a task force to look into emerging cyber, chemical, drone and other threats.
Cybersecurity