Emerging Tech
Nuclear Security Agency Turns to $600M Supercomputer for Weapons Readiness and Advancements
Cray will build El Capitan, an exascale high-performance supercomputer, to manage the nation’s nuclear stockpile.
Ideas
The Government’s Challenge Is Not Attracting Top Tech Talent—It’s Keeping It
Hiring tech talent is the beginning, not the end.
Emerging Tech
Facial Recognition Software Prompts Privacy, Racism Concerns in Cities and States
Some lawmakers are proposing to limit its use even as law enforcement officials and landlords are embracing it.
Emerging Tech
CBP Plans to Use Facial Recognition For ‘All Passenger Applications’
The agency is ramping up its use of biometric identification technology as part of a broader effort to overhaul its traveler processing systems.
Emerging Tech
Tech Startup Brings Diabetic Ulcer Solution to Veterans Affairs Clinics
The Podimetrics SmartMat helps veterans detect the condition and highlights the power of public-private collaboration.
Emerging Tech
How Birds Perch Could Lead to Nimbler Flying Robots
It could eliminate the need for runways.
Digital Government
Civic Tech Fellows Offer Their Ideas for Attracting Youth to Public Service
After just 10 weeks in government, the Coding It Forward fellows were able to succinctly identify the promise and challenges in getting young people to join the government.
Modernization
Pentagon Makes Its Case for JEDI
The Pentagon defended its JEDI acquisition Friday and pushed back against “myths” and misinformation.
Emerging Tech
A Small Texas City Will Become the Country’s ‘Hypersonics Research Capital’
The Army Futures Command will test missiles and autonomous vehicles some 100 miles east of Austin.
Emerging Tech
Air Force and Oak Ridge Get Supercomputer for Better Weather Forecasts
The $25 million contract will provide a system that supports the military’s complex weather prediction workloads.
Cybersecurity
DHS Is Building A Contract To Manage All Its Cybersecurity Operations Centers
The single contract will likely have multiple awardees, each capable of managing the entirety of operations at each of the department’s 17 security centers.
Emerging Tech
The Great NASA Bake-Off
High-tech agriculture would keep far-flung astronauts alive, but making something delicious would keep them happy.
Modernization
NASA’s Moon Plans Rely Heavily on Mobile Tech
CIO Renee Wynn weighed in on how America’s space agency embraces mobility.
Emerging Tech
IRS Doesn’t Have An R&D Shop, So It Built A $7M Procurement Vehicle Instead
The Pilot IRS program is about to issue its first solicitation, offering the agency a new way to automate low-level functions while testing a new acquisition method.
Emerging Tech
DISA Wants to Vet Mobile App Security in a Day or Less
The agency is asking experts to submit ideas for an app development platform that would automatically check apps against the Pentagon’s numerous security standards.
Emerging Tech
FDA Seeks Virtual Heart to Test Medical Devices
The agency is looking for a computational model of a whole human heart for simulated device testing.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Look to Virtual Reality for Training Feds
"It's not just a video game," says spokeswoman for New York Democrat who wrote bill creating advisory committee.
Digital Government
Why Trump Cares About the Pentagon’s Mega-Cloud — and Why That Terrifies Those Who Want It
Breaking up the $10 billion JEDI network project will hurt the U.S. military’s effort to speed data to troops, its fans argue.
Digital Government
Will Hurd, The Most Vocal Lawmaker on Federal IT Issues, Won’t Seek Reelection
The three-term congressman plans to keep pushing on government IT issues from the private sector.
Emerging Tech