Modernization
Agriculture Invests $122 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure
More than 6,200 customers over five states will benefit and part of the funds will go to smart grid tech.
Emerging Tech
Las Vegas Gambles on a 'Smart City' Technology Makeover
The casino mecca is piloting countless new technologies in public spaces in a bid to boost its smart-city brand. Worrying about the risks will come later.
Ideas
White House’s Race to Maintain AI Dominance Misses Opportunity
The administration supported a race for AI when it could have supported a race for ethical innovation.
Emerging Tech
Interagency Competition Seeks to Thwart Opioid Trafficking Through the Mail
Four agencies team up to offer $1.55 million in prize money for new tools and technology to solve long-running problem.
Emerging Tech
Former Staffers: Revive Congress' Office of Technology Assessment Right or Don’t Bother
There is a lot that could go wrong reconstituting Congress’ technology advisory office. But there’s a lot it could do to help, too.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Surprise Microphones Inside Google Nest
The group wants Google CEO Sundar Pichai to provide answers—in writing, and in person—on the microphones discovered in Nest products.
Digital Government
Lawmaker Scolds VA Chief for 'Stonewalling' Probe Into Trump's Mar-a-Lago Crowd
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano called out Secretary Robert Wilkie for failing to provide documents on the agency’s communication with the trio.
Digital Government
NASA Is Rushing to the Moon
In the agency’s most ambitious dreams, it will be testing moon-landing systems within the next five years.
Digital Government
What You Don’t Know About the Pentagon’s DEOS Contract
The Pentagon’s other multibillion cloud contract has gone through some major changes in the last year.
Cybersecurity
CISA Makes Tech and Cyber Centerpieces of National Emergency Comms Plan
The public has a month to weigh in on the updated strategy.
Emerging Tech
Are America’s Companies Ready to Fight Russia & China? New Study Aims to Find Out.
Reagan Institute panel sets out to identify the ‘National Security Innovation Base’ from workforce skills to technologies, labs, companies and academia.
Emerging Tech
Should ICE Use GSA Schedules for Agile Development or Go Its Own Way?
The immigration enforcement agency is asking industry for advice on using existing contracts or building its own agile development vehicle.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Satellites That Can Dodge Incoming Fire
As China and Russia move to weaponize space, the U.S. military is working to give its constellations a “fighting chance.”
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Stands By Its $480 Million Pentagon Contract
The company reaffirmed its commitment to provide the Army with augmented reality headsets despite resistance from employees.
Emerging Tech
The Microphones That May Be Hidden in Your Home
The controversy around Google’s Nest home-security devices shows that consumers never really know what their personal technology is capable of.
Emerging Tech
Why Local Governments Aren’t All Aboard the Blockchain Train
From high costs of implementation to more pressing regulatory concerns, current barriers to entry make the technology difficult to implement.
Ideas
The Dangers of a Mandatory DNA Database
A controversy in Arizona is a portent of future public-policy fights.
Cybersecurity
White House Orders Agencies to Defend the Skies From Cyberattacks
In its National Strategy for Aviation Security, the Trump administration called on the government to be more proactive in spotting threats to U.S. airspace.
Digital Government
OPM Wants Agencies to Show Their Work on Management Agenda Tech and Data Goals
Annual human capital reviews are coming and agencies have to show progress meeting the administration’s workforce, tech and data priorities.
Emerging Tech