Modernization
Microsoft Introduces Cloud Offerings for Where Networks Aren’t
The company's offerings are to support disaster response and military efforts in remote or network-deprived locations.
Artificial Intelligence
America’s Misbegotten Cyber Strategy
The Trump administration’s National Cyber Strategy rests on a pair of convenient fictions.
Ideas
When Regulating New Tech Harms Public Safety
Facial recognition technology is new and nascent, but not a departure from the innate abilities humans are born with. Efforts by states to limit its use harms public safety and deters innovation.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Are Taking Another Crack At Security Clearance Reform
And they’re demanding answers about Facebook’s missteps and the shutdown’s impact on cybersecurity.
Ideas
5 Ways Mobile Tech Can Optimize the Federal Supply Chain
Mobile devices can process more data and deliver richer capabilities than ever before.
Digital Government
While You're Watching Super Bowl LIII, DHS and Atlanta Will Be Watching You
Federal and local law enforcement are combining efforts—and technology assets—to secure the biggest sport event of the year.
Emerging Tech
A Touch of Green in Outer Space
For humans to survive off Earth, we’ll need plants to grow there, too.
Emerging Tech
Will Space Force Boost Already-Rising Spending on Satellites?
Defense execs see increased sales as Pentagon upgrades orbiting gear to fend off attacks.
Ideas
How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Government
Private businesses already use AI to find efficiencies in their own business and improve the return-on-investment of products and projects.
Digital Government
Agencies Spent Record $64.7B on IT Contracts in 2018
Some agencies saw double-digit growth in pursuit of modern systems.
Emerging Tech
Why Flying Cars Are an Impossible Dream
The air taxi is the Godot of technology: always on its way, never here.
Emerging Tech
FAA Declares the Super Bowl a 'No Drone Zone'
People who violate the temporary flight restriction will face jail time and hefty fines.
Emerging Tech
Treasury Department Wants Smart Currency to Combat Counterfeiting
The agency’s printing office is asking for “novel and not commercially available” ideas for embedding tech in U.S. currency.
Digital Government
Trump Announces Deal to End Longest-Ever Shutdown — For Now
Congress is expected to quickly pass a new stopgap spending measure to reopen the government through Feb. 15.
Emerging Tech
Trump's Space Ambitions Are Too Big for One President
The reality of space travel squashed his impulsive desire to reach Mars in his first term, rather than the 2030s.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Chief Explains Issuing Emergency Directive During Shutdown
CISA Director Chris Krebs says “an urgent response was required” despite a large swath of the government shut down due to a lapse in appropriations.
Digital Government
Chamber of Commerce Says Shutdown has Cost Small Businesses $2.3 Billion
Small government contractors are choosing between laying off employees and going out of business.
Emerging Tech
Commission Wants to Know If China’s Smart Cities Are Smarter than Ours
The U.S.-China Commission wants to look at how Chinese smart cities development plans could affect U.S. economic and national security.
Artificial Intelligence