Emerging Tech
L.A.’s Public Earthquake-Warning App Is the First in the U.S.
ShakeAlertLA aims to give smartphone users a few seconds’ warning of imminent quakes.
Emerging Tech
Survey: Americans Warming to Use of Facial Recognition Tech
Americans do not favor strict limits on facial recognition technology, according to a new national survey.
Emerging Tech
GSA Emerging Tech Leader Heads to the Private Sector
Justin Herman, who leads GSA’s Emerging Citizen Technology Office, is moving to the private sector.
Emerging Tech
Embracing Apple’s Boring Future
The company’s most exciting years may be behind it, but that’s okay.
Digital Government
Technology Transformation Services Acting Chief Leaves for Private Sector
Kelly Olson will leave the agency for an undisclosed opportunity.
Digital Government
Senate Confirms OSTP Director, VA CIO on Final Day
Nobody has permanently served in either role since the beginning of the Trump administration.
Emerging Tech
How States Responded to the Loss of 911 and Other Services
CenturyLink’s recent outage is being investigated by at least two states, in addition to the FCC.
Emerging Tech
The FBI is Trying Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software
The software allows the FBI to go through video surveillance footage much faster than agents can.
Emerging Tech
Inside the Bill That Set the ‘Strongest Clean Energy Requirement in the Nation’
Washington, D.C. is on track to set a more ambitious timeline for fighting climate change than any state.
Emerging Tech
FCC Approves Google's Motion Sensor Tech
Radar-based motion sensing gets a government thumbs up.
Emerging Tech
NASA Hits Its New Year’s Target at the Edge of the Solar System
As partygoers downed champagne, a spacecraft swept past a mysterious object 4 billion miles from Earth.
Cybersecurity
HHS Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for Health Industry
The guide stems from the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
Digital Government
Seven Government Tech Bills that Died in Congress
Next session, lawmakers must decide whether to reintroduce legislation to strengthen the chief information officer, lock down network-connected devices, protect elections and more.
Artificial Intelligence
The Boldest Predictions for Federal Technology in 2019
More cyber brinkmanship and super smart artificial intelligence are just a couple forecasts industry leaders divined for the coming year.
Digital Government
NGA Announces New Director
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will have a new director come February.
Emerging Tech
The Hottest Tools in Coding This Year Included React and Python
Programming trends can offer insight into what businesses are investing in.
Emerging Tech
IRS Wants to Be a Testbed for Bleeding-Edge Tech
The new pilot would create a phased buying process with ample testing in IRS environments.
Emerging Tech
The Fears Behind Amazon’s ‘Eyes on the Street’
The tech company’s proposed facial-recognition doorbell could be a civil libertarian’s nightmare.
Digital Government