Artificial Intelligence
Report: Tech Shops Don't See Themselves Driving Change
Nearly 60 percent of civilian tech specialists cited insufficient funding as a major barrier to IT modernization.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Could 3D Print Your Head to Unlock Your Phone
Facial recognition is not foolproof.
Modernization
Transportation Is Consolidating Its IT Contracts into a Single Vehicle
The Enterprise IT Shared Services contract will be available departmentwide but task orders will have to flow through the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Cybersecurity
Tech Giants Didn’t Spot Russia Paying For 2016 Disinformation With Rubles
Russian phone numbers were also used as contact information.
Emerging Tech
Spacesuits for Spiders
And what they tell us about the difficulty of keeping people alive in space.
Digital Government
USASpending.gov Needs Better Search and Better Data, Watchdog Says
The transparency site does not provide as much government spending data as it should, GAO said.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Faces Another Privacy Scandal
This time it's over user photos that have been exposed.
Digital Government
Farm Bill Expands Rural Broadband Funding
But some remain concerned that the money will not get to many places that need it to expand access.
Digital Government
Amazon Intervenes in Oracle’s JEDI Lawsuit
A judge ruled that Amazon Web Services has standing in Oracle’s case against the Defense Department regarding its massive cloud contract.
Cybersecurity
The Government’s Bioterror-Response Website May Be Leaking Sensitive Data
Homeland Security inspectors and a whistleblower say the site, which would be used to coordinate federal responses to a bioterror attack, isn’t secure.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Is Using Retinal Scans to Try to Catch Liars
The technology is supposedly faster, and cheaper, than traditional polygraph tests.
Ideas
Fighting Deepfakes Will Require More Than Technology
When technology is part of the problem, can you count on it to be part of the solution?
Digital Government
U.S. Courts Are Figuring Out if the Government Can Block You On Facebook
At issue is the definition of a public forum and the constitutional right to free speech.
Modernization
Federal CIO Previews 2019 Priorities
OMB will roll out more reskilling programs, tweak FITARA scoring and is looking at standards for automated decision-making, Suzette Kent said.
Modernization
White House Expects to Stand Up GEAR Center in 2019
But most other key aspects of the modernization research center are up in the air.
Modernization
GSA Wants More Feedback on E-Commerce Portals
The General Services Administration urged industry partners to comment before the holidays if they have input for the proof-of-concept stage.
Emerging Tech
Hertz is Now Using Facial Recognition to Check Out Cars
The car rental company is promising super speedy checkouts.
Cybersecurity
How DHS is Trying to Separate Quality Cyber Tools from Snake Oil
The department is investing in ways to do apples-to-apples comparisons of the many cyber solutions on the market.
Emerging Tech
