CIO Briefing
Trump’s Budget Pushes Bonuses and Reskilling to Build Up IT Workforce
The budget calls for reskilling 400,000 federal employees using OMB’s Reskilling Academy as a model.
Emerging Tech
Administration Proposes At Least Half a Billion in Quantum Investments
Most agencies saw cuts in general federal research and development funding in the 2021 budget request, but several saw an uptick in quantum-focused dollars.
CIO Briefing
Federal Tech Guide to Trump's 2021 Budget
The Trump administration puts a priority on working capital funds, while proposed tech spending inches upward.
Emerging Tech
The Night Sky Will Never Be the Same
Elon Musk’s plan for worldwide internet has sent bright artificial, lights streaking through the dark.
Emerging Tech
NASA Solicits Ideas on its Future Moon Rovers
It’s all part of what the agency calls “a coordinated approach to explore the lunar surface.”
Emerging Tech
CBP Is Upgrading to a New Facial Recognition Algorithm in March
The agency also signed an agreement with NIST to test the algorithm and its operational environment for accuracy and potential biases.
Ideas
Why the Government Needs To Create A $10B Venture Fund for Artificial Intelligence
Our national security is at risk.
Emerging Tech
Veterans Affairs Launches Its First 5G-Enabled Hospital
Secretary Robert Wilkie said it was the first in the nation and one of the first in the world.
Emerging Tech
Highway Administration to Explore How AI and Blockchain Can Transform Transportation
The agency aims to spur innovation through “longer-term, higher risk” research.
Ideas
Astroturfing Is Bad But It's Not the Whole Problem
The shift to a digital process has made commenting easier yet also inadvertently opened the floodgates to voluminous, duplicative and, yes, even “fake” comments.
CIO Briefing
Report: Federal Agencies Must Be 'Better Connected, More Collaborative'
Agencies need to work together and with the private sector to improve how they manage IT systems, data and their workforces, researchers say.
Emerging Tech
Energy Names Inaugural Director of New Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office
The agency launched the center in September to coordinate and streamline its heaps AI-focused efforts.
CIO Briefing
NSF Tech Leader Aims for a Data-Savvy, Innovation-Focused Workforce
Dorothy Aronson, the National Science Foundation’s dual-hatted chief information officer and chief data officer, discusses her role in shaping the data literacy of the agency’s workforce.
Emerging Tech
One Step Closer to a Batsuit for Soldiers
Researchers announce new military funding in search for body armor skin that could be 300 percent stronger than anything we’ve seen before.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Is Spending Millions on Hunter Drones With Nets
Shooting drones down over cities isn’t ideal. Nabbing them in midair is an intriguing alternative.
Emerging Tech
The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side
This sounds like science fiction—but for soldiers, it could soon be a reality.
Emerging Tech
AFWERX to Launch Four Challenges to Accelerate Space Innovation
The Air Force’s innovation group is crowdsourcing some of the pain points in the space domain.
Emerging Tech
Presidential Advisers Push for National Network to Support Quantum and AI Advancement
As with the High Performance Computing initiative in the past, industry and academic advisers told the administration they need facilities and a network to get from bits to neurons and qubits.
Emerging Tech
FAA Looking to Launch New Vehicle for Innovative IT Services
The agency is conducting market research ahead of rolling out the Information Technology Innovative Procurement for Strategic Sourcing vehicle.
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