Cybersecurity
Experts Call for Government to Designate Commercial Space Sector as Critical Infrastructure
The federal government currently deems 16 sectors as critical infrastructure sectors because of their importance.
Digital Government
DHS IG Opens Probe into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking
The investigation is in response to a Congressional inquiry about Customs and Border Protection getting location data from phones.
Cybersecurity
DISA Updates Strategic Tech Priorities Through 2022
The defense agency adjusted its long-term cybersecurity and cloud plans to take into account progress and pivots made for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emerging Tech
NPS Officials Share Fresh Details on Forthcoming Self-Driving Shuttle Pilot
Yellowstone National Park visitors can catch rides on the autonomous shuttles early next summer.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Ready for Companies to Put Its ‘Robo-Glove’ to Use
The futuristic, robotic handwear could help people on the job, or if they suffer from limited hand strength.
Podcasts
Critical Update: Inside NASA’s Digital Transformation
The space agency’s digital modernization is aimed at augmenting and improving three key mission areas, according to its chief data officer.
Emerging Tech
DOD Needs Simulations to Shorten Acquisition Timelines, Official Says
Advancements in modeling and simulation technologies will not only help train warfighters, but “revolutionize” design, acquisition, sustainment and test, the official said.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Want Data to Decide the Future of America’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
New legislation would launch a $10 million grant program to set the scene for what’s to come on the EV-use landscape.
Ideas
Government Striving for New Ways of Working
Ensuring necessary and equitable access to services will likely mean a hybrid approach of both digital and physical access for citizens.
Emerging Tech
The Defense Department IG Outlined the Pentagon’s Top Challenges. Here’s Where Tech Fits In.
Two new challenges added this year focus on technological dominance and data as a strategic asset. Tech like hypersonics, microelectronics, AI, 5G and biotechnology were also highlighted.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Clarifies Biometrics Database Can Move to Any Secure Cloud, Not Just AWS
While the performance work statement namechecks a specific cloud provider and product, a subsequent amendment and Q&A clarify the Pentagon’s true intent.
Artificial Intelligence
New Pentagon AI Chief: More Computers Would Bring Military AI Along Faster
Groundbreaking tools are around the corner, 3-star general says. The limiting factor is lack of computing power to grind through giant Pentagon datasets.
Artificial Intelligence
NAVAIR Looking for Research to Assist Digital Transformation
Naval Air Systems Command’s Digital Department put out a call for white papers specifying seven research areas of interest aimed at digitizing the organization.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers, Experts Split on CBP's Proposed Biometric System Advancement
Some experts see Customs and Border Protection’s proposed rulemaking expanding biometric entry-exit as the culmination of more than a decade of careful work. Others say the technology poses privacy concerns.
Emerging Tech
How Two U.S. Military Bases Are Exploring 5G’s Potential
Defense Department-led pursuits of next-generation connectivity will hone in on survivability, security, and innovation.
Digital Government
Tech Trade Group: IT Modernization Investment May Increase Under Biden
The group expects the Biden administration to expand IT modernization efforts, in part to respond to COVID-19.
Ideas
How Edge Computing and Hybrid Cloud Are Shifting the IT Paradigm
With cloud at the center of a whole new operating model, organizations will have distributed DevOps teams spinning up new applications in real time.
Digital Government
DOD Needs IT Support for Security Clearance Background Investigations Program
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency took over management of the background investigations process but does not own all of the related IT systems—yet.
Modernization
CIA Awards Secret Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract
The agency has awarded a contract to bring foundational cloud services from multiple cloud service providers into the intelligence community.
Emerging Tech