Emerging Tech
White House, NSF Invest $75 Million to Launch Three Quantum Innovation Institutes
Each center will focus on innovating a different area of quantum information science and all will aim to help develop a talent pipeline.
Modernization
IRS Launches New Enterprise Digitalization Office
The co-led office merges and elevates existing projects focused on digitizing processes and getting away from paper-based case management.
Digital Government
Agencies Could Use Improvement in Contracting Forecast Data
According to an industry group study, most federal agencies aren’t sharing details about their upcoming acquisitions needs as well as they could.
Artificial Intelligence
Commerce to Ban U.S. Business Involvement with Forced Labor, Detention Camps in China
A new rule will deny most export licenses to 11 companies implicated in human rights violations of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Wants a Wearable Performance Tracker to Prevent Neck and Back Pain
The service aims to reduce delays due to injury and disability costs.
Cybersecurity
Congressman Aims to Boost CISA’s Cyber Workforce with NDAA Amendments
The proposals are culled from recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
Emerging Tech
Bipartisan Bill Would Require Passenger Temperature Checks at TSA Checkpoints
Lawmakers aim to spur a fever-finding pilot program to measure the impacts.
Emerging Tech
NASA Wants Feedback on Liability Issues with Sending Private Astronauts to Space
The space agency is seeking additional feedback on the insurance and accountability issues that accompany bringing commercial astronauts to the International Space Station.
Modernization
How USPTO Avoided the Strains of Pandemic-Forced Mass Telework
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe shared new details about the agency's increased productivity.
Digital Government
Security Clearance Reformers Tout Progress Amid COVID-19
The pandemic pushed adjudicators to conduct more virtual interviews, though that progress might be undone when the crisis passes.
Ideas
AI for Self-Driving Cars Doesn't Account for Crime
Most ethical discussions about self-driving cars focus on whether the vehicle should choose between protecting itself or doing the least damage to humans. What if users have more nefarious motives?
Digital Government
House Appropriators Add Support for FedRAMP, 5G and Chinese Telecom Bans to Spending Bill
The committee also suggested adding another $25 million to the Technology Modernization Fund.
Emerging Tech
Is Social Distancing Effective? Navy Considers Employee-Tracking Wearables to Find Out.
Officials are looking to launch a proximity tracking program.
Modernization
Pentagon Officials to Industry: Bring Us Tech That is Easy to Integrate
Information systems that are easy to integrate and build in cybersecurity practices at the foundation top officials' wishlist.
Ideas
Why Are Scientists Trying to Manufacture Organs in Space?
These experiments help researchers optimize tissue growth for use in basic science, personalized medicine and organ transplantation.
Modernization
How Peer-to-Peer Texting Could Play a Role in Disaster and Pandemic Response
RumbleUp, an app previously tapped by Republican campaigns, is now available through FirstNet.
Modernization
VA Wants a Veteran-Owned Business to Upgrade Wichita Facility’s IT Ahead of Health Records Rollout
The deployment of Veterans Affairs’ new electronic health record program has been on hold while the agency deals with COVID-19 but the agency wants to get Wichita’s infrastructure ready to roll.
Ideas
Contact Tracing Starts with Clean Data
Regardless of how information is gathered, the scale is immense, as is the problem of data accuracy.
Digital Government
U.S. Chief Technology Officer to Serve as One of the Pentagon's Top Tech Officials
The new acting head of defense research and engineering comes from the White House with a relatively light resume.
Emerging Tech