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How better data can support military training and performance

COMMENTARY | Wearable computers along with AR and VR capabilities can generate data to customize military training to enhance performance and improve the mental and physical health of trainees throughout their service and the rest of their lives.

  • By Munjeet Singh

Remote workers are more aware of cybersecurity risks than in-office employees: new study

COMMENTARY | Remote workers lack the same institutional cyber protection as their in-office colleagues.

  • By Joseph K. Nwankpa and Pratim Milton Datta

It's too soon to regulate AI

COMMENTARY | While restrictions and export controls related to specific compute and hardware platforms are possible, it is virtually impossible to monitor and enforce how these widely available computing platforms are actually used.

  • By Steve Grobman

The government management paradox

COMMENTARY | Change is hard, but agencies can significantly improve their operational performance to deliver on highly complex programs.

  • By Richard Spires

Spending time in space can harm the human body

COMMENTARY | But scientists are working to mitigate these risks before sending people to Mars

  • By Rachael Seidler

Solving government employee experience crisis

COMMENTARY | When equipped with leading-edge technology and supported by private sector partners who understand and value the government's mission, federal employees can better serve the citizens that depend on government service.

  • By Teresa A. Weipert

What is USB-C? A computer engineer explains the one device connector to rule them all

COMMENTARY | With pressure from the European Union, Apple has thrown in the towel on its Lightning connector in favor of the standard USB-C.

  • By Shreyas Sen

NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial

COMMENTARY | NASA’s UAP study team and newly appointed director of UAP research represent growing efforts to study and declassify UFO-related data.

  • By Chris Impey

Why humans can’t trust AI

COMMENTARY | You don’t know how it works, what it’s going to do or whether it’ll serve your interests.

  • By Mark Bailey

Quantum information science is rarely taught in high school – here’s why that matters

COMMENTARY | Many students attend high schools that don’t offer physics.

  • By Karen J. Matsler

Remembering reinventing government 30 years later

Commentary | Steve Kelman remembers how Al Gore's Reinventing Government effort helped change federal procurement.

  • By Steve Kelman

What is geospatial intelligence?

COMMENTARY | A geographer explains the powerful melding of maps and data.

  • By Darren Ruddell

Experts alone can’t handle AI

COMMENTARY | Social scientists explain why the public needs a seat at the table.

  • By Dominique Brossard, Todd Newman and Dietram A. Scheufele

Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions

COMMENTARY | But nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up.

  • By Chris Impey
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Why chief data officers matter

COMMENTARY: Whether it's unemployment, Mars, borders or food, we need data and leaders to achieve desired outcomes.

  • By Nick Hart and Kris Rowley

Keep the focus in procurement on best value products and services for the government

Commentary | Steve Kelman argues that the current cornerstone of Part 1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation is the right one for taxpayers and agencies.

  • By Steve Kelman

Machines can’t always take the heat

COMMENTARY | Two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers.

  • By Srinivas Garimella and Matthew T. Hughes

Empathy, continuous feedback are keys to CX success

COMMENTARY | How human-centered design can optimize outcomes for customer experience initiatives.

  • By Rita Breen

Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix

COMMENTARY | But without more research and guardrails, it’s a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results.

  • By David Kitchen

Time for Congress to rationalize the c-suite

COMMENTARY | A proliferation of IT and management reforms going back more than 40 years have complicated the path to modernizing legacy technology systems.

  • By Mark Forman

From Shanghai to a Senate-confirmed government post

COMMENTARY | Steve Kelman presents the story of another fed who’s been around for years since leaving the Kennedy School.

  • By Steve Kelman