Cybersecurity
China is Dumping Fiber Optic Cables in the U.S. Market, Commerce Official Says
The cables are key to the development of fifth-generation networks, and therefore a matter of national security for the Trump administration.
Emerging Tech
Walter Reed Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Screen Drugs to Potentially Treat COVID-19
The Experimental Therapeutics Branch accelerated its research by turning to machine learning, AI and high-performance computing.
IT Modernization
VA Wants to Automate Digitization of its 5-Mile-High Electronic Health Record Backlog
Veterans Affairs is looking to robotic process automation to help digitize its backlog and integrate with the new electronic health record platform.
Cybersecurity
Interior Struggles to Secure IT Systems Amid Pandemic, IG Says
Interior is one of many agencies trying to meet new challenges posed by an explosion of increased remote work.
Emerging Tech
NIST Aims to Tap Twitter API Data to Boost Public Emergency Response
Tweets hold valuable insights amid natural disasters, which the agency aims to leverage.
Cybersecurity
Where CISA’s Plan for Securing Industrial Control Systems Intersects with Private-Sector Liability Protections
Companies are reluctant to collaborate with the government unless they are legally off the hook.
Emerging Tech
Inside the U.S.-Led COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium
Nextgov heard from members and researchers about how the effort is panning out.
Emerging Tech
$12 Billion Intelligence IT Contract Out for Bid
Proposals for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s SITE III contract are due Aug. 21.
Ideas
Filter Protects Against Deepfake Photos and Videos
Researchers have created an algorithm that generates an adversarial attack against facial manipulation systems in order to corrupt and render useless attempted deepfakes.
Data
NOAA Aligns Cloud and Data Strategies With Administration Priorities
The new strategies meld with three existing science and technology-focused documents, as well as incorporating priorities from the White House’s cloud and data policies.
Ideas
Facial Recognition Is Here But We Have No Laws
Without legal safeguards, this technology will undermine democratic values and fundamental rights.
CIO Briefing
The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Many American public-health specialists are at risk of burning out as the coronavirus surges back.
Ideas
If Health Equals Happiness, Will Coronavirus Make the World an Unhappier Place?
The pandemic is likely to have a significant effect on happiness around the world.
Cybersecurity
FBI Opens a New China-Related Counterintelligence Investigation Every 10 Hours, Director Says
China is ramping up illegal activity to subvert the U.S. during the pandemic, according to FBI Director Chris Wray.
Cybersecurity
Administration Asks Energy Companies to Report on Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Industry leader has yet to take action promised in congressional testimony last year.
CIO Briefing
Experts Break Down GSA’s Abrupt Cancellation of $15B Small Business IT GWAC
Four federal contracting experts joined Nextgov to discuss what happened with Alliant 2 Small Business, what’s next for the family of contracts and what this means for GSA’s suite of small business vehicles.
CIO Briefing
Coronavirus Fraudsters Keep Prosecutors Busy
State AGs track millions in false loan and unemployment claims.
CIO Briefing
Agencies Can Fire Employees Who Improperly Burrow In, Court Rules
Decision upholds OPM's push to oust Obama political appointee holdover.
Ideas
DevSecOps: The Benefits of a More Dynamic DOD
Leveraging unclassified resources for the development of code to be run in a classified manner has many tangible advantages.
Ideas
Practising Mindfulness Can Help Us through the Coronavirus Pandemic
Researchers are finding new applications and interventions for mindfulness practices to enhance individual well-being.
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