Digital Government
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Google Leaders Pitch Pentagon on Internal Accelerator
In the Defense Innovation Board’s fifth public meeting, members from the private sector discussed four potential recommendations for the Pentagon.
Modernization
Google Launches Its Own Online Payment System
This makes spending your money even easier.
Modernization
Cutting Regulations Could Entice 5G Network Investment, says FCC Commissioner
Nationwide high-speed internet promises many benefits but still relies on private companies to foot the infrastructure bill.
Cybersecurity
Trump Administration Plans a New Cybersecurity Strategy
The strategy will be based on the main elements of the president’s May executive order.
Artificial Intelligence
Tech Industry Group Releases Artificial Intelligence Policy Guide
The Information Technology Industry Council released guidance on how industry and government can work together to grow systems based on the human mind.
Digital Government
Can new law stop foreign-bought election ads?
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) isn’t sold on the Senate bill aimed at increasing disclosure requirements for political ads on digital platforms, and instead pushed for government and industry to work together.
Cybersecurity
DHS plan to collect immigrants' social media gets roasted in the comments
A proposal to update information collection on legal immigrants and naturalized citizens to include social media details is roundly criticized by privacy and immigrant advocates.
Digital Government
House Votes to Ensure Lawmakers Can Oversee Homeland Security Reorganization
DHS condemns measure that would revoke secretary’s authority to make reforms unilaterally.
Cybersecurity
White House official fires back at McCain over cyber hearing 'stunt'
Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert criticized Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for marking a White House no-show at a hearing with an empty chair.
Acquisition
Army streamlines adapt-and-buy approach
Army CIO Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford said the formation has to shed the "thinking of old" and think outside of the procurement process if it wants to be cyber-battle ready.
Cybersecurity
How agencies can get in step with the cyber EO
The top three technologies for compliance with the cybersecurity executive order.
Artificial Intelligence
The AI That Has Nothing to Learn From Humans
DeepMind’s new self-taught Go-playing program is making moves that other players describe as “alien” and “from an alternate dimension.”
Cybersecurity
Anyone Can Track You With $1,000 of Online Ads
Privacy concerns have long swirled around how much information online advertising networks collect about people’s lives.
Digital Government
Pentagon Extends Commercial Health Records Pilot to Fourth Site
The system will be tested at one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast.
Artificial Intelligence
If the US Government Can’t Explain AI’s Decisions It Shouldn’t Use It
Nearly 250 years in, there’s a new force at work on the North American continent whose decisions can’t be explained.
Digital Government
Facebook’s Evidence of Russian Electoral Meddling Is Only ‘the Tip of the Iceberg’
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee believes Facebook, Google, and Twitter aren’t searching hard enough to learn the extent of Russian interference.
Cybersecurity
Researchers Have Found an Unexpected Axis of North Korea’s Cyber Activity: India
The country’s suspect cyber activities are unlikely to be coming only from inside North Korea itself.
Emerging Tech
FDA CIO: Agile Is Simply Good Business
One thing agencies need to do is get out of a reactive mode, the agency's CIO Todd Simpson said.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon to Scrub Kaspersky From Defense Systems Following DHS Ban
The Defense Department is following a DHS directive to remove the Russian anti-virus from its systems but it’s not clear if the software was there in the first place.
Emerging Tech