Cybersecurity
CYBERCOM Plans Industry Day in October
This will be the first industry day for the 7-year-old command.
Digital Government
U.S. Digital Service Is Three Years Old
One of the government's tech teams celebrates its third anniversary.
Digital Government
2016 Was Hot, Weird, and Unprecedented, Says NOAA
Five lessons from the agency’s report on the year’s record-breaking weather
Cybersecurity
How Arcane Budget Rules Threaten Government Cybersecurity
Because of budget arcana, DHS’s cyber operations wing has to compete with DOD for funding.
Cybersecurity
Expanding the cyber talent pool
Attracting younger and more diverse talent to fill the growing federal cybersecurity skills gap requires outreach from agencies as well as some prompting from Congress.
Digital Government
Census walks back tech solution to population count
The Census Bureau expects to nearly double the number of in-person household visits -- and in turn, the total burden hours -- during its critical dress rehearsal test.
Digital Government
Energy Department releases code to count bats in the dark
Pacific Northwest Laboratory researchers are making the thermal imaging software available to energy companies to help with offshore wind turbine siting.
Acquisition
IT firms part of $16M false claims settlement
A Virginia IT products and services company agreed to settle with the government over allegations of false claims and fraud in federal small business contracts.
Artificial Intelligence
Andrew Ng Will Help You Change the World With AI if You Know Calculus and Python
If the next era of human progress is built using AI, who gets to engineer it?
Ideas
How Apple iPhone Updates Add Value to Mail
The iOS 11 update, expected to be released in fall 2017, presents new opportunities for interacting with mail digitally.
Emerging Tech
Why the Curiosity Rover Stopped Singing 'Happy Birthday' to Itself
The answer, a NASA engineer warned, “will sound rather cold and unfeeling.”
Digital Government
Here’s How the US Military Wants to Counter ISIS Drones and Roadside Bombs
Predictive algorithms, deep machine learning, directed energy, and more are all on the Pentagon’s shopping list.
Modernization
Mine Safety Inspections Go Mobile
Inspectors are replacing the paper-based process with a smartphone and tablet app.
Digital Government
Report: USDA CIO Reassigned
Jonathan Alboum is one of a slew of federal CIOs who have either left their posts or been reassigned.
Digital Government
Completing This 30-Minute Exercise Makes Teams Less Anxious and More Productive
This is one way to bypass workplace miscommunications.
Emerging Tech
DHS Thinks Biometrics Can 'Improve Daily Life'
The department sole-sourced a contract to the University Of Texas at Austin's Center for Identity.
Cybersecurity
How hunt operations can strengthen your security posture
Highly trained teams actively searching for evidence of hackers on the network can spot risks a security operations center might miss.
Cybersecurity
These Scientists Took Over a Computer by Encoding Malware in DNA
There’s no immediate threat, but as sequencing becomes more commonplace, researchers face security risks.
Cybersecurity