Cybersecurity
Border drones and aerostats need better coordination
Although Customs and Border Protection coordinates its airborne border surveillance aircraft with other agencies, it needs to refine some specifics, according to a GAO report.
Artificial Intelligence
We Tested Bots Like Siri and Alexa to See Who Would Stand Up for Herself in the Face of Sexual Harassment
Digital assistants have to deal with a lot.
Cybersecurity
Tech firms, privacy groups slam DHS password collection plan
A combination of tech companies and civil liberties groups oppose DHS Secretary John Kelly's suggestion that border officials could collect social media passwords as a condition for entry.
Modernization
Countries With the World’s Fastest Mobile Internet
Some places clock over 30 megabits per second on average.
Cybersecurity
States balk at election system move by DHS
A group of state officials formally opposed the DHS critical infrastructure designation for election systems and want it rescinded.
Acquisition
Updates from the procurement innovation front
Steve Kelman checks in on some of his favorite examples of shaking up the government status quo.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Self-Landing Rocket is a Flying Robot Great at Math
Landing spacecraft is fundamental to exploring our solar system.
Modernization
Video: These Apps Will Help You Find a Parking Spot
Avoid circling around the block for 20 minutes.
Cybersecurity
Trade Groups: Other Countries Might Mirror DHS' Social Media Vetting For Travelers, And That's a Cyberthreat
DHS Secretary John Kelly's suggestion that foreign travelers may be required to hand over their social media accounts could violate privacy and cybersecurity standards, several trade groups have said.
Cybersecurity
DHS Advisory Group Approves Data Breach Notification Best Practices
Advisers wanted to ensure the notifications aren’t mistaken for phishing attempts.
Digital Government
Why Some Apps Use Fake Progress Bars
Designers use “benevolent deception” to trick users into trusting the system.
Cybersecurity
Auditor Thrashes 18F for IT Security Vulnerabilities, 18F Staffers Shoot Back
18F staffers say the report confuses security with checking boxes.
Artificial Intelligence
Want to Chat with Shakespeare? AI Bots Will Soon Allow Us to Talk to the Dead
New chatbot programs are being developed to keep our knowledge active after our physical being passes away.
Artificial Intelligence
The Post-Human World
A conversation about the end of work, individualism, and the human species with the historian Yuval Harari
People
Mattis mulls consolidation in IT, cyber
In a Feb. 17 memo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told senior leadership to establish teams to look for duplication across the armed services in business operations, including in IT and cybersecurity.
Digital Government
GSA watchdog barks at 18F on shadow IT
Innovation shop 18F is playing by its own rules, according to the General Services Administration's inspector general.
Modernization
UPS Is Testing Drones That Allow Its Delivery Trucks to Be in Two Places at Once
Spending all day waiting for a package delivery may one day be a thing of the past.
Cybersecurity
Wyden objects to DHS password collection plan
The Democratic senator hope to block plans, floated by the Homeland Security secretary, to collect social media and mobile device passwords as a condition for travelers to enter the United States.
Modernization
DHS chief takes first steps to building a border wall
DHS picks sites in Arizona, California and Texas to begin building a planned border wall, and also moves to hire thousands of new border agents.
Cybersecurity