Artificial Intelligence
America’s Largest Body-Camera Supplier Is Giving Police Free AI to Analyze Crime Footage
CEO Rick Smith says these connected systems would allow police to spend more time doing their jobs, rather than paperwork.
Digital Government
Shutdown clock still ticking
There are five working days left before the current federal appropriation expires, and still a lot of wrangling lies ahead before Congress can pass new spending authority.
People
10 steps to address the federal hiring freeze
Agency human capital leaders must adjust their performance management plans to reflect the changes President Trump is promising.
Digital Government
Trump's Border Wall Won't Be Made of Concrete If Lawmakers Have Their Way
Legislators want flexibility in border security, not a continuous, concrete wall.
Modernization
DHS Device-Screening Catches Pedophiles at the Borders
About half a percent of the million travelers who come into the U.S. get their devices screened, the homeland security secretary said.
Digital Government
State Department Wants to Build A Biometric System for Mexico
The department is currently in the market research stage.
Modernization
Is a Voice-Controlled Lock Really Secure?
Could you get locked out if you have laryngitis?
Cybersecurity
San Francisco Is In a Race to Have Hack-Proof Voting Booths Before 2020 Election
“Without paper ballots, there’s no way to prove or disprove whether electronic votes have been hacked or tampered with"
Cybersecurity
Doing less with less
Tech modernization is a pressing need for agencies government-wide, but in times of budget cuts and uncertainty, plans to upgrade legacy IT tend to be among the first projects taken of the table.
Cybersecurity
Bill to Improve Small Business Cybersecurity Advances
The bill directs NIST to create "clear and concise" guidance for how small and medium businesses can boost their digital defenses.
People
Harvard students spin up gov-tech internship
The federal government may be getting a summer tech and data science internship program analogous to those offered by Silicon Valley, thanks to three Harvard undergrads.
Artificial Intelligence
NASA’s Scientists Formed a Club to Dream Up Uses for AI Like Self-Replicating Robots and Harpooning Comets
Some ideas developing in the lab are so far-flung, the brains behind them don’t want to involve the agency’s top brass at all.
Modernization
Congress looks to free up federal spectrum
Lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to entice federal agencies away from spectrum holdings to free it up for commercial use.
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs Has a New Chief Customer Officer
One of the chief veterans experience officer's priorities will be improving employee experience.
Digital Government
Lawmakers look to block border data searches
A bipartisan group of senators and congressmen have introduced legislation to protect Americans from having their digital devices searched by border officials without a warrant.
Cybersecurity
Border wall won't span sea to sea
DHS chief John Kelly paints a clearer picture of the developing border barrier project, which includes a mix of walls, technology and fencing.
Digital Government
Veterans Calling VA's Crisis Line Can Finally Get Through. Here’s Why.
A team of techies and customer-service professionals starting tackling the problem in 2015.
People
How Trump's management order gives VA 'air cover'
An organizational overhaul is coming to the veterans' agency under the president's executive order on government management.
Digital Government