Digital Government
DARPA network shields against space junk
DARPA hit a milestone for a data network aimed at avoiding collisions in Earth's orbit.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft CEO's 10 Commandments For How AI and Humans Should Act
The robot revolution is coming.
Cybersecurity
Wyden: Rule 41 changes represent another compromise of security and liberty
Government proposals to weaken encryption and expand hacking authorities are cut from the same cloth of uninformed or ill-considered policymaking in response to security threats, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Cybersecurity
Johnson: Biometric exit moving ahead
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told a Senate committee that a key test of a biometrics-based exit system is advancing and NPPD's reorganization should move forward.
Digital Government
GAO: IRS can do a better job tracking IT performance
A GAO report recommends that the IRS improve its performance measurement and reporting practices for $2.7 billion worth of IT investments.
Cybersecurity
FDIC still weak on IT security, GAO says
FDIC has significant room for improvement in software patching and reauthorizing user access to its systems, according to GAO.
Digital Government
Should Border Agents Scroll Through Foreigners’ Facebook Profiles?
A proposed change to a common U.S. customs form would allow the government to vet travelers’ social media accounts.
Emerging Tech
Learning to Fly a Balloon to Fly a Drone
Welcome to the weird world of FAA regulations.
Digital Government
IT Modernization Fund: Hope on the Hill?
What real prospects does the $3.1 billion fund have for enactment?
Digital Government
If Elected, Clinton Wants to Keep USDS and 18F
The presumptive Democratic nominee laid out her tech agenda this week.
Digital Government
Video: After Emissions Software Scandal, Volkswagen to Buy Back Dirty Cars
The tainted diesel vehicles need to hit the road.
Digital Government
Satellites That Could Trace the Ripples of the Cosmos
The eLISA space mission aims to detect gravitational waves with an enormous laser triangle and floating gold cubes.
Digital Government
Questions loom about the future of open source at VA
With pressure from Congress to abandon the Vista health record system, Veterans Affairs CIO LaVerne Council is facing tough questions about the future of open source at the agency.
Cybersecurity
Security clearances dip in 2015
ODNI credits implementation of data initiatives for a reduction in clearances.
Digital Government
Tony Scott: IT Modernization Fund or Not, ‘Accountability All the Way’
The initial investment of $3.1 billion could fund as much as $15 billion worth of new applications and infrastructure over the next several years, but only if it’s paid back in full, Tony Scott said.
Modernization
Is There an App for That?
User-centered design is a key success factor for implementation of mobile and digital technologies in government
Emerging Tech
What the Military Is Learning From a Chameleon Sandbox
Made up of kinetic sand, a toy that feels like the stuff on the beach but has the consistency of Silly Putty, the system's miniature bridges, lakes and other structures morph -- or disappear -- when a finger crushes critical infrastructure.
Digital Government
Republicans move to check internet transition
Two senior GOP lawmakers are questioning the viability of long-standing plans to end U.S. control of the address book of the internet.
Acquisition