Emerging Tech
Video: A Look at the Impressive Tech Inside Super Bowl 50
The Levi's Stadium boasts 400 miles of cables, 700 security cameras and Wi-Fi boxes placed every 100 seats to ensure 70,000 attendees will be able to connect with their smartphones.
Cybersecurity
Contracting Docs: OPM Seeks to Tighten IT Security of Background Investigation Companies
OPM first inserted updated IT security clauses into existing contracts in April.
Digital Government
HHS Deciding Whether to Revive its Future Tech Prediction Project
A new, higher-tech system could update the discontinued program, which identified medical technology worth further research.
Emerging Tech
Join Nextgov and Defense One on Feb. 10: Tech Modernization in Focus
David Bray and Frank Konieczny will be two of several featured speakers at the event titled, “Transforming Defense and Federal IT for a Modern World."
Digital Government
Agencies, what's up with your FOIAs?
A new survey seeks insight into how agencies are handling Freedom of Information Act requests.
Digital Government
New Microchip Could Increase Military Intelligence Powers
A military-funded breakthrough in microchips opens the door to portable deep learning.
Cybersecurity
McCain exhorts Silicon Valley to play ball on 'going dark' issue
In a Feb. 5 op-ed, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman called industry executives' objections to weakening encryption "ideologically motivated and profit-driven, though not without merit."
Modernization
GSA completes initial agency telecom inventory
As GSA awaits bids for its next-generation telecom contract, it completed an important inventory of services that federal agencies are using under current contracts.
Emerging Tech
This NASA Spacecraft Will Set Sail Propelled Entirely by Sunlight
NASA hopes it can reach the edge of the universe in 20 years.
Modernization
Census wants 2020 outreach to be mobile and social
Contractors will need to think creatively if they want to win the $415 million Census communications contract due to be awarded this summer.
Acquisition
GSA opens acquisition gateway to the public
The GSA formally opened its Acquisition Gateway for public viewing, although pricing data remains behind closed doors.
Cybersecurity
New bill seeks to add agility to electronic warfare development
Two senators are calling for more funding flexibility for the Pentagon's electronic warfare programs.
Digital Government
Tax systems back up, failure still under investigation
After a reported hardware failure crippled key tax systems, the IRS got the systems back online in a little more than 24 hours.
Cybersecurity
Medicaid ID Theft in Louisiana Claims 13,000 Victims
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Louisiana , United States
Digital Government
The Intelligence Community’s Big Budget Challenge
The report suggests IT spending will essentially stagnate through 2020, with estimated IT spending at $9.5 billion by then.
Cybersecurity
OPM Head Pledges to Help Resolve Mystery Over Who Spotted the Big Breach
OPM has maintained that agency employees uncovered the intrusion last spring while fortifying the agency's IT environment.
Digital Government
Digital Government? Agencies Still Thinking Too Small, Study Says
Blame the budget, heightened concerns about cybersecurity and a lack of digital-savvy government staff.
Digital Government
Video: How Tracking Technology and Deep Data Are Transforming Football
Can big data help you win the Super Bowl?
Artificial Intelligence
New Competition Seeks Robots That Can Handle a To-Do List
NIST is looking for a way to evaluate a robot's agility before it gets deployed on a factory floor.
Cybersecurity