Emerging Tech
Video: DARPA Predicts What Tech Will Shape the World in 2045
From advanced robots to telepathic thoughts
Digital Government
Q&A: Managing the Pentagon's 'Wicked' Problems
Department of Navy's Maura Sullivan, chief of innovation and strategy, chatted with Nextgov about innovation and the challenge of “wicked” problems.
Modernization
Census Delays Key Decisions About Using Tech in 2020 Count
If Census has any hope of cutting costs and increasing efficiency for its 2020 count, it should pay more attention to its IT plans.
Emerging Tech
Google Plans Drone Delivery Service by 2017
Google already has a same-day, ground-based delivery service, called Google Express.
Modernization
Dodging 'fatal errors' for Census 2020 tech
With an agile, iterative testing model, the Census Bureau is hoping to avoid repeating the mobile meltdown of 2010 as it tries to technologically streamline -- and secure -- the 2020 count.
Acquisition
Reservists form 'connective tissue' between DIUX and Silicon Valley
Military reservists might be the key to closer collaboration between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon, according to Raj Shah, an Air Force reservist and senior director of strategy at Palo Alto Networks.
Cybersecurity
All the Deadlines in the White House’s New Cyber To-Do List
These are the dates agency chief information officers, chief information security officers and other officials need to know.
Digital Government
New Bill Would Ban Warrantless Cellphone Tracking
Rep. Jason Chaffetz wants local police to follow the same rules as federal agents for using fake cell towers for surveillance.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: How the Postal Service Thinks It Can Predict the Next Cyber Breach
The agency's manager for data science and exploration told Nextgov his team plans to use predictive analytics to foresee future cyberintrusions.
People
CIO Baitman is bolting HHS
After a tenure that included a move to the cloud and the launch of HealthCare.gov, Health and Human Services Department CIO Frank Baitman is stepping down.
Cybersecurity
State Department seeks more advanced biometrics
The State Department, like the Pentagon, is interested in more sophisticated biometric technologies to help with security overseas.
Acquisition
Chaffetz wants to rein in stingrays, GSA hits OASIS milestone and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Should ID Theft Protection Be a Standard Federal Employee Benefit?
OPM and the U.S. Postal Service both provided credit monitoring to personnel after breaches at their respective agencies.
Cybersecurity
An almanac for advanced persistent threats
A new report catalogs cyber threats and ranks the risk of known attack vectors used by state-sponsored hackers fielded by China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, as well as threats from independent hacker groups from Anonymous to the Syrian Electronic Army.
Digital Government
CIA official looks to free 'captive' data
The CIA's new head of digital innovation wants to unsilo the spy agency's data. That problem is so big and complicated that a whole new organization has been created to solve it.
Modernization
DISA tees up new round of contracts
Agency officials outlined a range of forthcoming contracts covering everything from enterprise resource planning to cybersecurity analytics at a Nov. 2 industry day.
Digital Government
HHS Wants Help Updating Disease Tracking System
Public health agencies currently use legacy systems to exchange information about Ebola and measles with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cybersecurity
Creative, Audacious or Destructive: The Different Personalities of Nation-State Hackers
What sets a Russian hacker apart?
Digital Government