Emerging Tech
DOD ‘years behind’ private sector in utilizing AI for cybersecurity, official says
The Pentagon is lagging behind industry in leveraging artificial intelligence to bolster cybersecurity, according to an official from the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Emerging Tech
IARPA awards contract for tracking lethal space debris
The intelligence agency tasked four contractors with researching new innovations to help better track small space debris that could harm spacecraft and satellites.
Modernization
New House bill calls for cloud interoperability
New, bipartisan legislation tasks the government with guidance to assure data interoperability between public, private and edge cloud environments in use by the federal agencies.
Defense
Army gets new prototypes of Microsoft’s augmented reality headsets
The military branch plans to begin testing the updated variant of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System this month.
Digital Government
GSA seeks a better way to reach higher education for federal challenges
The General Services Administration wants to know where to reach university-affiliated students and faculty to participate in national requests.
Cybersecurity
Cyber workforce strategy requires buy-in across sectors, experts say
The new strategy released this week looks to address longstanding challenges in the cyber workforce – but it will require extensive cooperation from the private sector and academia to be successful, experts told Nextgov/FCW.
Acquisition
GSA considers changing the way it pays for cloud software
The agency is exploring how it can best align industry payment practices for software-as-a-service offerings on its own IT Multiple Award Schedule.
People
Biden administration to spend $100M-plus to restore jobs or offer payments to employees improperly fired
The settlement agreement resolves an issue that arose during the Trump administration.
Ideas
Social media can in fact be made better
COMMENTARY | Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation.
Digital Government
US is falling behind in global digital leadership, report says
The loss of influence comes amid rising domestic anti-tech sentiments in Congress and across multiple White House administrations, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in a report released Monday.
Cybersecurity
White House releases strategy to expand the U.S. cyber workforce
The plan includes measures for improving cybersecurity knowledge at all levels of education and improving how the federal government attracts, hires and pays cybersecurity workers.
Ideas
Responsible AI use in support of federal agency missions
COMMENTARY︱The potential benefits of artificial intelligence for federal agencies are not a new conversation, but how to implement the technology so officials can achieve the gains they are looking for is worth taking time with.
Emerging Tech
As drone popularity grows, government considers how to safeguard the skies
While the vast majority of drone operators pilot their devices safely, there have been incidents where drones stray into dangerous places.
Defense
How the US is using open-source intel to track Russia's war in Ukraine
Analysts are moving beyond who-what-when-where to "really focusing on the why,” a senior defense intelligence official said.
Cybersecurity
North Korea's cyber-enabled sanction evasion requires tougher response, lawmakers and experts say
Pyongyang’s growing reliance on cybercrimes to circumvent international sanctions should push the U.S. and its allies to fully enforce existing sanctions and review whether more regulations are needed to govern digital currencies.
Ideas
Gliding, not searching: Here’s how to reset your view of ChatGPT to steer it to better results
COMMENTARY | Thinking of ChatGPT as a glider you pilot can help you use it more effectively.
Cybersecurity
The world is ‘reentering an era of strategic competition’ with cyber, official says
Cyberspace Ambassador Nathaniel Fick argued that the U.S. needs to be able to provide cybersecurity assistance to allies in a way that incorporates emerging technologies.
Digital Government
How the Agriculture Department is ‘hardwiring’ customer experience into its work
The department’s chief customer experience officer, Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, told Nextgov/FCW that her primary goal is building capacity for customer experience.
Digital Government
IRS seeks states’ input on its direct file pilot
States have until Sept. 4 to tell the IRS if they’re interested in participating.
Modernization