Emerging Tech

IARPA Wants to Rethink Intelligence Collection

The agency is soliciting proposals for "means for collecting information from previously inaccessible sources."

Digital Government

12 Ways for Congress to Step Up US Data Innovation

A new 12-step legislative program for Congress aims to improve the country's data innovation.

Cybersecurity

Could Google IDs Help Emergency Crews Reach Disaster Areas Faster?

Universal credentials are the future of online security, DHS says.

Modernization

Commerce will likely have to extend IANA contract

An ambitious deadline to transition U.S. control over a key piece of global Internet architecture to an international multi-stakeholder group will likely not be met.

Modernization

CBP needs better data picture from border tech

"You can't manage what you can't measure," was the message delivered by Sen. Tom Carper.

Emerging Tech

Long-Range Iris Scanning Is Here

An engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon says he’s invented technology that can identify someone from across the room with the precision of a fingerprint.

Modernization

Verizon's AOL Deal Could Lead to New Privacy Problems

AOL's advertising technologies could help Verizon better track users across devices.

Digital Government

This Senator Is 'Shocked' by How Little Data NSA Is Collecting

The NSA bulk-data program is so scaled down, it might not even be effective, the Senate Foreign Relations chairman claims.

People

Wanted: concrete steps toward culture change. Can MOC deliver?

ACT-IAC's "Management of Change" conference will try to pin down the un-pinnable: a culture of innovation.

Digital Government

Bureaucratic wall stands between DOD and Silicon Valley

Analysts say Defense Secretary Ashton Carter needs to seize the reins of the bureaucracy to push innovation.

Modernization

The IRS and IT: Sorting fact from fiction

Once a "poster child for IT," the IRS's high-profile problems are now all too similar to those experienced by other agencies.

Digital Government

ITIF: Congress needs to support federal data policy

The authors of a new report have a slate of 11 recommendations for Congress to modernize its data posture.

Cybersecurity

DHS looks to migrate, upgrade ID system

The Office of Biometric Identity Management wants to replace the Automated Biometric Identification System.

Cybersecurity

Cyber Threats Will Keep Coming if Public and Private Sectors Don't Collaborate, Says DHS Cyber Exec

Securing the cyber ecosystem against national threats requires a partnership between government and industry players, according to a DHS cyber official.

Emerging Tech

NASA Has Big Plans for the Next 20 Years -- But Can Its Budget Keep Up?

On Monday, NASA released its draft 2015 Technology Roadmaps to showcase its plans for technological innovation over the next two decades.