Ideas
Robotics Researchers Have a Duty to Prevent Autonomous Weapons
Our ever-growing appetite for intelligent, autonomous machines poses a host of ethical challenges.
IT Modernization
FDA Launches App to Report Fresh Uses for Existing Drugs
Health care providers can now easily access a one-stop online repository that experts hope will accelerate and innovate patient treatment.
Ideas
Yes, We Still Need to Focus on Women in Tech
Adjusting the gender tilt in the tech workforce requires more than just filling vacancies.
IT Modernization
VA Extends Financial System Overhaul by 5 Years—And Adds More than a Billion to the Cost
The agency is in the middle of a major overhaul of its financial management system, as those efforts stall behind other modernization priorities.
Emerging Tech
Emerging Technology Trends
A look at developments in innovation across the federal technology landscape in 2019.
Policy
House Passes Comprehensive Anti-Robocall Legislation
Still, experts say a dramatic reduction in the problematic calls likely won’t happen overnight.
IT Modernization
Amazon Web Services Chief Says Pentagon Got it Wrong with JEDI Award
The head of Amazon Web Services isn’t pulling punches at the company’s global summit in Las Vegas.
Emerging Tech
Customs Reverses Course on Mandatory Facial Scans for U.S. Citizens
After criticism from Congress and privacy advocates, the border security agency says it will pull back a proposed rule change.
Ideas
A Practical Guide to Next Steps of the Pentagon’s Vendor Cyber Certification Program
Kicking your cybersecurity can down the road is no longer an option.
Ideas
To Stop a Tech Apocalypse We Need Ethics and the Arts
The time has come to answer the call for humanities graduates capable of crossing over into the world of technology so that our human future can be as bright as possible.
CIO Briefing
IG Says It Is Helping Return As Much As $5.9 Billion to the Government
The anticipated recoveries of misspent health program dollars would be the result of the HHS watchdog's work in fiscal 2019.
Emerging Tech
Senators Want to Know How FTC, CMS Will Prevent Bias in Health Care Algorithms
Sens. Ron Wyden and Cory Booker also asked five industry giants how to mitigate discrimination against minority patients.
Policy
Hassan Joins Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
The junior senator from New Hampshire became the caucus’ 17th member.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Unveils Which Bases Will House Large-Scale 5G Experiments
The first projects will focus on asset management and sharing across the spectrum.
Ideas
Fingerprint Login Should Be a Secure Defense for Our Data, But Most of Us Don't Use It Properly
Most users remain unaware of its initial purpose.
Emerging Tech
CBP Starts Process to Include U.S. Citizens in Facial Recognition Program
A proposed rule change would no longer allow citizens and green card holders to opt-out of Customs and Border Protection’s biometrics program.
Cybersecurity
Russian Trolls Are Hammering Away at NATO’s Presence in Lithuania
A broad disinformation campaign of fake news and other tricks aims to turn the Baltic nation’s public against the alliance.
CIO Briefing
Watchdog: Proposed OPM-GSA Merger Continues to 'Evolve' Despite Lack of Legislation
Officials have continued to examine moving portions of OPM to GSA piecemeal, and still lack documentation for the legal authority and cost benefit analyses, the inspector general said.
Ideas
It’s Time for Presidential Campaigns to Embrace Mobile Security
It's not just campaigns, voters could be targeted too.
Emerging Tech
How a National Lab is Securing Electric Vehicles and Smart Cars of the Future
At Argonne, a holistic approach is accelerating discoveries and bolstering the fight against emerging transportation threats.
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