Policy
Commerce Seeks 6 Private Sector Members for New International Task Force
The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council’s Talent for Growth Task Force will help create a well-trained workforce for current and emerging technologies.
Digital Government
Army Looking to Experiment With Autonomous, Real-time Technologies
The service's annual experimental technology event will include a focus on autonomous lane clearance and decontaminant capabilities in 2024.
Defense
Navy looks to OTA consortium for advanced tech
The Naval Information Warfare Center is looking to leverage advances in artificial intelligence and other technology into new capabilities.
Emerging Tech
Senators Explore Possible Cryptocurrency Regulations, Threats to Economy
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs heard testimony that endorsed more regulations and restrictions on digital assets in the federal banking system.
Digital Government
EPA's high-tech plane monitored toxic event site in Ohio
The rarely used sensor aircraft is said to be ready to deploy on a moment's notice.
Artificial Intelligence
Government Considers Whether AI Can Invent Something Patentable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeks public comments on the intersection of artificial intelligence and inventorship.
Digital Government
Government’s Data Leaders Center Customer Experience in 2023 Goals
Several of the Chief Data Officers Council working groups are trying to improve customer experience for both Americans and agencies through their respective focus areas.
Policy
Section 230 Debate Reignited as Cruz Demands Content Moderation Transparency
The Texas lawmaker is requesting details on social media and tech platforms’ content moderation and censorship practices.
Digital Government
White House Launches Effort to Examine Policy Choices for Shooting Down UFOs
NORTHCOM has changed radar settings to get “better fidelity on seeing slower objects,” general says.
Defense
Army looking to experiment with autonomous, real-time technologies
The service's annual experimental technology event will include a focus on autonomous lane clearance and decontaminant capabilities in 2024.
Digital Government
Government’s chief data scientist previews agencies’ work on equitable data
U.S. Chief Data Scientist Denice Ross said government agencies are working to build capacity around equitable data, with a progress report on these efforts set to come out soon.
Cybersecurity
Report: Pentagon Personnel Use Unauthorized, Unsafe Apps on Work Devices
The Defense Department’s inspector general found that unsanctioned apps downloaded onto government-issued mobile devices “could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DOD information and information systems.”
Ideas
Why it's time to supercharge data infrastructure funding
Advances in technology have set the stage for pivotal collaborations between computer scientists, statisticians, mathematicians and domain scientists—but government needs to pitch in.
Ideas
People Who Share Ideology Have Similar 'Neural Fingerprints'
Polarization may begin at the brain level.
Emerging Tech
OIG Finds Oversight Issues With GSA's Performance-based Contracts
GSA contracting personnel produced performance reports that were "often incomplete or not available at all," according to a new inspector general's audit.
Ideas
Cancer Evolution is Mathematical – How Random Processes and Epigenetics Can Explain Why Tumor Cells Shape-shift, Metastasize and Resist Treatments
There is a connection between mathematics, genetics and aging.
Cybersecurity
Report Reveals How US Has 'Not Advanced the Ball' on Top Cyber Risks
The top cybersecurity risks of 2023 include a shortage of trained cyber professionals, international strife and continued vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure services, according to a new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Cybersecurity
CISA, South Korean Agencies Issue Joint Warning on North Korean Ransomware
The new cybersecurity advisory spotlights North Korean-backed actors targeting healthcare networks with ransomware.
Acquisition
Small business participation in federal marketplace continues decline despite $159 billion in awards
The number of small businesses that received federal contracts in fiscal year 2022 was less than half the number that received contracts in 2012, according to a new report.
Emerging Tech