Cybersecurity
NSA Chief: Cyber Command Did 9 International Missions Last Year
The dual-hatted head of the spy agency and military command has been conducting proactive missions to diffuse cyber threats to U.S. elections and other critical infrastructure and stressed the importance of artificial intelligence to advance those efforts.
Emerging Tech
Blasting out Earth’s Location With the Hope of Reaching Aliens is a Controversial Idea—Two Teams of Scientists are Doing it Anyway
Two teams are planning new attempts at alien communication.
Emerging Tech
White House Issues Two Quantum Directives Set To Bolster American Infrastructure
The White House announced new plans to promote quantum technology research and development while helping U.S. computer networks transition to post-quantum cryptography standards.
Ideas
Phishing Threats Attempt to Hook New Government Victims
While the government is focused on the dangers of ransomware, phishing campaigns can circumvent the usual protections placed on its networks.
Ideas
How automation can enhance and empower the federal workforce
While progress is being made across many areas of government digital transformation, this is just the start of the journey to improve government and put the citizen at the center.
Digital Government
DHS manipulated report on Russian election interference during the Trump administration, watchdog says
A 2020 report to state and local governments was delayed and altered, a new IG report finds.
Acquisition
Sustainability and the cloud
The federal government's acquisition leaders are operating under the assumption that cloud computing can promote sustainability, but a watchdog says that data on current energy consumption is scarce.
Policy
Senator Calls on Biden to Fill OSTP Leadership Role
The Biden Administration has not put forth a nominee for the Cabinet level position.
Emerging Tech
Bill Wants More Federal R&D In Blockchain Ledger Technology
The National R&D Strategy for Distributed Ledger Technology Act, introduced Tuesday, aims to allocate government resources to help the U.S. establish leadership with distributed ledger technologies.
Defense
Identity management beyond the CAC card
The Defense Information Systems Agency previewed plans to improve identity management, which includes expanding multi-factor authentication.
Digital Government
Pentagon Still Not Taking Full Advantage of Rapid Acquisition Authorities, Former Official Says
Ellen Lord, the former undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment during the Trump administration, told senators "strong leadership" was needed to fully embrace rapid acquisitions policies.
Ideas
Storytelling and slide decks
Steve Kelman shares ideas about how to inject narrative techniques into your humdrum PowerPoint presentations.
Digital Government
FBI Ran Over 3 Million Searches on Americans' Electronic Data
Using data harvested by Section 702, the FBI published an approximation of how many searches it ran on Americans’ data for the first time.
Emerging Tech
NIST is Building a 5G Network to Model Cybersecurity for Operators
Comments are due June 27 on an associated draft special publication.
Modernization
Technology trade groups urge Congress to add $300 million to the TMF
Leading government technology groups want appropriators to write legislation backing the full White House budget request for the Technology Modernization Fund.
People
CIA taps its first chief technology officer
CIA Director William Burns named the chief technology officer of the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to be the spy agency's first-ever CTO on Friday.
Acquisition
GAO dismisses final CIO-SP4 protests
Awards will be announced by Nov. 1, and the ordering period of CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 small business will be extended.
Modernization
GAO dismisses final CIO-SP4 protests
Awards will be announced by Nov. 1, and the ordering period of CIO-SP3 and CIO-SP3 small business will be extended.
Modernization
Three Ways the Future of Work Must Change for Federal Employees
Federal officials and industry experts offered insights on what federal workplaces of the future need to look like.
Modernization