People
GAO dings State Department's IT workforce efforts
The State Department is currently working on an IT strategic workforce plan to address recruitment and retention issues, according to comments included in a recent oversight report.
Emerging Tech
Heavy Metal on the High Seas
The Navy is deploying a shipboard metal-producing 3D printer to test during RIMPAC exercises.
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning Predicts Gut Microbe Communities
Artificial intelligence could one day play a role in gut health.
Modernization
Bad data and old tech hamper CDC's ability track COVID exposures on flights
Because of its clunky, outdated data system, the CDC can't quickly identify how many people were exposed to a sick person on a plane, a recent GAO report states.
Artificial Intelligence
USPTO Works to Modernize Patent Processing with AI
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office widened its developer talent pool with open source coding challenges and an international presence.
Digital Government
UK Official: Mass Resignation Won’t Interfere with Facilitation of US Data Transfers
The Ministry of Youth Sport and Culture is leading an effort to adapt the General Data Protection Regulation into legislation for the United Kingdom, given Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Modernization
State Department releases draft of $10 billion plan to upgrade diplomatic tech
The "Evolve" solicitation is designed to revamp the technology products and services used by U.S. diplomats at home and abroad.
Ideas
Achieving incident response maturity is critical for effective threat management
Agencies should take the principles outlined in CISA's playbooks and make them their own.
Cybersecurity
Federal contractor to pay $9M to resolve cyber-related false claims case
The settlement stems from a 2017 whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Aerojet Rocketdyne concealed its poor cyber hygiene from its government partners.
Policy
House Chair Looks to Protect Census from Politicization
The legislation applies mostly to the decennial census, which the U.S. government undertakes every ten years.
Emerging Tech
DC-QNet Research Will Work to Develop Quantum Network Infrastructure
The inaugural quantum research consortium will focus on strengthening telecommunications infrastructure as quantum computing continues to advance.
Artificial Intelligence
Army’s New Plan to ‘Transform’ Soldier Health Care with Technology
Service leaders will boost research into synthetic blood, quantum computing, and more.
Digital Government
White House Updates Acquisition, Business of Government Priorities
Workforce, interoperability and governance all feature in the new goals set for the President's Management Agenda.
Digital Government
Labor Department seeks leader for digital transformation
The job announcement to lead the agency's new digital transformation directorate closes on Thursday.
Acquisition
White House updates acquisition, business of government priorities
Workforce, interoperability and governance all feature in the new goals set for the President's Management Agenda.
Cybersecurity
CISA Urges FCC to Prioritize National Security in Internet Routing Probe
CISA Director Jen Easterly said industry concerns shouldn’t preclude use of the commission’s regulatory authority to mitigate exploitation of the Border Gateway Protocol.
Digital Government
Airport facial recognition is improving, DHS watchdog says
Customs and Border Protection removed officers’ abilities to override mismatches for facial recognition technology as part of a bid to improve its facial biometric program, according to a new Inspector General report.
Digital Government
NASA to Release First Images From James Webb Telescope
The space agency will get an assist from President Joe Biden, too.
Emerging Tech