Digital Government
MIT Lab Director Named as New Defense Science Board Chair
The radar and missile defense expert officially assumed the advisory position this week.
Defense
DOD bets on small businesses to improve industry competition
Part of the plan includes leaning in on other transaction agreements while increasing oversight of defense industry mergers and acquisitions.
Cybersecurity
Agencies need to measure improvements to critical infrastructure cybersecurity, report says
Federal agencies tasked with critical infrastructure risk management aren't measuring improvements made by the adoption of new guidelines, according to a watchdog report.
Digital Government
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill To Retain Foreign STEM Talent
A companion bill aims to help immigrant STEM students stay and work in the U.S. to improve the nation’s standing in advanced technological fields.
Acquisition
Oracle’s cloud can now host select top secret defense data
The company will make use of special regions to store the government’s data.
Digital Government
Your Sense of Privacy Evolved Over Millennia – That Puts You at Risk Today but Could Improve Technology Tomorrow
You have a finely honed sense of privacy in the physical world. But the sights and sounds you encounter online don’t help you detect risks and can even lull you into a false sense of security.
Modernization
Oracle’s Cloud Can Now Host Select Top Secret Defense Data
The company will make use of special regions to store the government’s data.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Attacks Exploded in Number and Scale in 2021, Per Cyber Firm
A new Crowdstrike report describes a dramatic increase in activity from both criminal and smaller nation-state groups.
Defense
What does a CR mean for DOD tech talent?
The Defense Department and military services often rely on pay incentives to recruit and retain tech talent, and these could be hampered by long term stopgap funding.
Cybersecurity
Nearly 100 Utility Companies Now Participate in Cyber Sensor Initiative
The White House effort to secure industrial control systems from cyberattack requires nothing of the private sector.
Digital Government
Labor, USDS pilot new unemployment insurance tech
A pilot project underway in New Jersey and Arkansas focusing on the experience of claimants for unemployment insurance is new territory for the Department of Labor. The agency is working with the United States Digital Service to develop pieces of tech for states to use in unemployment claims.
Digital Government
DOD Needs Streamlined Processes, More Data In Congressional Reports
Congress’ watchdog issued several recommendations for the Department of Defense and its congressional reporting procedures, hinging on internal communications and improved data.
Ideas
How to accelerate tech modernization (and still play by the rules)
Opportunities exist to bring speed and break down barriers to technology modernization at large organizations like the Defense Department.
Policy
Satellite Approvals Could Be Significantly Modernized Under 2 New Bills
The bills targeting satellite licensing at the FCC are being structured in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Digital Government
Drones Shooting Microwave Rays Could Be the Drone Killers of Tomorrow
Moving away from vacuum tubes is making microwave weapons smaller and smarter.
Ideas
How Improving Customer Experience Can Help the Employee Experience
Federal employees can better help the people they serve—and see the full impact of that help—when customer experience is prioritized.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers want the SEC to expand cyber regs
As the Securities and Exchange Commission rolls out a series of expanded cybersecurity proposals, a group of bipartisan senators are calling for updates to mandatory reporting requirements for public companies.
Cybersecurity
Senators Want More out of SEC Plans to Address Cyberattacks
A rule the commission proposed for investment funds and advisors is not precisely what key cybersecurity leaders had in mind.
Digital Government