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
Login.gov looks for a director
The General Services Administration wants a leader for its homegrown identity management service as it looks to deploy a $187 million Technology Modernization Fund investment.
Digital Government
CBP Revitalizes Biometric Data Collection At Border
Customs and Border Protection jumpstarted a DNA collection program in fall of 2021 to verify family relations, but will not store data it in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System.
Defense
Overclassification and CMMC
After taking over the Pentagon's cyber security program for contractors, CIO John Sherman wants to zero-in on controlled unclassified information.
Cybersecurity
F-35 program seeks cyber reinforcements
To improve the joint strike fighters' defenses against cyber attacks, the program office responsible for it wants an open system design solution.
Emerging Tech
IARPA Seeks Ways to Track Nontrackable Space Junk
Right now, more than 100 million pieces of space debris smaller than 1 cm orbit Earth.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Could Match 'Fingerprints' of Texts To Their Authors, Under New Intelligence Program
Nextgov was pre-briefed by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity on a soon-to-be-released, broad agency announcement that might one day help combat disinformation campaigns and human trafficking.
Modernization
New VA CIO talks digital transformation
Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Wednesday how he plans to steer a department-wide digital transformation in his first public appearance since the Biden administration tapped him to serve as the VA's chief information officer.
Defense
Mike Bloomberg named chair of Defense Innovation Board
The former New York City mayor and billionaire replaces Mark Sirangelo.
Digital Government
The Army’s New Decades-Long Climate Strategy Has No Budget
The strategy includes a list of tangible objectives but no corresponding cost estimates.
Emerging Tech
Biden Admin Announces $5 Billion To Fund Nationwide Electric Vehicle Charging Network
The funding comes from the $1 trillion infrastructure bill Congress passed in November.
Defense
F-35 program seeks cyber reinforcements
To improve the joint strike fighters' defenses against cyber attacks, the program office responsible for it wants an open system design solution.
Artificial Intelligence
Agencies Look To Expand Both Automation Tech and AI Workforce
Leaders at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and CISA describe use cases where automation thrives, but still requires human oversight.
Policy
House panel zeros in on missing Trump records
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, wants information from the National Archives about whether former President Trump routinely flouted the requirements of the Presidential Records Act.
People
Announcing the 2022 Federal 100
Meet the women and men being honored for their exceptional contributions to federal IT over the past year.
Digital Government