Cybersecurity
Financial Regulator Says Use of Crypto Helps—not Hurts—Ransomware Investigations
Senators left and right are using the Colonial Pipeline hack and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as reasons to both regulate and avoid regulating cryptocurrencies.
People
OMB kicks off search for new deputy federal CIO
The Office of Management and Budget is officially on the hunt for a new deputy chief information officer, posting a job advertisement this week online as Maria Roat is set to retire at the end of March.
Digital Government
Lawmakers want answers on FOIA backlogs
Agencies say FOIA backlogs are attributable in part to pandemic telework adjustments and technological headwinds.
Policy
Warren Spearheads Crypto Sanctions Against Russia With New Bill
Democratic Senators aim to regulate international digital asset transactions to prevent Russian actors from evading sanctions amid war with Ukraine.
Digital Government
VA's New Health Record Still Putting Patients at Risk
The transition to Cerner's electronic health records system at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane is still being hindered on multiple fronts more than a year after go-live.
Modernization
VA's new health record still putting patients at risk
The transition to Cerner's electronic health records system at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane is still being hindered on multiple fronts more than a year after go-live.
Emerging Tech
Space Agency Could Get Missile-Tracking Satellites Earlier than Anticipated
A budget increase accelerates the original timeline, a senior defense official said.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Leader: Deterrence Policy for Hacks Can’t Mirror That for Nukes
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission emerged due to the late John McCain’s frustration with current U.S. doctrine on what should trigger a “use of force.”
Artificial Intelligence
AI Maps Psychedelic ‘Trip’ Experiences to Regions of the Brain—Opening New Route to Psychiatric Treatments
AI is mapping trips in the brain.
Modernization
Congressional Publishing Arm Plans for New Software to ‘Take Over’ Print Documentation
Director Hugh Halpern said the agency wants to bring more efficient documentation software to Capitol Hill and other public agencies.
Digital Government
GSA's DUNS Replacement Set to Go Live
The General Services Administration is ready to flip the switch in early April on the non-proprietary entity identifier that is replacing the old DUNS number in federal contracting systems.
Acquisition
GSA's DUNS replacement set to go live
The General Services Administration is ready to flip the switch in early April on the non-proprietary entity identifier that is replacing the old DUNS number in federal contracting systems.
Emerging Tech
IARPA Project Aims to Identify People from Drones by More Than Just Their Face
“It'll be interesting to see in a year or two from now,” according to the program manager.
Ideas
I Scoured Congress’ 2,741-Page Spending Bill: Here's All The IT & Cyber In It
A thorough overview of the IT funding provided in Congress’s 2,741-page spending bill.
People
IRS plans to add 200 technologists
One of the things new techies at the IRS could work on is the modernization of its 60-year old core tax processing system, not slated to be done until 2030.
Emerging Tech
DOD Announces Additional Funding for Science and Tech Research
The Supplemental Support for Research Trainees aims to offset disruption to PhD students’ scientific research initiatives caused by the pandemic.
Emerging Tech
A Civil War is Brewing In Russian Tech Circles
Russian entrepreneurs and investors who have known each other for years are finding themselves on opposite sides of Putin’s war.
Digital Government
White House Order Covers Contractor Pay Equity
The Biden administration issued an executive order on Tuesday calling on the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to create new regulations around the use of past compensation in employment decisions.
Modernization