Emerging Tech
COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium Shifts Focus to Patient Outcomes
In its second phase, the supercomputing group will prioritize projects that offer to help coronavirus patients in the near future.
Cybersecurity
Key Senator Denounces Federal CISO’s Investigation of Alleged Voter Fraud
After just a month into his new post, Camilo Sandoval is on a break to help the Trump campaign.
Artificial Intelligence
Army-Funded Algorithm Decodes Brain Signals
The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface.
Digital Government
Acting Federal CIO Has Been in the Job for Months, OMB Confirms
Even some federal IT officials who work closely with the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer weren’t aware that Michael Rigas has been serving as acting Federal CIO for months.
Acquisition
GSA explains lowered DEOS price tag
GSA worked with the Defense Department and vendors to push more efficiencies into the DEOS cloud contract, ultimately resulting in a lowered ceiling, said the contract's manager.
Acquisition
Thrift Board taps Accenture for consolidated records contract
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board plans to roll out new features to plan participants, including electronic signatures.
Acquisition
Rising Star: Kelsey Werder Monaghan
Federal Account Manager, Department of Energy and NASA Dell Technologies
Ideas
To Improve Safety of Defense Networks, Eighty-Six Dot1x
The protocol creates the false sense of security that all devices are being screened, even if minimally, for security when in fact they are not.
Acquisition
Rising Star: Ashley Strickland
Growth and Communications Lead, CACI Agile Solution Factory, CACI International
Ideas
Smart Concrete Could Pave the Way for High-Tech, Cost-Effective Roads
The life of structures could be extended, however, if damages were monitored in real time and fixed early on.
Acquisition
Rising Star: Arvin Baroni
Senior Product Manager, Product Lifecycle Management, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Acquisition
Rising Star: Nicholas Shields
Research Analyst and Data Scientist, Department of the Air Force
Acquisition
Rising Star: George Nicol
Program Specialist, Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement, NASA
Acquisition
Rising Star: Katie Boeckl
Privacy Risk Strategist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Acquisition