Digital Government
House Appropriations Committee sets 302(b) allocations, approves 3 funding bills
Lawmakers seek billions more than White House requested to combat COVID-19.
Cybersecurity
China is Dumping Fiber Optic Cables in the Global Market, Commerce Official Says
The cables are key to the development of fifth-generation networks, and therefore a matter of national security for the Trump administration.
Artificial Intelligence
Walter Reed Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Screen Drugs to Potentially Treat COVID-19
The Experimental Therapeutics Branch accelerated its research by turning to machine learning, AI and high-performance computing.
Modernization
VA Wants to Automate Digitization of its 5-Mile-High Electronic Health Record Backlog
Veterans Affairs is looking to robotic process automation to help digitize its backlog and integrate with the new electronic health record platform.
Cybersecurity
Interior Struggles to Secure IT Systems Amid Pandemic, IG Says
Interior is one of many agencies trying to meet new challenges posed by an explosion of increased remote work.
People
FLRA finalizes rule to allow feds to opt-out of paying union dues
Unions blast decision to allow workers to discontinue their payments at outside the traditional annual "window."
Modernization
FCC makes next move on widely opposed T-band auction
The Federal Communications Commission reluctantly moves ahead with plans to reallocate and auction public-safety spectrum.
Modernization
JADC2 tops Pentagon’s artificial intelligence efforts
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is focused on overlaying AI tools on the military’s mega information-sharing platform effort, called Joint All Domain Command and Control.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: July 9
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Emerging Tech
NIST Aims to Tap Twitter API Data to Boost Public Emergency Response
Tweets hold valuable insights amid natural disasters, which the agency aims to leverage.
Cybersecurity
Where CISA’s Plan for Securing Industrial Control Systems Intersects with Private-Sector Liability Protections
Companies are reluctant to collaborate with the government unless they are legally off the hook.
Emerging Tech
Inside the U.S.-Led COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium
Nextgov heard from members and researchers about how the effort is panning out.
Cybersecurity
Help Wanted: Biden campaign hiring cyber professionals
The campaign has put out job notices for a cyber threat analyst and cloud security architect as it looks to beef up protections ahead of the 2020 elections.
Emerging Tech
$12 Billion Intelligence IT Contract Out for Bid
Proposals for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s SITE III contract are due Aug. 21.
People
House appropriators put protections for federal workers into FY21 funding bill
Provisions would block the OPM-GSA merger and empower unions, but the bill does not touch on pay raises.
Ideas
Filter Protects Against Deepfake Photos and Videos
Researchers have created an algorithm that generates an adversarial attack against facial manipulation systems in order to corrupt and render useless attempted deepfakes.
Digital Government
NOAA Aligns Cloud and Data Strategies With Administration Priorities
The new strategies meld with three existing science and technology-focused documents, as well as incorporating priorities from the White House’s cloud and data policies.
Ideas