Cybersecurity
The Government Needs Better Data to Stop Election Meddling
Tech companies must be more forthcoming as misinformation campaigns ramp up before the midterm elections, internet researchers said.
Modernization
Senators Say Modernization Fund Will Get Money When Congress Sees Data, Results
Conference negotiations between the House and Senate will be the last chance to add money to the Technology Modernization Fund without additional legislation.
People
Trump announces nominee to head OSTP
Kelvin Droegemeier, an extreme-weather expert, is the president's pick for the long-vacant Office of Science and Technology Policy director's post.
Digital Government
Senate passes 2019 NDAA
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act heads to the White House, avoiding a late-year debate, after the Senate passed the conference report 87-10.
Modernization
DOE names Diachin to exascale project
The Department of Energy tapped a supercomputing veteran to help run its nascent Exascale Computing Program.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security is Pushing Hard for More Supply Chain Authority
The department is examining several specific companies as potential supply chain cyber threats.
Digital Government
Senate blocks additional funding for election security
An amendment to spend an additional $250 million on election security next year failed to hit the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster.
Digital Government
Trump Picks Meteorologist As Top Scientific Adviser
Kelvin Droegemeier would be the first person without a degree in physics to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Digital Government
Surveillance Cameras Will Soon Divine Your Personality from Eye Movements
Machine-learning techniques promise to make biometric data far more useful for intelligence gathering.
Cybersecurity
DOE looks to double number of electric utilities sharing cyber threat data
Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced big plans for expanding participation in DOE's Cybersecurity Risk Information Sharing Program.
Emerging Tech
White House Sets Top Research & Development Priorities for 2020
Expect artificial intelligence, quantum computing and space travel to get budgetary attention in fiscal 2020.
Cybersecurity
FTC Warns Citizens About Government Imposter Scams
No, the IRS doesn't demand gift cards.
Cybersecurity
DHS Stands Up New Cyber Risk Center to Protect High-Value Targets
The center will free up NCCIC to work on cyber threat sharing and incident response, officials say.
Modernization
VA is Rethinking Its Entire Online Presence
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to know what it would take to create a one-stop online shop for veteran services.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft’s Politically Correct Chatbot Is Even Worse Than Its Racist One
Zo has an uncompromising approach which shuts down conversation.
Digital Government
White House's new R&D priorities include border tech, artificial intelligence and IoT
National security, wireless connectivity, manufacturing, energy, medical innovation and future tech top the administration’s research and development agenda for fiscal year 2020.
Emerging Tech
Senators Want to Double Funding for Putting Commercial Drones in the Air
A bipartisan amendment would double 2019 funding for FAA’s efforts to integrate drones into national airspace.
Cybersecurity
New DHS center to address cyber gaps
Collectively, cyber threats and their possible consequences are a bigger threat than 9/11-style attacks, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen argued as she unveiled a new National Risk Management Center to combat them.
Ideas
Here's a Non-Binary Approach to Smarter Cybersecurity
Moving beyond an "allow or deny" choice could reduce friction between agency security pros and their end users.
Cybersecurity