Podcasts
Critical Update: How Federal Agencies Can Help Avert Quantum Catastrophe
The White House is working on plans to roll out new cryptographic systems that will require epic levels of funding from Congress and coordination, both within the government and in partnership with industry.
Emerging Tech
FCC Releases First U.S. Mobile Broadband Map
The map, which shows where the four largest mobile carriers offer voice and data services, is a step toward improving the accuracy of high-speed internet access data.
Policy
Senate Legislation Would Improve Data Collection on Cybercrimes
The Better Cybercrime Metrics Act would bring comprehensive metrics to the impact of cybercrime on Americans.
Digital Government
Biden to Nominate former HUD Official to Lead Federal Procurement Office
If confirmed, Biniam Gebre would play a leading role in administering the administration’s ambitious management plans.
Cybersecurity
NIST Updates Cyber Resiliency Guide to Account for Increasingly Sophisticated Threats
Public feedback on the more than 200-page document will be considered in the near future.
Cybersecurity
CISA Stands Up Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative
The effort includes partnerships with several major tech companies.
Cybersecurity
Report Draws Attention to Vulnerabilities in Commercial-Off-the-Shelf Products
Commercial products bought without modification are largely exempt from government acquisition regulations, including the Defense Department’s emerging certification program.
Digital Government
New OPM Director Committed to 'Rebuilding' the HR Agency, Federal Workforce
Ahuja says she wants the agency to reassert itself in helping departments governmentwide become model 21st century employers.
Digital Government
National Labs Move to Support Researchers Seeking Name Changes on Past Work
As part of broader inclusivity campaigns, the labs aim to relieve some burdens faced by transgender authors or others whose names have changed over their professions.
Artificial Intelligence
NSF Adds 11 New AI Research Institutes to Its Collaborative, Nationwide Network
Top thinkers across multiple sectors are set to jointly engage with the evolving technology.
Cybersecurity
Senate Homeland Security Committee Advances Workforce, Supply Chain Bills
Lawmakers look to grow an already lengthy to-do list at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Digital Government
Moms Spent the Equivalent of a Full-Time Job on Child Care Last Year — While Working at the Same Time
Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on how Americans split their time last year shows moms of young kids spent about eight hours a day on child care while spending six hours on average working.
Digital Government
Agencies Struggle to Implement Mass Testing for Unvaccinated Feds
The Biden administration is requiring at least weekly COVID-19 testing for the unvaccinated, but the White House has offered few details about how that will happen.
Emerging Tech
What One City Hopes to Learn by Pausing Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A ban in Baltimore would restrict the city from purchasing facial recognition technology and temporarily restrict use by city agencies, residents and businesses (but not the police).
Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers Propose OMB-Led AI Training Program for Government Buyers
The program would train procurement officials about artificial intelligence as a technology and its risks.
Artificial Intelligence
Senators Introduce Bill to Help Agencies Counter Deepfakes and Deceptive Media
The proposal would create a Department of Homeland Security-led task force to pinpoint technologies useful to trace content back to inception.
Ideas
What Is Section 230? An Expert on Internet Law and Regulation Explains the Legislation that Paved the Way for Facebook, Google and Twitter
The 1996 law passed while the internet was still embryonic and downright terrifying to some lawmakers for what it could unleash.
Cybersecurity
CISA Offers Vulnerability Disclosure Platform for Civilian Agencies
The platform will provide triage and administrative services while allowing CISA to monitor agencies’ progress resolving reports from security researchers.
Modernization
TMF Board Still Accepting Governmentwide Cyber Proposals
Agencies have submitted more projects since a huge infusion of cash and a relaxing of the payback model.
Digital Government