Modernization
Your Streaming Binge Could Soon Be Interrupted by Emergency Alerts and Tests
The FCC is in the early stages of investigating how audio and video streaming platforms would participate in the Emergency Alert System.
Emerging Tech
Watchdog to Review How Postal Inspectors Handle Cryptocurrency
Digital currencies have already been seized by the law enforcement arm in previous investigations.
Ideas
Lessons From 30 Years of Government Reform Efforts
There’s much that newcomers to government should learn from the past.
Policy
Buttigieg Underscores Urgency of Transportation Infrastructure Investment
Republican lawmakers are skeptical of the scope of the Biden administration’s planned infrastructure package, which the president is expected to provide more details on next week.
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP Outlines Requirements for Using Containers
Container technology allows operability across operating systems and faster development but is a primary security concern for implementers.
Digital Government
Which Federal Agencies Are Giving Their Contractors Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?
Agencies are taking different approaches to inoculating their contract employees, even though—as one trade association executive put it—“The virus doesn’t care whether someone is wearing a blue government badge or green contractor badge.”
Cybersecurity
Director Says NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Authority ‘Rightly’ Limited
Gen. Paul Nakasone, who oversees both the intelligence agency and U.S. Cyber Command, stressed the need for greater visibility through private-sector information streams.
Digital Government
Democrats and Republicans United in Big Tech Frustration
But what to do with policies like Section 230 remains unclear.
Digital Government
Biden Commits to Investing ‘Closer to 2%’ of GDP in Science Research
The president referenced infrastructure, immigration, quantum computing and much more in his first formal press conference.
Digital Government
Biden Administration Issues New Guidance Instructing Agencies to Start Tracking Goals Again
White House reversed last-minute Trump policy to end the practice of developing and monitoring agency objectives.
Cybersecurity
Energy Launches Supply Chain Program As Watchdog Called for More Action
The Energy Department has been focused on securing the generation and transmission of power, but distribution processes are also increasingly vulnerable.
Emerging Tech
Republican Lawmakers Push for Billions in Boosts to Science Agency Budgets
Their re-introduced bill also calls for a national S&T strategy—and new requirements, including a supply chain-tracking database.
Ideas
People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago When They Tired of Them – and Paid a Price
If we have anything to learn from the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic, it is that a premature return to pre-pandemic life risks more cases and more deaths.
Digital Government
Senate Bill Would Force Companies to Safeguard Consumer Data
The bill outlines “reasonable” duties of care, loyalty and confidentiality for companies to follow or face fines.
Cybersecurity
New Software Vendor Standards Coming Within Weeks, CISA Head Says
The White House is leading an interagency effort focused on software development that will determine federal procurement of information technology.
Cybersecurity
CISA Will Use New Authority Over Internet Service Providers to Fight Ransomware, Official Says
Acting CISA Director Brandon Wales praised the government’s coordination absent a national cyber director.
Ideas
What Trump Got Wrong About Protecting GPS Users and America
The Global Positioning System has become the world’s most widely used tech utility.
Digital Government
At South by Southwest, DOT’s ‘Secretary Pete’ Points To Federal IT Priorities
He’d like to help make the 2020s ‘a turning point in the story of American transportation.’
Modernization
DISA’s Infrastructure as Code Partnerships Aim to Speed Up Defense Cloud Adoption
Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are working to create preconfigured templates for defense agencies.
Ideas