Data
How Census Is Building a Citizenship Database Covering Everyone Living in the U.S.
By March 2021, the bureau plans to release anonymized statistics while keeping the raw data on individuals' citizenship status confidential.
Emerging Tech
Trump Administration Wants to Know What COVID-19 Tech From China Should Be Exempt From Tariffs
The administration has already lifted tariffs on 200 medical-care products from China in response to the coronavirus outbreak but wants to know what more is needed.
Cybersecurity
NIST Offers 8 Ways Agencies Can Use Its Cybersecurity Framework
One approach involves getting a better sense of potential contractors’ cybersecurity posture.
CIO Briefing
NIST Works on the Industries of the Future in Buildings from the Past
The standards agency updated lawmakers on its artificial intelligence and quantum computing efforts and it’s $775 million deferred maintenance backlog.
Cybersecurity
Solarium Cyber Report Recommends New Government Structures, Major Policy Overhauls
Nonpartisan group recommends a new bureau to track cybersecurity metrics across government and the private sector.
Data
Census Advocates Spread the Word on New Online Forms
March letters will kick off the decennial count.
Emerging Tech
NOAA Launches New Strategy to Streamline and Advance Its AI-Driven Efforts
The agency outlined its goals to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence across the enterprise.
Emerging Tech
NOAA Launches Supercomputing Upgrade to Beef Up Weather Forecasts
The agency is replacing existing systems with two new, more powerful Cray computers.
Data
NIST Expects to Create Privacy Guidelines for Smaller Organizations
National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Walter Copan offered insights in how the agency’s privacy framework came together and its future.
Data
One-Third of U.S. Residents Suspicious of Census, Survey Finds
As the political stakes become clearer, more states are trying to motivate residents to participate in the census this spring.
Emerging Tech
NOAA to Use Microsoft AI to Advance Protection of Endangered Species
The technology will help researchers determine ice seals from rocks and free up scientists from data notation.
Data
One Month Out, Watchdog Warns About Census IT and Cybersecurity Challenges
The Census Bureau this month switched the internet response system that respondents will use to complete the 2020 census questionnaire. The last-minute change worries the Government Accountability Office.
Cybersecurity
President’s Budget Would Axe NIST Program Meant to Help Small Businesses with Cybersecurity
Other agencies and departments would receive significant funding increases for cyber.
Emerging Tech
CBP Is Upgrading to a New Facial Recognition Algorithm in March
The agency also signed an agreement with NIST to test the algorithm and its operational environment for accuracy and potential biases.
Data
The Census Already Started in Alaska. Native Translators Are Working to Prevent Undercount Repeat.
Across the country, tribal and non-English speaking communities are creating guidance and messages in a variety of languages to encourage Census 2020 participation.
CIO Briefing
Republican-Backed Bill Aims to Address Climate Change and Boost America’s Technological Competitiveness
The 232-page bill proposes to double basic research funding over the next decade.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Financial-Sector Agencies’ Policies for Sharing Cyber Threats Inconsistent
Respondents describe barriers ranging from a lack of resources to intelligence agencies’ classification decisions.
Cybersecurity
Telecom, Software Industry Groups Push Back on Commerce’s Proposed Supply Chain Rule
One group suggested the proposed rule to ban U.S. entities from buying information technology from foreign adversaries could be illegal.
IT Modernization
NIST to Update Online iEdison Tool for Reporting Federally-Funded Inventions
The National Institutes of Health managed the original platform since 1995.
Data
NOAA Contracts With 3 Major Cloud Providers on Big Data Project
More than four years after starting the Big Data Project, NOAA signs with three cloud companies to provide free access to its wealth of data.
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