Artificial Intelligence
NOAA Partners with Google to Boost Weather Forecasts with AI
The roughly $10 million deal will also incorporate new hands-on training opportunities for both entities’ personnel.
Emerging Tech
NIST-Supported Quantum Consortium Launches Committee on National Security
The group will explore the on-the-rise technology’s implications within the crucial defense-driven realm.
Cybersecurity
NIST Needs Tech Providers Help Developing Zero-Trust Practice Guide
But the agency is vetting potential participants on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Digital Government
Census Pulls Back on Year-End Delivery Commitment, Pushes Decision to Career Staff
Rushing in an effort to truncate the data processing timeline has "some risks," bureau official admits.
Digital Government
'Nobody Knows What's Going On': Census Workers Decry Chaos as Trump Administration Challenges Court Order
Census enumerators say they have received inconsistent messages and workloads in recent days despite court order to keep count going.
Emerging Tech
Treasury to Experiment with Blockchain for Grants Management
After learning from other blockchain proof of concepts, officials will see if the technology can increase transparency into payment tracking.
Cybersecurity
Commerce Department to Bar TikTok, WeChat from U.S. App Stores
The Commerce Department announced a list of prohibitions meant to protect U.S. national security against the two Chinese-owned apps.
Cybersecurity
How Good Is Your Phishing Training? NIST Launched a Tool to Figure That Out.
Researchers are looking to pool more data from outside organizations to further refine it.
Emerging Tech
Steering Committee Named for NIST’s Quantum-Focused, Public-Private Consortium
The announcement also follows the group’s establishment of a new, more formal membership structure.
Artificial Intelligence
House Energy and Commerce Greenlights Bill to Explore AI, Blockchain Use for Consumer Safety
The proposed studies could pave the way for new legislation regulating the tech.
Digital Government
‘Invest in Yourself,’ Female Federal CISOs Tell Women Seeking Cyber Jobs
Three female federal chief information security officers discussed how women can advance their careers in the cybersecurity field at a Wednesday webinar.
Ideas
The World Needs American Leadership in Setting the Technological Standards of the Future
U.S. interests are missing or under-represented in key international standardization organizations.
Modernization
NIST Calls for Standards to Improve Forensic Capabilities in the Cloud
The agency has been highlighting gaps in cloud standards for almost a decade now and noted a conspicuous beneficiary of the status quo.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Defenders
In this ebook, Nextgov talks to top cyber-focused officials about the programs that aim to secure federal information and networks.
Cybersecurity
Commerce Expands Restrictions on Huawei
The department's Bureau of Industry and Security added another 38 Huawei affiliates to its Entity List.
Cybersecurity
NTIA to Host Proof-of-Concept Summit in Software Transparency Effort
More agencies are starting to ask suppliers for a software bill of materials in building a foundation for better, faster cybersecurity.
Policy
Senate Panel Advances TikTok Ban for Feds, More Transparency on Agency Leaders
Top federal officials would see positions and salaries posted monthly.
Artificial Intelligence
Commerce to Ban U.S. Business Involvement with Forced Labor, Detention Camps in China
A new rule will deny most export licenses to 11 companies implicated in human rights violations of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China.
Modernization
How USPTO Avoided the Strains of Pandemic-Forced Mass Telework
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe shared new details about the agency's increased productivity.
Cybersecurity