Artificial Intelligence
USPTO Works to Modernize Patent Processing with AI
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office widened its developer talent pool with open source coding challenges and an international presence.
Cybersecurity
NIST Identifies 4 Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithms
Federal researchers are one step closer to protecting U.S. data from quantum computing decryption capabilities.
Digital Government
Updated Digital Forensics Database Speeds Criminal Investigations
NIST’s expanded, more searchable database will help law enforcement find incriminating data in electronic media.
Emerging Tech
New Supercomputers Take Over NOAA’s Weather Forecast Models
The twin supercomputers, developed and operated by General Dynamics Information Technology, are among the 50 fastest supercomputers in the world.
Policy
Government Leaders: Export Controls, Public-Private Partnerships Key To Safeguarding U.S. Tech Development
Reps. Jim Himes and Brad Wenstrup joined Commerce Undersecretary Alan Estevez talking about the national security implications hinging on the U.S.’s leadership in emerging tech innovation.
Policy
Bipartisan House Reps. Call for Renewal of Tariff Moratorium on Digital Goods
As leaders convene for the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Conference, Congress asked U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to renew the moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmission.
Artificial Intelligence
Patent and Trademark Office Aims to Partner With AI, Emerging Tech Stakeholders
The partnership builds on years of previous innovation efforts in various tech fields.
Cybersecurity
DOD Recommends NIST Align Frameworks for Cybersecurity Risk Management
An effort to update the framework for securing critical infrastructure from cyberattack is coming face to face with issues that have plagued the Commerce agency from the beginning.
Cybersecurity
Why Commerce Went Against Microsoft on Rule to Control Cyber Exploits
The rule aims to prevent certain countries—most notably China—from receiving U.S. exports that could advance their intrusion and surveillance technology.
Cybersecurity
CISA, DOD Report Gaps for Agencies Assessing 5G Security Risks
Agency officials identified a lack of guiding standards for determining and mitigating risk from certain implementations of the technology and advised agencies to proceed with caution, employing penetration tests accordingly.
Modernization
Biden Administration Launches New Component To Internet Expansion
The Internet for All program utilizes funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to deploy internet connectivity nationwide.
Emerging Tech
NIST Report Documents Success In Commerce’s Technology Transfer Initiative
A new report showcases how three federal agencies submitted technology research—like patents and papers—that can have a mainstream impact.
Emerging Tech
NIST, Commerce Launch Emergency Response Training Center with Virtual Reality
The Public Safety Immersive Test Center will combine virtual reality technologies with more tactile simulations to improve emergency responses.
Cybersecurity
Federal Agencies Likely to Get New Cybersecurity Guidance ‘In Coming Weeks’
New top-level guidance—and requirements—are coming for managing software security risk at federal agencies
Cybersecurity
NIST’s Supply-Chain Security Guidance Tells Agencies: Look to FedRAMP First
The agency has spent years revising guidance for organizations to address vulnerabilities presented by vendors of software and other enterprise suppliers.
Emerging Tech
NIST is Building a 5G Network to Model Cybersecurity for Operators
Comments are due June 27 on an associated draft special publication.
Policy
Cryptocurrency Legislation Would Empower Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The bipartisan bill introduces more government oversight in crypto markets.
Cybersecurity
NIST Official: Revised Cybersecurity Supply-Chain Guidance Imminent
The software Industry wants agencies to show their ‘use’ of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which it says should be mapped to the revised supply chain guidance.
Cybersecurity
Telecom Group Wants NIST to Map Performance Goals to the Cybersecurity Framework
But, in general, the industry wants NIST to avoid making any changes at all to the choose-your-own-adventure document that has guided risk management and U.S. cybersecurity policy for almost a decade.
Digital Government