Cybersecurity
Senators Want Dumber Tech For Energy Grid Cybersecurity
A bill to study retro approaches to preventing and mitigating the effects of cyberattacks is advancing in the Senate.
Modernization
5G Preemption Is Coming
The streamlined broadband deployment the FCC is contemplating will lessen local control without making rural build-outs more likely.
Emerging Tech
Utilities Are Paying Their Customers to Buy Electric Vehicles
The transport sector may be the only major new source of electricity demand for developed economies.
Policy
Congress Kicks Off Discussions About Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
There were frictions over issues involving funding and environmental permitting in a hearing on Thursday.
Cybersecurity
Justice Launches Cyber Task Force
The task force will examine cyber efforts to undermine elections and critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
What a Pentagon Report from the Year 2000 Got Right About Cyber War
Many of the issues that concern cyber strategists today were already clear at the turn of the century.
Cybersecurity
DHS: We Can Vet Election Cyber Systems in All 50 States
Some states remain wary of asking for federal election security help, but the ice is thawing, a Homeland Security official said.
Digital Government
AT&T Wants to Keep an Eye on Our Bridges
Infrastructure meets the internet of things.
Emerging Tech
Half of Puerto Rico Still Doesn’t Have Power—104 Days After Hurricane Maria
Data on the extent of the outage has been hard to come by.
Cybersecurity
Election Cyber Coordinating Council to be Finalized Next Year
State and federal officials met with election industry leaders to launch the council.
Cybersecurity