Cybersecurity
Key Defense Supplier Hit by Ransomware
The hackers also allegedly stole sensitive documents from Visser Precision, which makes parts for Lockheed, Boeing, and SpaceX.
Emerging Tech
Energy’s Undersecretary for Science Provides Update on Forthcoming Quantum Research Centers
Final applications are due in April.
Emerging Tech
Will Flying Cars Help the US Beat China? The Air Force Hopes So.
Service officials say giving American manufacturers first-mover advantage is just as important as the military benefits of vertical-lift buses.
Policy
Taxing Internet Ads Could Raise Lots of Money, but Doubts Persist
Maryland could be the first in the nation to tax online ads.
Digital Government
Industry Offers Quick Fixes For Major Pain Points In Security Clearance Process
The background investigations backlog and wait times are down, but contractors still see hurdles in getting people cleared for sensitive work.
Digital Government
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.
Cybersecurity
MITRE Piloting Evaluations to Validate Cybersecurity Firms’ Protection Claims
The group will assess which firms can best detect and defend from adversaries that target banking transfers and ATMs.
Emerging Tech
VA Reveals Industry Partners for First 5G-Enabled Hospital
Through early adoption, the Veterans Affairs Department aims to help the entire health care industry visualize, access and co-develop 5G’s full potential.
Ideas
Coronavirus Is a Data Time Bomb
It will be a long time before we understand what the outbreak did to the global economy.
Ideas
How to Fast-Track Next-Gen Cybersecurity Tools from Government Labs
Startup foundries can help transform government ideas for public protection.
Ideas
Hackers Could Shut Down Satellites—or Turn Them into Weapons
On the mundane end of scale, hackers could simply shut satellites down.
Modernization
Federal Contracting Community Shreds FBO Replacement Site in Letter to GSA
“If this had the same notoriety as Healthcare.gov, people would have been fired.”
Modernization
NASA Will Only Tolerate So Much Danger
An investigation into what really went wrong with Boeing's last space mission turned up serious issues.
Ideas
Encryption and a New Paradigm for Security’s Data-Centric Future
ITAR’s new encryption carve-out paves the way for secure and private collaboration.
Modernization
Amazon Seeks Trump Testimony About Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Contract
Amazon Web Services also wants to hear from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and asked for White House communications in its case against the Defense Department.
Emerging Tech
The Night Sky Will Never Be the Same
Elon Musk’s plan for worldwide internet has sent bright artificial, lights streaking through the dark.
Cybersecurity
ODNI Plans to Share More About Cyber Threats Under New Counterintelligence Strategy
The strategy requires the intelligence community to think of the private sector as consumers of its threat information.
Digital Government
GSA Praised for Progress on Contracting Schedule Consolidation
Compared to a 2015 merger, “phase two [of the current process] far exceeds the expectations,” said one observer.
Modernization
Air Force Taps Google for IT Security Assessment
The move is part of the service’s push for an Enterprise IT-as-a-Service environment.
Cybersecurity