Cybersecurity
The Market for Voting Machines Is Broken. This Company Has Thrived in It.
Half the country votes on machines made by ES&S. Many experts and election officials say the manufacturer remains dominant because there’s little government regulation and almost no oversight.
Modernization
First Small Business Gets Cleared to Accept Task Orders on GSA’s $50B Telecom Contract
The first of three small businesses on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract got its authority to operate, giving agencies an option outside the big telecom offerors.
Emerging Tech
How the Government Helped Google Reach Quantum Supremacy
Insiders from both the tech giant and the government detailed how the breakthrough was made possible through public-private collaboration.
Ideas
The Not-Com Bubble Is Popping
The unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000.
Policy
Privacy Bill Could Put Dishonest Tech Execs Behind Bars
The Mind Your Own Business Act would expand FTC authorities and introduce comprehensive new protections for consumers’ personal data.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Receives 2,000 Comments on Vendor Cyber Certification Program
The next iteration of the framework will be released in early November, according to Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord.
Cybersecurity
Industry Wants More Legal Cover for Sharing Supply Chain Threats
Sharing potential threats are critical for ensuring companies avoid shady vendors, but under current laws, firms that do so could wind up in court.
Ideas
Putting IP Fears to Rest
The government does not need to own the intellectual property for every acquisition.
Modernization
Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan
What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us.
Cybersecurity
CISA Official Offers Details into China-Led Attacks of U.S. Managed Service Providers
As technology advances, so do the complexities of the cyber threats targeting the nation.
Emerging Tech
New Tech Promises to Stop Drones from Overflying Stadiums — and Find the People Flying Them
Raytheon says its products helped police nab four flying drones over an outdoor concert.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon is Standing Up a Nonprofit to Assess Vendor Cybersecurity
The organization would be responsible for running the department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
Cybersecurity
New Tech Aims to Tell Pilots When Their Plane Has Been Hacked
Raytheon is pitching a product to detect cyber intrusions into aircraft, drones and even missiles.
Emerging Tech
NASA Hands Elon Musk a Reality Check
A shared effort to deliver NASA astronauts to space recently got a little awkward.
Ideas
What's at Stake in Trump's War on Huawei: Control of the Global Computer-Chip Industry
It's not just about 5G.
Ideas
The Case for Commercial Solutions in Government
The applications an agency is looking for are very likely already on the market, cost-effective and field-proven.
Cybersecurity
Report: Cyber Criminals Target More Firms in Search of Bigger Paydays
Tech, telecom and professional services companies are the most popular targets for nefarious online actors, according to researchers at CrowdStrike.
Digital Government
Tech Companies Are Quietly Phasing Out a Major Privacy Safeguard
More and more companies are failing to issue transparency reports to tell consumers how much of their information governments have demanded.
Emerging Tech
Big Tech Bulks Up Its Anti-Extremism Group. But Will It Do More than Talk?
Facebook and others launched GIFCT to stop violent groups from exploiting online platforms.
Ideas