Ideas
Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution a Silver Lining?
Dramatic disruptions like the coronavirus pandemic can lead to permanent shifts in how we work.
Modernization
Lawmaker Presses FCC to Expand Internet Access for Low-Income Communities
California Rep. Doris Matsui doesn’t want those who lose jobs during the coronavirus outbreak to lose internet connectivity.
Ideas
Dark Web, Not Dark Alley: Why Drug Sellers See the Internet as a Lucrative Safe Haven
First, it's safer than dealing in person.
Cybersecurity
3 Essential Steps to Help Ensure Data Protection in the Mobile Workforce
Federal agencies can protect their most valuable assets by taking security measures at multiple touchpoints.
Modernization
OMB to Agencies: Time to Finish IPv6 Transition
Before the end of fiscal 2021, agencies will need to have a plan in place to hit 80% IPv6-only systems by 2025.
Ideas
Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks
Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.
Modernization
Frustrated by Flawed Broadband Maps, States Are Trying to Create Their Own
The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband maps underestimate the number of households that lack internet service. State agencies are trying to gather better data.
Cybersecurity
CISA Director Makes Case for Subpoena Power over Internet Service Providers
A key lawmaker pointed to concerns over privacy if the agency could request who’s behind internet addresses.
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.
Emerging Tech
FCC Approves $20 Billion Rural Broadband Funding Plan
While proponents heralded the fund as a major step to close the "rural digital divide," Democrats on the commission warned that many areas that need internet won't get help.
Digital Government
House Democrats Unveil New $760 Billion Infrastructure Plan
The 19-page proposal recommends tapping existing federal programs to funnel money to infrastructure projects.
Modernization
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Map Correlation Between Maternal Mortality and the Digital Divide
The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would add a maternal mortality overlay to connectivity maps produced by the FCC.
Policy
As Putin Schemes to Extend His Reign, Expect New Forms of Internet Repression
Russia under a president-for-life will likely grow more insular and less open to Western influence.
Digital Government
Russia Plans to Cut Off Some Internet Access Next Week
The Dec. 23 test aims to evaluate a system meant to control traffic, veil hackers, and quash dissent.
Emerging Tech
Laser-Linked Satellites Could Deliver 'Internet from Space'
Such a network could potentially reach remote and underserved areas.
Ideas
Our Predictions About the Internet Are Probably Wrong
It’s easy to forget how unforeseeable the “unforeseeable” really is
Ideas
Democratic Candidates Need to Learn to Play the Long Game on Broadband
Putting monopoly-style regulations from the 1930s on the competitive broadband sector won't work.
Modernization
Agriculture Funds More than $1 Billion in Projects to Boost Rural Infrastructure
The broadband and electric investments aim to benefit more than 1.5 million businesses and residents.
Modernization
VA Stands Up Private, Virtual Exam Rooms to Bring Telehealth to Rural Communities
The agency is collaborating with corporate partners to provide veterans with comfortable, private spaces to have video appointments with their VA providers, much closer to home.
Ideas
5 Milestones that Created the Internet, 50 Years After the First Network Message
Will 2019 events become a turning point for the internet?
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