Cybersecurity
Company That Used Russian Coders for Pentagon Project Strikes Deal
The subcontractor that hired the coders signed a non-prosecution deal to end a criminal investigation.
Emerging Tech
Drones On Leashes, Kamikaze Drones, Information Bombs Top Pentagon’s Counterterrorism Wishlist
Expect to see these technologies in a grey-zone battlefield in the not-too-distant future.
Digital Government
Defense Department Appoints Acting CIO
The department taps its chief cybersecurity officer to lead the CIO shop.
Policy
Policy Opens the Door for Smartphone Use in Classified Settings
Mobile devices will still be banned from facilities where highly classified information is shared.
Cybersecurity
GAO Asks: Exactly How Does CYBERCOM Help After Cyberattacks?
The Pentagon failed to describe how it’s training to support civil authorities when a major cyber strike comes, the watchdog agency said.
Digital Government
More Than 200 US Diplomats, Civil Servants and Servicewomen Say They’ve Been Harassed at Work
An open letter titled #metoonatsec accuses their industry of systemic discrimination and harassment.
Cybersecurity
Russia Will Build Its Own Internet Directory, Citing US Information Warfare
Moscow’s independent DNS may help it ward off cyber attacks — or mount its own.
Artificial Intelligence
A Breakthrough in Soft Robot Muscles, Funded by the Military
Future military robots may come in softer, more cuddly, and stranger forms.
Artificial Intelligence
Russia to the United Nations: Don’t Try to Stop Us From Building Killer Robots
UN efforts to limit or regulate military AI may be failing before they even begin.
Ideas
Russia Used Social Media to Weaponize American Free Will. Here’s What to Do About It.
The tech, policy and national security communities need to come together to stop disinformation campaigns.
Ideas
What Artificial Intelligence in Hands of Adversaries Means for Cyber Defense
Governments and businesses need to prepare for the cyberattacks AI can make more effective.
Emerging Tech
The Government Wants A Handheld Synthetic Drug Detector
NIST and DARPA are looking for pre-market products that can identify synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Digital Government
Industry Weighs In on Pentagon’s Cloud Adoption Plan
First, avoid vendor lock-in, the industry group said.
Modernization
Amazon Web Services Announces Secret Cloud Region For CIA
The company is able to host government data in the cloud at unclassified, sensitive, secret and top secret classification levels.
Policy
IT Modernization Bill Heads to President
Congress passes the Modernizing Government Technology Act as part of the defense authorization bill.
Digital Government
Bid Protests Decline in 2017
Contractors filed fewer contract protests for the first time since 2013.
Policy
Majority of Feds Want to Ban All Foreign Anti-Virus Software from Government Systems
Defense employees are more bullish on a foreign AV ban than civilian feds.
Policy
Congress May Be Making the Pentagon Amazon's Next Big Customer
Though lawmakers revised the so-called "Amazon amendment," only a small number of companies could provide the government with an e-commerce site.
Digital Government
The Pentagon’s Spending Data Doesn’t Add Up
The DATA Act was supposed to create financial transparency, but a watchdog found plenty of inaccuracies.
Digital Government