Digital Government
What makes hackathons work
Steve Kelman share recent research on how successful hackathon teams turn out functioning products.
Ideas
Why Open-Source Tech Holds the Key to Modernization
As “avoid vendor lock-in” eclipses “do more with less,” open source offers freedom to tailor mission-specific solutions and cherry-pick right-sized applications.
Cybersecurity
How a software bill of materials can help solve our supply chain woes
As the software equivalent of a list of ingredients seen on food labels, an SBOM would reveal the provenance of direct and indirect dependencies contained in a particular piece of software.
Cybersecurity
Advisory Details How to Defend Container Tech from Crypto Miners
Old fashioned data theft is still the main reason adversaries are targeting a popular open-source application management system.
Cybersecurity
CISA Considering Open-Source Registrar Platform For .Gov Domain
The agency is looking for support services to help manage the .gov registry as it takes control of the top-level domain from GSA.
Ideas
Mars Helicopter Continues to Soar with Open-Source Software
One of the truly amazing things about Ingenuity is that it’s built from commercially available hardware parts and runs on free, open-source software.
Ideas
Modernizing Container Security Is Essential to Secure Application Development
Most traditional security tools agencies rely on aren’t designed to effectively show what’s going on inside of a container.
Artificial Intelligence
How State’s Disinformation-Fighting Arm Uses Artificial Intelligence
A federal team is curbing disruptive online activities with innovative technologies.
Digital Government
Google wins decade-old software case against Oracle
The Supreme Court ruled that Google was within its rights to copy and repurpose 11,500 lines of Java software code in the Android mobile operating system.
Ideas
Program Lets Users Design Their Own Quantum Computers
This is the first time that most people will be able to “touch” quantum computing.
Emerging Tech
VA Launches New Platform to Send Veterans Personalized Notifications
Open-source software—developed abroad—supports a new tool that allows the agency to send confirmations and other details through email or text.
Emerging Tech
DARPA, Linux Foundation Partner to Advance 5G
A new agreement will create an open-source software ecosystem to support government technology research and development.
Emerging Tech
NTIA, Pentagon Move to Tackle 5G Interoperability Complexities
The aim would be to accelerate the production of an “open 5G stack ecosystem.”
Emerging Tech
DOD Has Promising Tech. Now It’s Time to Scale It Up, Officials Say
The department needs to move certain tech from incubation to operation.
Emerging Tech
Energy Wants Software Sophisticated Enough to Run on Exascale Supercomputers
The agency is offering up to $32 million for open-source chemical sciences-centered codes.
Ideas
The Chinese MSS Is Attacking Us with Our Own Tools
Here’s how to get ahead of the adversary with integrated cyber defenses.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Connected to China Have Compromised U.S. Government Systems, CISA says
Using publicly disclosed code and vulnerabilities, attackers appear to be winning a crucial race against defenders.
Cybersecurity
CISA Warns of Vulnerabilities in Popular Domain Name System Software
Security advisories note attackers could remotely exploit flaws to cause a denial of service.
Emerging Tech
Open-Source Project Aims to Broaden Access to Early Alerts for Earthquakes
Using internet of things devices and open-source standards, developers and citizen scientists can help monitor earthquake activity, deliver alerts in moments of risk—and more.
Cybersecurity
NTIA to Host Proof-of-Concept Summit in Software Transparency Effort
More agencies are starting to ask suppliers for a software bill of materials in building a foundation for better, faster cybersecurity.
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