Transportation
Senators call for Transportation to offer ‘accessible, mobile-friendly’ service animal form
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., called the paperwork that disabled Americans need to complete before traveling with their service animals “poorly designed and needlessly difficult to complete.”
DOT, SBA and others team up to attract new entrants to the federal market
A new interagency collaboration to promote opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses featured in the new infrastructure bill is "vital" to federal equity goals, officials said.
Feds prep $500M program for transportation tech
States and localities are among those eligible for the grants, which are aimed at funding projects focused on innovations like autonomous vehicles and roadside sensors.
DOD looks for answers on GPS data spoofing
The Defense Department is looking for technology solutions to obviate the growing threat of location data spoofing targeting satellite-based systems.
Can NTSB-style oversight work for cybersecurity?
President Joe Biden's new cybersecurity executive order calls for a safety review board to examine the attack against SolarWinds as well as other significant cybersecurity incidents moving forward.
FITARA grades mostly stable
Most agencies maintained their grades on the latest FITARA scorecard, but the new telecom category produced some failing marks.
Lawmakers probe telework's impact on federal jobs, hiring
Although the move to telework has presented challenges, agency officials told senators at a hearing emphasized the benefits in terms of hiring and productivity.
Sen. Hassan digs into agency IT plans
The push comes, the New Hampshire Democrat explained, because of technology weaknesses exposed in the federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NTIA backs Pentagon on Ligado 5G license
The Commerce Department is asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse a plan to permit a commercial 5G provider to set up shop in spectrum adjacent to the global positioning system.
COVID-19 shifts network priorities
Network infrastructure is a key to unlocking remote work in the new COVID environment, say agency CIOs.
Executive order looks to safeguard GPS infrastructure
Federal agencies are being tasked with developing guidance to protect signaling and spectrum capabilities that undergird GPS and other services.
Agencies look to 'low code' to speed development
Increasingly federal agencies are looking to easy-to-use "low code" development techniques to build public-facing apps.
DOT harnesses machine learning for regulations
The Department of Transportation is leveraging a machine learning-based dashboard to help agency employees navigate its ocean of rules and regulations.
DOT seeks data help
The Department of Transportation is looking for senior-level talent to reimagine and reconfigure how it manages, collects and presents key safety and regulatory data.
Bringing AI into the federal technology fold
Agencies are beginning to develop new capacity to incorporate emerging technologies for every use in data analysis.
DOT wants to preserve spectrum for connected vehicle apps
The Department of Transportation wants to keep the 5.9 GHz spectrum band reserved for connected vehicle technology, but the FCC has other plans.
Senate turns up a decade of federal cybersecurity failure
Some of the biggest civilian agencies have failed to act on internal cybersecurity audits dating back multiple years, a Senate report found.
U.S. geospatial data could flow to China via drones
Experts and public officials warned lawmakers at a Senate hearing of the risks in China's increasing dominance in low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles.
Connected-vehicle spectrum could be tapped for next gen Wi-Fi
The Federal Communications Commission wants to re-examine spectrum set aside for vehicle-to-vehicle communications to help speed next-generation Wi-Fi and 5G.
Transportation safety agency tees up regulations for driverless cars
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking at how to regulate self-driving cars.
The Hot New Thing in Dockless Electric Scooters: Docks
Cities are desperate to tame the sidewalk chaos of the e-scooter industry. As companies weigh dock options, one startup offers a solar-powered solution.
