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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.
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HHS Aims to Accelerate Technologies for Combatting Lyme Disease
The often-overlooked illness radically disrupts hundreds of thousands of lives each year.
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FAA Names Five Host Airports to Test Counter-Drone Tech
The ultimate aim is to create national airport standards for drone detection and mitigation.
Cybersecurity
Scammers Posing as Border Patrol Agents Are Attempting to Swindle Banking Info
The Homeland Security Department warns it never solicits money over the phone.
IT Modernization
Remote Work and Hack Mitigation Show Need for IT Modernization Funding, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Ro Khanna detailed efforts to ensure agencies have resources for legally mandated updates.
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Veterans Affairs Department Expands 5G Footprint to Miami
The agency’s latest next-generation wireless network was recently deployed by T-Mobile.
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National Lab Creates Technology to Detect Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
High performance computing systems are increasingly at risk.
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Army Outfits Paratroopers with Wearables to Gauge Stress
It’s all part of collaborative research leveraging military-centered, biometric data.
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NASA Releases First Sounds Recorded on Mars’ Surface
The audio was collected via the Perseverance rover.
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Pentagon Pursues 5G Applications for Space
A new document details military considerations regarding future means to transport data.
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Army Launches Autonomous Vehicle Tests in Maryland
Researchers aim to better understand how the self-moving machines respond to real-world challenges.
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Federal Agencies Respond to the Severe Arctic Blast
Millions are without power due to the extreme freeze.
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How NSF and Amazon Are Collectively Tackling Artificial Intelligence-Based Bias
An agency official shared an update on the Program on Fairness in AI.
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DOD’s Smart Warehouse-Enabling 5G Network is Officially In the Works
An initial demonstration should occur this summer, an official said.
Data
CDO Council Outlines Fresh Plans for New Year
The nascent group shared details via its first report to Congress—and on a new public website.
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Lawmakers Want the U.S. to Enable Increased Use of IoT Devices
The Internet of Things Readiness Act calls for comprehensive, Federal Communications Commission-steered studies.
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Treasury Bureau to Outfit Onsite Employees with Contact-Tracing Wearables
The goal is to proactively prevent COVID-19 outbreaks within its facilities.
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A Cloud-Connected, AI-Enabling Commercial Computer is Heading to the International Space Station
It will underpin an array of spaceborne research.
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U.S. Military Turns to New Supercomputers to Push the Limits of Weather Forecasting
Built by HPE, the tool is housed at Oak Ridge National Lab.
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