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Patience Wait
Contributor, Nextgov

Patience Wait is a freelance contributor to Nextgov and a member of the Tech Writers Bureau where she concentrates on writing about the public sector's high-tech issues and programs. She has won awards for her government and technology reporting over her long career, including a Jesse H. Neal Award for best news coverage in 2004.
Cybersecurity
Russian Disinformation: All Bot But No Bite?
Bots targeting the U.S. slowed their anti-vax campaigns while accelerating pro-Russia messaging, which doesn’t stick as well in the West.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Russian Invasion Highlights Growing Importance of Open Source Intelligence
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the practice’s real-time value.
- By Patience Wait
CXO Briefing
Using AI, ML Will Help the Government Tackle Climate Change, Experts Say
Artificial intelligence can help scientists better forecast the impacts of climate change across numerous arenas.
- By Patience Wait
CXO Briefing
DHS Data Use Evolving and Improving, Officials Say
Chief data officers are having a major impact.
- By Patience Wait
CXO Briefing
Information Warfare is Moving Beyond Nation States
Mis- and disinformation ecosystems extend beyond the usual bad state actors.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Data is the Fuel of Digital Transformation, Officials Say
Federal officials shared how they're tackling digital transformation.
- By Patience Wait
IT Modernization
Digital Transformation Goes Nowhere Without Vision, NASA Official Says
The space agency has major plans to transform its operations.
- By Patience Wait
IT Modernization
Successful DevSecOps Starts With Trust, Government Experts Say
The pandemic forced new ways of thinking in government software development.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Let’s Talk About 6G Policies, Panel Says
6G policies may be important in protecting Democracy.
- By Patience Wait
CXO Briefing
Policy Makers Discuss Appropriate U.S. and U.K. Response to Online Disinformation
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd weighed in.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Next National Defense Strategy Should Address Hybrid Warfare, Experts Say
Embracing innovative technology and more data sharing with allies should be part of the coming strategy, accordingto former Defense officials.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
Feds Step Up Cybersecurity Support for State Governments
Forty-two advisers have been appointed or are in the process, with eight states still needing federal-level coordinators.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
SOC Leaders and Employees Aren’t on the Same Page
Lack of shared recognition of problems increases the pain, according to a new survey.
- By Patience Wait
IT Modernization
Dev[SecAudCom]Ops—Not Really, But Don’t Overlook Audit and Compliance as Part of Security
The acronym for integrating security and agile development cycles may have gotten out of hand, officials say, but the core values are key to producing good software.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Using the Hard Lessons of the Pandemic to Shape the Government's Bioeconomy Policies
A rethinking the government’s approach to the various bioscientific fields may be necessary, experts argue.
- By Patience Wait
Policy
Economist Calls for Deeper Examination of AI’s Risks
Technological progress could come at a cost.
- By Patience Wait
Policy
Senate Hearing Tackles Harms Caused by Social Media Algorithms
Senators are pushing for more accountability from social media platforms over their algorithms.
- By Patience Wait
IT Modernization
What Lies Ahead for Federal IT Modernization
Industry is already making the tools many agencies need to modernize.
- By Patience Wait
CXO Briefing
Tech Holds the Key to Overlapping Climate, Conservation and Peacebuilding Goals
Satellite Imagery Can Empower Communities and NGOs worldwide.
- By Patience Wait
CXO Briefing
$75K Prize Competition Announced to Help Fight Disinformation on the Internet
The Aspen Institute is willing to shell out for the best ideas to fight dis- and misinformation.
- By Patience Wait