But it’s not yet open warfare. | Continue reading
Google Public Sector aims to accelerate digital transformation across government. | Continue reading
Nextgov was pre-briefed by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity on a soon-to-be-released, broad agency announcement that might one day help combat disinformation campaigns and human trafficking. | Continue reading
The new definition allows industry more flexibility to decide what should trigger reporting mandates for the sector. | Continue reading
In response to the growing number of SIM hijacking incidents, federal law enforcement is cracking down on perpetrators. | Continue reading
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday issued its first major update to its telework guide in a decade. | Continue reading
NSA awarded the contract to Amazon Web Services in July. | Continue reading
A bipartisan proposal would also clarify that the government ultimately owns the data collected by federal contractors and their artificial intelligence systems. | Continue reading
The biometric tech will be used to help employees manage physical and mental health in high-stress mission areas. | Continue reading
Next-gen systems like it are expected to drive unprecedented innovation. | Continue reading
Common sense includes an intuitive understanding of basic physics – something computers lack. | Continue reading
Multiple updates to the rules and avenues for reporting critical pandemic-related capacity information left hospitals confused, overwhelmed and unable to comply. | Continue reading
A key senator introduced a bill containing one of the more controversial recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. | Continue reading
The proposal would create a Department of Homeland Security-led task force to pinpoint technologies useful to trace content back to inception. | Continue reading
Satellites can’t directly observe the underground facility, but analysis of its surroundings yields a progress report. | Continue reading
The vehicle is the first of its kind. | Continue reading
Their inquiry comes as speculation about the virus’ origins continues to swirl. | Continue reading
This emerging technology will make it possible to determine how many occupants are present behind a wall or barrier. | Continue reading
The agency’s Digital Forensics Unit wants to “tame the cybersecurity research into measured, repeatable, consistent digital forensics processes.” | Continue reading
A federal team is curbing disruptive online activities with innovative technologies. | Continue reading
The FCC is in the early stages of investigating how audio and video streaming platforms would participate in the Emergency Alert System. | Continue reading
The new Enterprise Development, Operations Services contract will include developing new systems and improving the efficiency of existing applications. | Continue reading
The department still urgently needs an enterprise cloud and indicates it may consider other options. | Continue reading
We should build security into the foundation of programs. | Continue reading
Almost 600 human volunteers participated in a recent technology evaluation. | Continue reading
Intelligence and military researchers want to merge facial recognition with other biometric methods to identify people from long distances and steep angles | Continue reading
The legislators’ probe follows reports that U.S.-built technology is underpinning the mass surveillance of Uighurs and others. | Continue reading
Machine learning is helping decipher outright conspiracy theories. | Continue reading
The agency has awarded a contract to bring foundational cloud services from multiple cloud service providers into the intelligence community. | Continue reading
Major supercomputing players—both old and new—made it onto the latest Top500 list. | Continue reading
The algorithm is part of an effort to eventually establish a machine-brain interface. | Continue reading
The agency intends to figure out whether specific locations can be distinguished using sound-based machine learning methods. | Continue reading
It accompanies the release of a new report highlighting key areas to focus quantum research. | Continue reading
The legislation would establish an Energy Department-led “research, development and demonstration program.” | Continue reading
Using publicly disclosed code and vulnerabilities, attackers appear to be winning a crucial race against defenders. | Continue reading
A new report from Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., calls for increased funding and stronger federal leadership on artificial intelligence development. | Continue reading
The Small Business Administration’s Certify website—built by a team from the U.S. Digital Service—was doomed by poor oversight and failure to abide by federal IT policies, says inspector general. | Continue reading
Rep. Stephen Lynch seeks commitments from the tech giants to be more transparent about applications on their stores. | Continue reading
China is ramping up illegal activity to subvert the U.S. during the pandemic, according to FBI Director Chris Wray. | Continue reading
If passed, federal agencies would not be able to run, fund, purchase or otherwise use data from facial biometric systems without congressional authorization. | Continue reading
The Comply-to-Connect program ensures devices connecting to military networks have baseline security without needing to install endpoint management apps. | Continue reading
Daily coding interview questions. Full programming interview prep course. Software interview prep made easy. | Continue reading
As part of the Underminer program, General Electric’s innovation arm is perfecting a soft robot to boost battlefield operations. | Continue reading
If passed, the legislation would mandate Commerce to conduct four in-depth surveys. | Continue reading
The material shields wearers from chemical and biological agents and could pave the way to smart uniforms for troops and first responders. | Continue reading
Microsoft responds by blasting Amazon Web Services for trying to force a do-over for the multibillion-dollar cloud contract. | Continue reading
The system collects data from hospitals, local public health departments, pharmacies and more to give researchers and officials a view of how diseases spread across the country. | Continue reading
Without the waiver, Inteliquent would be subject to “significant cost increases” that would prevent the companies from offering free teleconference services. | Continue reading