Ideas

Government Electric Vehicle Efforts Requires New Charging Infrastructure

Plans are being made for a national electric vehicle charging infrastructure, but for now, state and local governments are moving forward on their own.

Ideas

Tourism and the Metaverse: Towards a Widespread Use of Virtual Travel?

Although tourism in the metaverse will not be able to replace outdoor experiences, it can be used to promote sites that are not easily accessible or are ignored by tourists, who can discover them virtually.

Ideas

Cyber is a team sport–here's how the public and private sectors can play together

Cybersecurity is constantly evolving and it's often difficult for leaders to keep up with an evolving cyber threat landscape.

Ideas

Did More Than One Asteroid Wipe Out the Dinosaurs?

New evidence may suggest multiple asteroids hit the Earth 66 million years ago.

Ideas

As Global Threats Spiral, Companies Have a New Weapon: Military-Grade Intelligence

Throughout history, with few exceptions, only governments had the resources and assets to produce, collect and aggregate this type of information.

Ideas

You Don’t Have to Be a Spy to Violate the Espionage Act

Two law professors outline how the Act has been used in the past, and what it could mean for former president Trump.

Ideas

Science Skeptics Often Suffer From Overconfidence

People who know less about scientific topics tend to think they know more, according to a recent study.

Ideas

Improving CX through consistency

It only takes one bad interaction to sink an agency's brand and one good experience to establish a supporter.

Ideas

Faced with a Rise of Extremism within Its Ranks, the Military Has Clamped down on Racist Speech, Including Retweets and Likes

For civilians, free speech is protected by the First Amendment. Not so in the U.S. military, where the rise of political extremism has become a problem.

Artificial Intelligence

New Research Points to Hidden Vulnerabilities Within Machine Learning Systems

Agencies need to provide extra attention and security for machine learning and artificial intelligence-based systems, beyond the normal level of cybersecurity protection.

Ideas

New Photos Suggest How Trump, Flush with Power, May Have Sent Official Documents down the Toilet

Photos showing what appear to be torn-up documents in two different toilets may provide more evidence of the former president’s habit of destroying his presidential documents.

Ideas

Coding it Forward fellows share their stories

Two college students planning careers in tech told Steve Kelman why they chose to prioritize government service.

Emerging Tech

White House-cited Standard Would Bolster National Electronics Security

Protecting the supply chain is about more than ensuring semiconductor inventories, some argue.