Emerging Tech
DOD Creates Office to Enhance Investments in Tech Vital to National Security
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital will work with private capital providers to “shape and scale investment in critical technologies.”
Policy
Recruiting Crisis? Not at Space Force
The youngest and smallest service says it pays to be both choosy and inclusive.
Policy
Proposed Rule Would Prioritize Patient Consent In Dealing With Mental Health Data
The rule could have significant ramifications across several health care fields.
Digital Government
Ukraine Tech Chief: Cloud Migration ‘Saved Ukrainian Government and Economy’
“Russian missiles can’t destroy the cloud,” Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation explained.
Policy
FCC’s Spectrum Sharing Proposal Draws Lawmaker Concerns
House Science Committee leaders urged the FCC’s commissioners to refrain from sharing the spectrum band used by NOAA with commercial wireless carriers.
Policy
Warner, Slotkin Ask Google to Correct Misleading Abortion Ads
The Democratic lawmakers followed up an earlier request asking for more information about the search engine’s ad labeling policies surrounding abortion access.
Policy
Transportation Needs to Share More Info on Connected Vehicle Strategy, Watchdog Says
The Department of Transportation is developing ways to use less spectrum in connected vehicles, following an FCC decision.
Policy
House modernization committee offers final recommendations
The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress passed its final seven recommendations ahead of the final month of the 117th Congress, among them a suggestion to continue its work as a permanent subcommittee.
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Digital Government
VA Has a Plan to Attract Workers Displaced by Widespread Tech Industry Layoffs
Amid a recent wave of layoffs across the technology sector, the VA is working to position itself as an enticing destination for unemployed tech workers.
Policy
Republicans preview push to block forthcoming IRS funding
The strategy could result in a new shutdown threat.
Policy
Trade groups urge Congress to pass digital identity bill
To make it to the President’s desk, the Improving Digital Identity Act would have to advance through a lame duck session alongside big-ticket to-do items like the annual defense policy and federal appropriations bills.
Policy
FCC Rule for Blocking Overseas Robocalls Receives Approval
The new requirements are scheduled to go into effect on Dec. 19.
Policy
The Only Certainty in Next Split Congress is Uncertainty, Experts Say
A uniquely divided Congress has few historical precedents.
Policy
Early Chief Innovation Officers Define the Role for Government
Though few agencies have the position, two of the government’s chief innovation officers see a need for every part of government to innovate.
Digital Government
What a Divided Government Could Mean for Tech Policy
Here’s what a split Congress might mean for tech, cybersecurity and governance.
Policy
Nothing’s decided yet, but we might be headed to a new era of divided government
The Senate is a toss-up and the House is leaning Republican.
Policy
Maloney introduces presidential records reform bill
Outgoing House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) has a new bill meant to beef up compliance with White House records requirements.
Policy
Wyden blasts wide, unfettered government access to passport files
The revelation comes from ongoing probes into a leak investigation at Customs and Border Protection from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Policy
What would a GOP takeover of the House mean for the Oversight Committee?
The chair-in-waiting for the once “sleepy” committee would like to investigate COVID-19’s origins, the Biden administration’s border policies and the president’s family members.
Cybersecurity
NDAA Negotiations Will Determine Success of Several Cyber Solarium Goals
Influence from major industry threatens once again to thwart lawmakers’ attempts to realize their policymaking goals through the annual defense authorization bill.
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