Artificial Intelligence
NIST Wants Help Assessing China’s Influence on Emerging Technology Standards
The agency wants insight into how the nation might engage in international standardization activities for artificial intelligence and quantum information science.
Cybersecurity
DISA Releases Initial Zero Trust Reference Architecture
The architecture will help the military “maintain information superiority on the digital battlefield,” according to the press release.
Cybersecurity
Progressive Lawmakers Praise Biden’s Plan for Cybersecurity Labels
Reviews are in on the administration’s long-awaited executive order following several major hacking campaigns.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Response Bill Advances in Senate
The legislation includes a fund to help impacted organizations pay for remediation efforts.
Digital Government
Senate Panel Advances Measures to Reskill Feds, Ban Their TikTok Use
OPM would oversee an agency-led effort to get federal workers into new jobs.
Policy
Billions of Federal Dollars to Close Broadband Gaps are About to Start Flowing
The FCC has launched a program that provides $50 subsidies to help households pay internet bills and also approved rules for a $7 billion fund for libraries and schools.
Cybersecurity
Biden Issues Executive Order to Bolster Nation’s Cybersecurity
The administration calls for a standardized federal playbook and review board for incident response, as well as changes to software procurement.
Cybersecurity
Federal Agencies Say ‘No Evidence’ Hackers Affected Colonial’s Operational Technology
A leading GOP lawmaker is pressuring CISA to release data on the agency’s pipeline cybersecurity initiative.
Policy
Senate Committee Clashes over Sweeping Election Reform Bill
Lawmakers failed to advance the For the People Act out of committee, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to bring the bill to the floor anyhow.
Policy
Online, Mug Shots Are Forever. Some States Want to Change That.
People are innocent until proven guilty, but the public release of mug shots taken at the time of arrest can become a barrier to housing, employment and personal relationships.
Cybersecurity
Energy Department Leading White House Interagency Response to Pipeline Attack
The hack highlights jurisdictional issues on pipeline cybersecurity.
Digital Government
Federal Tech-Focused Officials Are on the Move
Both new and familiar faces are taking on information technology-aligned positions.
Digital Government
A Year from the Start of the Women’s Recession, 2 Million Women Are Still Out of the Workforce
About 165,000 women left the workforce in April as the economic recovery sputters. Unemployment rates continue to be higher for women of color.
Modernization
Lawmakers Say It’s Past Time OMB Issued IDEA Act Guidance
After two years in limbo and a pandemic forcing more adoption of digital services, House lawmakers want to see real guidance issued in the next 45 days.
Digital Government
Feds Offer Tips for Standing Up Customer Experience Offices
The first step is listening to stakeholders.
Digital Government
3 Companies Settle Over Millions of Fake Comments on FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback
Broadband companies funded an effort responsible for 8.5 million fraudulent comments supporting the repeal, according to a New York attorney general report.
Digital Government
White House Seeks Ideas on How Agencies Can Deliver Services More Equitably
The Biden administration wants to know its blindspots and biases in operating federal programs.
Emerging Tech
TSA Wants New Ideas to Speed Up Checkpoints
The agency is looking for established technologies that could eliminate physical pat-downs and shoe removals.
Digital Government