Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Satellites That Can Dodge Incoming Fire
As China and Russia move to weaponize space, the U.S. military is working to give its constellations a “fighting chance.”
Cybersecurity
DOJ Indicts Former Intel Officer For Helping Iran Hack Her Colleagues
Monica Witt, a former Air Force officer and intelligence community contractor, also allegedly disclosed information about a sensitive Pentagon program, according to Justice Department officials.
Digital Government
GSA, NGA Expand Space-Based Data Offerings
Agencies now have more options when purchasing geospatial data and analytics off GSA’s IT Schedule 70.
Artificial Intelligence
America’s Misbegotten Cyber Strategy
The Trump administration’s National Cyber Strategy rests on a pair of convenient fictions.
Podcasts
Critical Update: 3 Major Programs to Watch in 2019
To wrap season two, we run down three programs with high stakes for the agencies in play, as well as the rest of government.
Emerging Tech
Will Space Force Boost Already-Rising Spending on Satellites?
Defense execs see increased sales as Pentagon upgrades orbiting gear to fend off attacks.
Artificial Intelligence
AI, Deepfakes and the Other Tech Threats That Vex Intel Leaders
Top U.S. intelligence officials had a lot to say about tech at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing.
Cybersecurity
Patriot Act updates lurk for Congress
The upcoming expiration of a handful of key provisions in the Patriot Act at the end of the year could set up another battle in Congress over the size and scope of U.S. surveillance authorities.
Modernization
New intel strategy stresses data collection, cyber threats
A new U.S. strategy document calls for the U.S. intelligence community to boost cyber threat intelligence sharing and augment data collection and analysis capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence
National Intelligence Strategy Warns of Technological Threats to U.S.
Disruptive technologies will democratize capabilities previously available only to nation-states with plenty of resources.
Artificial Intelligence
Former Google Chief to Chair Government Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group
Eric Schmidt will join 14 other tech experts on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence
U.S. Spies Want to Know How to Identify Compromised AI
The intelligence community's research arm wants to be able to tell if someone is tampering with training data.
Digital Government
NGA Announces New Director
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will have a new director come February.
Digital Government
Your Favorite Stories of 2018
Nextgov readers have great taste and according to our most-read stories of 2018, that includes a hankering for the administration's major tech policies and a touch of scandal.
Cybersecurity
Senate passes bill to establish governmentwide supply chain council
New legislation would establish an interagency council with broad authority to develop rules of the road for federal supply chain security.
Artificial Intelligence
IARPA Is Trying Keep Adversaries From Corrupting AI Tools
Could cyber adversaries be training the government’s artificial intelligence tools to fail?
Modernization
Intel Agencies Lack 'Adequate Tech' for FOIA Requests
A recently published inspector general report shows a more coordinated technology approach could help intelligence agencies fulfill Freedom of Information Act inquiries in a timely manner.
Cybersecurity
With elections over, CISA focus shifts to risk management center
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen signaled that her newly minted cybersecurity agency will shift its focus to a number of longer term initiatives around risk and supply chain.
Emerging Tech
Intel Community is Developing a More Spy-Proof Room
The intelligence community’s research arm is upgrading SCIF security to protect against threats from personal devices and sensors.
Digital Government
By Spring, Government Aims to Halve 600,000 Security Clearance Backlog
The government is working to reduce its security clearance backlog.
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