Author Archive
Jessie Bur
Executive Editor, Nextgov/FCW
People
Nominations are open for the 2025 Fed100 awards
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2024.
- By Jessie Bur
Artificial Intelligence
The Rise of the Chief AI Officer
In the year since the White House required agencies to name a CAIO, the people holding those positions have been responsible for many efforts and innovations that draw on advances in artificial intelligence.
- By Jessie Bur
People
Rising Stars nominations extended until August 30
Nominations for the 2024 Rising Stars program are being extended to help showcase some of the best up-and-coming talent in government.
- By Jessie Bur
Artificial Intelligence
ACLU warns of free-speech risks in FEC oversight of AI-generated election ads
The civil liberties group expressed concern over a possible Federal Election Commission rulemaking that would call out content generated by artificial intelligence in the agency’s regulations on fraudulent misrepresentation.
- By Alexandra Kelley and Jessie Bur
People
Raylene Yung exits TMF
Jessie Posilkin, currently the Technology Modernization Fund's customer experience portfolio director, will take over as acting executive director until a permanent candidate is selected.
- By Frank Konkel and Jessie Bur
Podcasts
Critical Update: Gaming the (Solar) System
Advances in virtual reality and graphics processing have led NASA to partner with gamers on the path to preparing astronauts for a mission to Mars.
- By Jessie Bur
Podcasts
Critical Update: Where the Final Frontier Meets Your Front Door
NASA invents a lot of cool and cutting edge technology to make space exploration possible—tech that often ends up pretty close to home as well.
- By Jessie Bur
Emerging Tech
Webb Proves a Remarkable Technological Successor to Hubble
The first pictures NASA released from the James Webb Space Telescope demonstrate—in brilliant color—the advancements made in the technology.
- By Jessie Bur
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