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Patience Wait
Contributor, Nextgov
Patience Wait is a freelance contributor to Nextgov and a member of the Tech Writers Bureau where she concentrates on writing about the public sector's high-tech issues and programs. She has won awards for her government and technology reporting over her long career, including a Jesse H. Neal Award for best news coverage in 2004.
Emerging Tech
New Computer Vision Model Tackles Improved Wildfire Prevention
The model uses satellite imagery to identify areas at risk of wildfires before they actually happen.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
OMB Memo Places Zero Trust at the Top of Civilian Agency Priorities
The memorandum sets up budget expectations for previously established cyber goals.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
White House-cited Standard Would Bolster National Electronics Security
Protecting the supply chain is about more than ensuring semiconductor inventories, some argue.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
Security Alerts: Not All Vulnerabilities Are Created Equal
For industries without a heavy IT expertise, responding to the myriad vulnerability advisories released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is a daunting task.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
Russian Disinformation: All Bot But No Bite?
Bots targeting the U.S. slowed their anti-vax campaigns while accelerating pro-Russia messaging, which doesn’t stick as well in the West.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Russian Invasion Highlights Growing Importance of Open Source Intelligence
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the practice’s real-time value.
- By Patience Wait
Artificial Intelligence
Using AI, ML Will Help the Government Tackle Climate Change, Experts Say
Artificial intelligence can help scientists better forecast the impacts of climate change across numerous arenas.
- By Patience Wait
Digital Government
DHS Data Use Evolving and Improving, Officials Say
Chief data officers are having a major impact.
- By Patience Wait
Digital Government
Information Warfare is Moving Beyond Nation States
Mis- and disinformation ecosystems extend beyond the usual bad state actors.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Data is the Fuel of Digital Transformation, Officials Say
Federal officials shared how they're tackling digital transformation.
- By Patience Wait
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Modernization
Digital Transformation Goes Nowhere Without Vision, NASA Official Says
The space agency has major plans to transform its operations.
- By Patience Wait
Modernization
Successful DevSecOps Starts With Trust, Government Experts Say
The pandemic forced new ways of thinking in government software development.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Let’s Talk About 6G Policies, Panel Says
6G policies may be important in protecting Democracy.
- By Patience Wait
Digital Government
Policy Makers Discuss Appropriate U.S. and U.K. Response to Online Disinformation
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd weighed in.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Next National Defense Strategy Should Address Hybrid Warfare, Experts Say
Embracing innovative technology and more data sharing with allies should be part of the coming strategy, accordingto former Defense officials.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
Feds Step Up Cybersecurity Support for State Governments
Forty-two advisers have been appointed or are in the process, with eight states still needing federal-level coordinators.
- By Patience Wait
Cybersecurity
SOC Leaders and Employees Aren’t on the Same Page
Lack of shared recognition of problems increases the pain, according to a new survey.
- By Patience Wait
Modernization
Dev[SecAudCom]Ops—Not Really, But Don’t Overlook Audit and Compliance as Part of Security
The acronym for integrating security and agile development cycles may have gotten out of hand, officials say, but the core values are key to producing good software.
- By Patience Wait
Emerging Tech
Using the Hard Lessons of the Pandemic to Shape the Government's Bioeconomy Policies
A rethinking the government’s approach to the various bioscientific fields may be necessary, experts argue.
- By Patience Wait