Tag: Nextgov

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Daily news – February 2, 2022 a.m.

AFGHANISTAN - NONSTATE ARMED ACTORS Nonstate threats in the Taliban’s Afghanistan. Joshua T. White, Brookings: While Afghanistan’s new Taliban leadership has been preoccupied with the...

Daily news – February 1, 2022 a.m. (1)

CYBER-SECURITY - DIGITAL TRANSITION - TECHNOLOGY USA. Frank Konkel, Nextgov: The federal government’s tendency to over-classify data is harming national security and “erodes the basic trust...

Daily news – January 29, 2022 a.m.

GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Normandia process e gli obiettivi di Russia e Ucraina. Vladimir Socor per The Jamestown Foundation: On January 26, in Paris, senior political...

Daily news – January 27, 2022 a.m.

GEOPOLITICS & WORLDS Sulla crisi russo-ucraina. Tracy Wilkinson per Los Angeles Times: U.S. refuses to budge on Ukraine in response to Russian demands - Politico:...

New FITARA Grades Show Agencies Failing to Transition Off Legacy Networking Services (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

Fifteen of 24 agencies graded in the 12th biannual scorecard measuring implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act received an F on shifting to...

Think Twice Before Scanning That QR Code, FBI Warns (Shourjya Mookerjee, Nextgov)

Quick response, or QR, codes have taken off since the start of the pandemic, giving governments and businesses a fast, contactless way to pass...

Connolly, Issa launch IT modernization caucus (Natalie Alms, Nextgov)

Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) are launching a new, bipartisan IT modernization caucus on Thursday, meant to "bring awareness to governments'...

CISA Releases Finalized IPv6 Guidance for Agencies (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday published guidance meant to provide federal agencies with security considerations regarding Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 implementations as they...

Marine Corps, CGI Enter $34 Million Contract To Update Inventory Tracking System (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

IT consulting firm CGI was awarded a new contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to help expand the military branch’s software integration platform to...

Data is the Fuel of Digital Transformation, Officials Say (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

Harnessing the information hidden within the federal government’s truly vast stores of data is one of the biggest challenges in pursuing digital transformation. Panelists during...

5G is ‘Going Live’ at Tyndall Air Force Base (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Nodes enabling Verizon’s 5G ultra wideband coverage are going live at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, Nextgov confirmed this week, marking a key step in...

Airlines Ask For ‘Immediate Intervention’ in 5G Deployment, Citing Safety Issues (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

The row between telecommunications giants Verizon and AT&T and several federal entities continued this week after an airlines advocacy group asked the Biden administration...

Agency Digital Modernization Efforts Hinge on Data, Customer Experience Efforts (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

Digital modernization goals across various federal agencies for 2022 hinge on leadership understanding the individual agency missions to improve customer experience, according to several...

Impressed by 2022’s Record Research Budget? Wait ‘Til Next Year, DOD Undersecretary Says (Patrick Tucker, Nextgov)

Next year’s Defense Department request for research and engineering funds will likely top this year’s record $112 billion appropriation, thanks to lawmakers who say they’re on...