Tag: Nextgov

Air Force Commits Millions for Wearables to Counteract Troops’ Exhaustion (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

The Air Force Research Laboratory aims to produce and deploy technology-boosted accessories that can continuously monitor individuals’ stress and fatigue in real-time—and wearable devices...

Successful DevSecOps Starts With Trust, Government Experts Say (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

The software development lifecycle begins the moment a person has a bright idea about a new application. If the developer trusts that security professionals...

Big Tech Anxious About Commerce Plan to Secure Supply Chains from Foreign Influence (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Information Technology Industry Council is uneasy with language in a Commerce Department proposal for securing supply chains that suggests a need to conduct...

Air Force Expands AI Training With Simulated Battle Plans (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

The Air Force aims to further expand its artificial intelligence training operations with fresh research that helps streamline battle decisions by simulating various scenarios. Air...

The Pentagon’s Cloud War is (Finally) Nearing Conclusion (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

The Defense Department began 2021 notifying Congress that it could abandon its years-long Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract should litigation continue to delay its execution. In July,...

Biden Administration Made Major Customer Experience Moves in 2021 (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

Federal agencies continued making progress improving customer experience in 2021, achieving record high scores in Forrester’s annual U.S. Federal Customer Experience Index. Those ratings took place...

Defense Logistics Agency Enlists ‘Citizen Developers’ to Grow its RPA Bot Army (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Robotic process automation is making waves across the Defense Logistics Agency, as program leaders and employees alike are turning to—and building—bots to complete tedious...

White House AI Initiative Launches Public Research Support Tools (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

A new section of resources intended for artificial intelligence researchers was launched last Friday by the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, with a goal...

How Open Data and Open-Source Approaches Can Help Federal Agencies Save Time and Lives (Howard Levenson, Nextgov)

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the urgent need for federal agencies to enhance data access to save time, money and lives. The...

AI Workforce Training Bill Clears Senate (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to pass the AI Training Act on Saturday, a bipartisan bill aimed at equipping executive and federal agencies with...

Can Biden Deliver Better ‘Customer Experience’ for Americans Than His Predecessors? (John Kamensky, Nextgov)

The Biden Administration has announced a new “Customer Experience and Service Delivery” initiative, promising some pretty specific and measurable actions, not just high-minded rhetoric. ...

U.S., Australian Law Enforcement Enter Into Partnership Against Cybercrimes (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

U.S. federal law enforcement has partnered with Australian officials to better investigate crimes like terrorism, ransomware attacks and child sexual abuse, primarily through electronic...

Senate Confirms John Sherman as Pentagon’s Tech Chief (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed John Sherman to serve as the Defense Department’s permanent chief information officer. When he’s sworn in, the long-time national security-...

DISA’s milCloud 2.0 to Sunset in Summer 2022 (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

The Pentagon’s information technology arm confirmed plans to cease the use of its milCloud 2.0 cloud service in 2022, marking the impending end to...

Cyber Workforce Bill Clears Senate (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

A bill that would allocate more government resources to strengthen the federal cybersecurity workforce advanced through the Senate on Wednesday. The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program...

Data Broker Sales To Law Enforcement Violate Fourth Amendment, Senator Argues (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reiterated his stance on the corporate sale of consumer data on Tuesday, where he argued that brokering American’s data is...