Tag: USA

USA – What DOD’s Cyber Certification Program Reveals About Info-Sharing Challenges (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Information Technology Industry Council is arguing that the foundation of U.S. cybersecurity policy—information sharing between organizations—presents a security threat that is too costly...

USA – Critical Update: Inside NASA’s Digital Transformation (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

NASA is known largely for its aeronautics efforts, conducting important Earth science and exploring the cosmos, but one of its key tech efforts of...

USA – DISA Updates Strategic Tech Priorities Through 2022 (Mila Jasper. Nextgov)

The Defense Information Systems Agency released the first annual refresh for its strategic plan outlining a vision for the agency through 2022, including a new technology...

USA – NPS Officials Share Fresh Details on Forthcoming Self-Driving Shuttle Pilot (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

In its recently unveiled, first-ever autonomous vehicle pilot set to unfold at Yellowstone National Park in May, the National Park Service has an eye on the...

USA – NASA’s Ready for Companies to Put Its ‘Robo-Glove’ to Use (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center designed, produced and patented a lightweight, tech-boosted, robotic handwear device—the Robo-Glove—that enables users to grip or grasp tools or perform...

USA – Internal Documents Detail Who VA Will Vaccinate First (Eric Katz, Nextgov)

The federal agency that will likely receive the largest distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses plans to quickly inoculate some employees upon first receiving the vaccine,...

TURKEY/USA – After Biden win, Turkey’s Erdogan focuses on domestic reform, being global peacemaker (Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Al Arabiya)

This handout picture taken and released on August 24, 2016 shows US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Erdogan (R) speaking at...

USA – Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation (Al Jazeera)

Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the...

USA/UAE – US Congress to vote on F-35 sale to UAE: Republican senator (Al Jazeera)

A leading Republican ally of President Donald Trump has predicted the United States Congress will not block the sale of advanced F-35 fights jets...

USA/GCC – Jared Kushner takes on Qatar blockade in Middle East ‘swan song’ (Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera)

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and senior adviser to United States President Donald Trump, has travelled to the Gulf in the waning days of the...

USA – America needs a COVID-19 Commission (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/12/01/america-needs-a-covid-19-commission/

USA – Building resilient rural places: Strategies from local leaders to strengthen rural assets, diversity, and dynamism (Hanna Love and Mike Powe, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/multi-chapter-report/building-resilient-rural-places-strategies-from-local-leaders-to-strengthen-rural-assets-diversity-and-dynamism/

USA – Reviving nuclear arms control under Biden (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/01/reviving-nuclear-arms-control-under-biden/

DATA/TECH – Lawmakers Want Data to Decide the Future of America’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the House would form an Energy Secretary-led, $10 million grant program to support local governments, electric utility companies, universities...

DEFENSE – DOD Needs Simulations to Shorten Acquisition Timelines, Official Says (Mila Jasper, Nextgov)

Members of the defense industry working on modeling and simulation should focus on building tools that can be used across multiple different functions in...

USA – House Dems Want to Know If Political Appointees Are Becoming Career Civil Servants (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

Twenty-four leading House Democrats are requesting 61 agency chiefs report on whether any of President Trump’s political appointees have or will be making their...