Tag: USA

US to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden has ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs. The move on...
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US warship sails through Taiwan Strait, first since Biden-Xi meet (Al Jazeera)

A US destroyer has sailed through the waterway separating Taiwan and China, the United States Navy said, the first such passage since leaders from...
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NSA, CISA Say Industry Should Use Attestation Technology to Secure 5G Environments (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

Cloud service providers and mobile operating networks should implement technology to avert cascading impacts from compromised applications by monitoring access controls to the “containers”...
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GAO: Cultivating a Data-Centric Culture Can Help Recruit, Retain a Digitally-Savvy Workforce (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

The growth and development of tech talent within the public sector is stagnating, requiring advanced training and support for government employees to stay competitive...
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Senators Have More Than 900 Ideas To Fix America’s Security (Jacqueline Feldscher, Nextgov)

Senators have submitted more than 900 amendments to the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Bill in efforts to improve the nation’s security—and, in some cases, to...
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Pentagon Officials Rethinking Cyber’s Role in National Defense Strategy (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

Those who believe that cybersecurity should occupy a more central role in national defense should keep their eyes open for the release of the...
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The State of the Federal Tech Workforce (Nextgov)

For decades, federal agencies have struggled to meet their missions with existing technical talent, and those challenges have been exacerbated in recent years with...
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Ukraine Wants More Exercises, Training with US (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

The frozen conflict between Russia and Ukraine has entered a dangerous new phase, according to Ukrainian officials. More Russian troops and arms have been sent to...
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On Deadline Day, 90% of US Feds Are COVID-Vaxxed (Eric Katz, Defense One)

About 90% of the federal workforce is vaccinated against COVID-19, the Biden administration announced on the deadline day for the more than 3.5 million...
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How the infrastructure law funds — and mandates — AI and automated tech (Kate Kaye, Protocol)

Now that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has been signed into law, billions of dollars will flow toward an array of technologies intended...
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Online shopping scams are rampant. Are Washington’s fixes enough? (Issie Lapowsky, Protocol)

The pandemic has been prime time for online scammers. Since January of last year, Americans have lost more than half a billion dollars to...
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Cloud wars: Four tech giants vow to take the military into the cloud (Tom Krazit, Protocol)

At some point in the near future, many years after it was first thought to be a good idea, the U.S. Department of Defense...
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The infrastructure law just gave a boost to controversial driver-monitoring AI tech companies (Kate Kaye, Protocol)

Tech vendors including Affectiva and Visteon call it "interior sensing." The European Commission will make it mandatory in cars, vans, trucks and buses next...
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Will the annual defense authorization bill get passed this year? (Leo Shane III, Joe Gould, Defense News)

If Congress is going to pass the annual defense authorization bill for a 61st consecutive year — and that’s a big if — it’s going to...
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Biden eyes Strategic Petroleum Reserves crude oil release in coming days (Ben Lefebvre, Politico)

The Biden administration is expected to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in coordination with other nations in the coming days in a...
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Going, Going, Gone? To Stay Competitive in Biopharmaceuticals, America Must Learn From Its Semiconductor Mistakes (Stephen Ezell, ITIF)

America has lost 70 percent of its semiconductor manufacturing capacity over the last three decades. That serves as a harsh lesson for policymakers: Failing...
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