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Officials at the Interior Department informed employees this week that it will be curtailing the availability of telework beginning next month, although the plan is…
The Government Accountability Office urged Congress to protect America’s first responders from being booted from communicating on a sliver of the spectrum the Federal Communications…
Government agencies face a lot of uncertainty, especially after four government shutdowns and multiple continuing resolutions in the last decade alone. Amid these chronic uncertainties,…
Although a plurality of Washington, D.C., federal employees said their agencies have gotten more flexible in providing telework opportunities within the past two years, more…
The Trump administration, in pursuit of policies to reduce immigration and the numbers of asylum seekers, has removed or repackaged materials designed by previous administrations…
The White House released the finalized version of the administration’s cloud policy, Cloud Smart, 10 months to the day after the Office of Management and…
Recall last year when Hawaii’s cellphone users received a terrifying—but incorrect—warning about an incoming missile attack? New research shows that hackers could easily hijack the…
America today is increasingly defined by the overlapping divides of class and place. The country’s geography can be characterized as winner-take-all, with high-paying knowledge jobs disproportionately…
Tech entrepreneur Ross McNutt wants to spend three years recording human outdoor movements in a major U.S. city, KMOX news radio reports. If that sounds too…
One in three Americans do not support the government using facial recognition to boost security and speed at airports—but most do—according to a new study from…
Fifteen years after the Homeland Security Department awarded its first Small Business Innovation Research contract, the agency surpassed its 1,000th such award Friday. The DHS…
America is growing older as boomers edge closer to retirement age and natural births decrease, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.…
Three years after the release of the initial National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, the Trump administration issued an update Friday, bringing forward…
Sue Smrekar wishes she could be on Mars right now. Specifically, on Elysium Planitia, a smooth plain in the planet’s northern hemisphere, where a NASA…
Wednesday’s downing of a U.S. drone by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard exposes a weakness in U.S. operations. The United States has some of the world’s most…
On Tuesday, Google announced plans to invest $1 billion dollars in land and money to construct housing in the Bay Area over the next decade. The search…
A Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency task force has a tip for federal buyers: buy from trusted sources to avoid counterfeit tech. Made up of 40…
The Internal Revenue Service will make the most progress in combating identity theft and other cybersecurity threats by continuing its fruitful partnership with states and the private…
Federal agencies will have to do some extra due diligence before buying smart devices that can connect to the internet under legislation now before the…