A realistic first idea might not be as creative as an abstract second one, new research shows. “Evaluating creativity is difficult,” says Justin M. Berg,…
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Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory, Army Research Laboratory and Northwestern University are collecting and deciphering data from high energy x-rays beamed onto human skulls to…
The Technology Modernization Fund isn’t recovering administrative costs at a sustainable speed, according to a review by the Government Accountability Office. If current trends continue,…
It was supposed to be groundbreaking. When New York City’s task force to develop policy on algorithm technologies was introduced two years ago, it was praised…
A new approach could make it easier to train computer for “extreme classification problems” like speech translation and answering general questions, researchers say. The divide-and-conquer…
Enabling the business of federal agencies while ensuring security protection of agency and citizen information assets is uppermost on the minds of government CIOs. While…
The use of cloud computing is up among federal agencies, but agencies frequently skirt Office of Management and Budget requirements to ensure those cloud solutions…
My tween will never know the sound of me calling her name from another room after the phone rings. She’ll never sit on our kitchen…
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Congressional leaders said on Thursday they reached an agreement with the White House to fund all federal agencies through September, giving them a week to…
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to auction off the T-Band, a sliver of the spectrum set solely for public safety personnel across 11 dense…
TAMPA, Florida — As tomorrow’s elite soldiers work to persuade local populations to support them, they may be able to sense how their messages are…
“Dark patterns” meant to push people shopping online into spending more are startlingly common, according to a new study. The researchers found that dark patterns…
Americans could soon dial an easy-to-remember 3-digit number—988—to directly reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Federal Communications Commission approved a notice of proposed rulemaking…
Following a request from a top House Democrat, the Pentagon’s inspector general office said on Thursday it will review a recent $400 million border wall…
Since its inception in 2014, 18F—the General Services Administration’s in-house digital consultancy—has worked with agencies across government. Now, the team is focusing on a previously…
Drones are usually in the news for bad reasons, like controversial killings of suspected terrorists in the Middle East, bombings of Saudi oil facilities or…
The House of Representatives passed new legislation this week directing the Transportation Security Administration to launch a security-focused task force to investigate emerging and future…
The United States’ chief information officer expects federal agencies to scale up their promising IT modernization pilots and projects in 2020 and reap agencywide benefits…
The Defense Department’s impending cybersecurity certification requirement for all contractors has caused no shortage of concerns among small businesses worried about the cost. But the…