President Donald Trump recently suggested there is “tremendous fraud” in government welfare programs. Although there’s very little evidence to back up his claim, he’s hardly…
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As we head into 2020, there’s little doubt that the organizations across the globe and the US Federal government has become increasingly reliant upon the…
President Trump’s top point person on agency management and federal personnel policy is stepping down next month after a nearly three-year tenure that saw mixed…
Federal agencies urge entities to take countermeasures to seven variants of malware associated with North Korea—or Hidden Cobra, as U.S. officials refer to it in…
Future recruits of the Marine Corps Flight Officer Program—including people who’ve never considered such a career path before—could soon gain a cutting-edge, front-seat view of…
The wave of technological change that has transformed almost every aspect of American society is also forcing the intelligence community to change. The U.S. is…
Two Democratic senators want to stop the federal government from using facial recognition technology until Congress passes legislation to properly regulate it—and they’ve produced their…
Citizen groups could help improve access to plentiful, clean water and possibly avoid water-related crises, according to new research. Researchers studied the water quality monitoring…
At a time when China’s investment in research and development is growing, the Trump administration wants to rein spending in. The Defense Department’s 2021 budget…
A lot went right during a recent attempt to reach the International Space Station. A lot went wrong too. The rocket launched just before sunrise on a…
After an F-22 Raptor nearly collided with a cheap drone in 2017, the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command received permission to shoot down unmanned…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from moving forward with its massive cloud program while a lawsuit from Amazon Web Services, or AWS,…
Come March 11 the Congressionally chartered Cyberspace Solarium Commission will issue an estimated 75 recommendations—including to streamline Congressional oversight and for industry to provide incident…
The Justice Department raised eyebrows on Monday when it unveiled charges against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for hacking into the credit-reporting agency Equifax and…
Federal agencies have been migrating data and workloads to the cloud for over a decade now, but the ever-changing technology landscape can make it difficult…
The Labor Department is joining the General Services Administration’s Centers of Excellence program in a bid to modernize and automate the department’s procurement process. The…
The Air Force has awarded Google’s cloud business a $2 million contract it hopes will ultimately provide its tens of thousands of airmen more secure,…
Ransomware is evolving to target the industrial control systems that manage operational technology used in electric utilities and sewage treatment plants, cybersecurity firm Dragos says…
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST—reconstituted by executive order in October—held its first working meeting Monday, outlining its near-term focus…
AFWERX, the Air Force’s nascent innovation-accelerating startup, will soon roll out four separate challenge activities to expedite tech-driven solutions that will transcend planet Earth. The…