Open Data/Transparency

National Institute of Standards and Technology, quantum computing, NIST

How industry is working to secure quantum computing

It might be the biggest thing in computing since the microprocessor. But quantum computing doesn’t come with guaranteed security. Among the challenges,…

Technology

As ransomware attacks evolve, agencies must find innovative ways to backup data

Commentary

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Checking in with the newly-confirmed director of the Energy Department’s innovation unit

Agency Oversight

FILE - People walk up the steps even though the National Archives is closed with the partial government shutdown Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The nominee to head the National Archives is set to face an abnormally contentious Senate confirmation hearing this week. President Joe Biden nominated Colleen Shogan to take over the nation's record-keeping agency last month. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

NARA preps agencies to move to new e-records system in early 2023

Open Data/Transparency

This undated aerial photo shows the Los Alamos National laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads. The contenders are the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. At stake are hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars in federal funding to either revamp existing buildings or construct new factories. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

How China takes American know-how and technology right from under our noses

Technology

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ISOO director to step down next summer

Open Data/Transparency

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Cyber security IT engineer working on protecting network against cyberattack from hackers on internet. Secure access for online privacy and personal data protection. Hands typing on keyboard and PCB

Survey: Half of federal chief data officers are unclear about responsibilities

Open Data/Transparency

People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

TSA to release ‘innovation doctrine’ for embracing new technologies and ideas

Technology

Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

Agency Oversight

Now, a modern way to share and use data generated by Congress

Technology

Traffic streaks past the U. S. National Archive headquarters building early in the morning, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. President Donald Trump announced last week he intendeds to allow the National Archive to release additional classified documents on the assassination of President John F. Kenney. (AP Photos/J. David Ake)

NARA looks to double down on email records approach with texts, other messages

Open Data/Transparency

Government Publishing Office resets with a new five-year strategy

A reskilled workforce and a continuing move towards a digital future are among the strategic imperatives laid out by the Government Publishing Office….

Technology

OMB looking for budgets that are data driven

Federal contracting expert Larry Allen says that’s fine in principle, but the whole idea rests on the notion that agencies have high quality data to support…

Contracting

Justice Department appeals a case that found Air Force culpable in Texas church mass shooting

Air Force

The Air Force had not put the shooter’s criminal history into the FBI’s background check system, allowing him to purchase the rifle with which he murdered 25 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in 2017.

Open Data/Transparency

How industry is working to secure quantum computing

As ransomware attacks evolve, agencies must find innovative ways to backup data

Checking in with the newly-confirmed director of the Energy Department’s innovation unit

NARA preps agencies to move to new e-records system in early 2023

How China takes American know-how and technology right from under our noses

ISOO director to step down next summer

Survey: Half of federal chief data officers are unclear about responsibilities

TSA to release ‘innovation doctrine’ for embracing new technologies and ideas

Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

Now, a modern way to share and use data generated by Congress

NARA looks to double down on email records approach with texts, other messages

Government Publishing Office resets with a new five-year strategy

OMB looking for budgets that are data driven

Justice Department appeals a case that found Air Force culpable in Texas church mass shooting

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