Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have introduced a bill that would create a public database to help track voluntary reports of artificial intelligence-related security and safety incidents to help
Defense Secretary and 2019 Wash100 award winner Mark Esper said approximately 4K U.S. troops have been placed on alert in response to recent actions by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Wall
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Jake Taylor, assistant director for quantum information science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, discussed several developments in the field of quantum computing in 2019 and one of those
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The Department of Homeland Security published in December a privacy impact assessment for the sharing of immigration-related data with the U.S. Census Bureau during the 2020 population count.
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The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service will include in the initial refresh of its consolidated Multiple Awards Schedule a contracting ban on companies with ties to Chinese technology firms ZTE and
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A Department of Commerce report has found an increase in technology transfer efforts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Telecommunications and Information
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Jason Gray, chief information officer of the Department of Education, said the department intends to secure its endpoint devices and consolidate some of its cloud platforms in 2020, Federal Times reported Tuesday.
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A Federal Reserve study says the U.S. government’s use of import tariffs resulted in higher prices and job losses in the U.S. manufacturing sector, MarketWatch reported Sunday.
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The Department of Homeland Security’s office of the chief procurement officer has begun its search for a new director of acquisition policy and legislation branch.
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Russia’s defense ministry said the country has fielded its first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles, Reuters reported Saturday. Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s defense minister, informed President Vladimir Putin of the deployment of the Avangard system,
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The Office of Personnel Management has proposed a rule that allows agencies to hire former federal personnel who have acquired higher-level skillsets and appoint them without competition to roles at any grade level
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