The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting feedback on a new draft roadmap released Wednesday to implement the U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET). […]

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Thursday released its inaugural Vision for the Intelligence Community (IC) Information Environment: An IT Roadmap. […]

In its first-ever departmentwide Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan released this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted eight strategic priority research areas that DHS will foster over the next seven fiscal years – including AI and cybersecurity. […]

The Defense Department (DoD) recently picked 11 projects as part of a new program to bridge the “valley of death” for military technology. […]

Adoption of emerging technologies does not happen overnight, and needs to be accompanied by critical steps including fostering a culture of innovation, said Sanjay Koyani, chief technology officer at the Department of Labor, who talked about his agency’s emerging tech progress on Jan. 19. […]

The Chips and Science Act is accelerating the work of a new Washington, D.C.-area quantum research consortium that is trying to create and operate a quantum network as a regional test bed, the body’s executive director said on Jan. 18. […]

In pursuit of their primary mission, innovators at Federal agencies must seek new ways to leverage technology. And in a post-COVID world, public health IT experts are assessing how technology can augment human workers when healthcare workers are in short supply. […]

The U.S. Department of State established a new office charged with understanding the critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world and its integral part of the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy. […]

The Federal government remains largely unprepared to implement “accelerating technology trends most likely to cause disruption over the next 18 to 24 months,” a new report from Deloitte says. […]

For some Americans, their refrigerator recording them sneaking into the kitchen for – yet another – midnight snack, or their air fryer catching hushed voices in an intimate conversation might be a dealbreaker for a relationship with a smart device. […]

Two Defense Department (DoD) organizations are partnering to improve global weather sensing applications by contracting for industry development of ground, air, and space-based technologies, according to a press release from Oct. 26. […]

The Department of Energy (DoE) announced $39 million in funding for projects to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required to power America’s clean energy future, according to a press release published Oct. 27. […]

Blockchain technologies face challenges, but a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) offers a range of policy recommendations that could help enhance the benefits and mitigate challenges posed by the use of those technologies.  […]

Once upon a time – before the tenures of most of its members began – Congress had inside help in understanding tech-related issues before members were asked to vote on legislation that could prove crucial to their further development. […]

Advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) hold great promise to boost economic prosperity, but academic leaders warned this week that the technologies also are reshaping growth and distributional dynamics in ways that can increase economic inequality. […]

The Department of Labor (DOL) is continuing to experiment with new and emerging technologies by testing out standards for privacy and security on a smaller scale before mass implementation. As a part of this effort, the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has established an Innovation Incubator to ensure the adoption of game-changing technology is fully operationalized, said Krista Kinnard, chief of Emerging Technologies at the OCIO for DOL, during an FCW webinar on September 14. […]

Tomorrow’s troops will draw on biotechnology and brain-computer interfaces, augmented reality headsets and adaptive camouflage, and other tools barely dreamt of by today’s soldiers. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) continues to look broadly across the swath of technologies critical to supporting the Army today and in the future, according to ARL officials on September 8 at a Defense One webinar.  […]

Bicameral, bipartisan legislation introduced by four lawmakers this week aims to create international security standards with American allies for emerging technology research such as AI and quantum science. […]