AI and automation can transform acquisition
Health and Human Services' BuySmarter initiative capitalizes on machine learning, robotic process automation and blockchain to access real-time information on departmentwide pricing.
A better way to track trade?
Customs and Border Protection is looking for more efficient ways to track goods coming into the United States, and blockchain could be part of the answer.
A smarter way to track campaign financing
With automation and a clever form of crowdsourcing, the Federal Election Commission has helped to finally break the Senate's paper habit.
USAID is making medical deliveries via drone a reality
The U.S. Agency for International Development is taking a new approach to the last leg of the supply chain.
Fortnite for first responders
The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment gives federal, state, local and tribal first responders a virtual collaborative training environment.
Speed, security and next-gen networks for DOD
The Defense Information Systems Agency has brought a software-defined environment to the backbone of the Department of Defense Information Network,
CBP tests augmented reality, blockchain to better protect intellectual property
Customs and Border Protection is using emerging tech to help agents ensure intellectual property rights.
9 Cities Selected as 2018 Bloomberg ‘Mayors Challenge’ Winners
Each of the cities, part of “a coast-to-coast civic-solutions laboratory,” will receive $1 million in funding.
The Tech Lessons of Westworld for Our World
COMMENTARY | I'm not worried about rampaging robots, I worry about speed.
Alerting Drivers That Emergency Vehicles Are Responding Nearby
A federal contract is testing a system that would alert drivers with the goal of avoiding collisions.
San Diego Looks at ‘Geofencing’ to Slow E-Scooters
Virtual perimeters could help improve safety.
GSA's AI-based tool reviews contracts
The Solicitation Review Tool will ensure solicitations posted on FedBizOpps comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Why you need a digital twin
These virtual models of physical products or processes can help government agencies operate more efficiently and at lower costs.
Congress, More Than a Dozen States Consider Legislation to Expand Broadband Access
Most efforts aimed at increasing spending, streamlining regulations.
IARPA: It's time for better computers
Future Computing Systems will feature new hardware and software architectures as well as intelligent environments that understand their own state, according to the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Local Energy Storage Is a Clever Infrastructure Innovation
Projects are already appearing in Massachusetts independent of the state’s grant program.
Can common sense be built into AI?
DARPA's Machine Common Sense program aims to help intelligent systems understand their world, communicate with people and learn from new experiences.
NASA seeks partners for urban air mobility challenge
To create safe and efficient air transport in cities, NASA plans a series of grand challenges aimed at developing urban air mobility.
Evolution is at work in computers as well as life sciences
Just as general intelligence evolved in biological life forms, that same process could be used to develop computerized intelligent systems.
A Long-Term Solution for Scooter Sharing
San Francisco’s scooters are back, and newly regulated. But is regulation enough to make them work in the long term?
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