How the Infrastructure Proposal Would Fund Roads, Bridges and Public Transit
The proposal puts $150 billion in new funding toward surface transportation and transit, but won’t close the backlog in maintenance and capital costs.
What the evolution of AI/ML means for government IT
The easy accessibility of cloud-native artificial intelligence and machine learning allows agencies to quickly design, test and deploy complex service solutions.
Senate Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Infrastructure Package
The proposal has cleared a key procedural vote, which will allow it to advance.
Defending IT infrastructure with analytics
The multicloud CyLab environment will develop, test and deploy AI-based analytic tools and software to counter existing and emerging threats.
COVID cloud data fuels virus studies
Data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative, a cloud-based repository of COVID-19 data, is fueling studies about the virus.
US needs combat cloud to bolster warfighting collaboration
With an enterprise combat cloud service members, allies and partners could login from anywhere, allowing the U.S. to take full advantage of the warfighting capabilities they have to offer.
NASA ships satellite mission data to the cloud
The Data Acquisition Processing and Handling Network Environment streamlines data capture, processing and delivery and gives researchers access to advanced analysis tools.
How a workplace experience app can solve back-to-work challenges
A workplace experience app can engage and empower employees by giving them access to the resources they need regardless of location and can provide management with key situational awareness and decision-making data.
Army tests HPC climate model in Azure cloud
The Army Engineer Research and Development Center will test the scalability of its coastal storm modeling system, CSTORM-MS -- previously run on high-performance computers -- inside Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud.
With billions available for public health, it’s time to rebuild
Funding infusions from the American Rescue Plan creates a tremendous opportunity to fix one of public health’s biggest problems -- a technology infrastructure featuring aging legacy systems, enormous data silos, lack of interoperability and many other challenges.
Researchers smash internet speed record
Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have demonstrated long-haul data transmission at 319 terabits/sec over 1,800 miles.
Air Force taps Google Cloud for aircraft maintenance system
Project Lighthouse creates a unified ecosystem that will enable the Rapid Sustainment Office to optimize maintenance readiness, increase staff productivity and reduce costs.
Fast track to StateRAMP for more secure state and local government
StateRAMP stands to significantly elevate and improve cybersecurity by standardizing and transforming cloud solution procurement and reducing costs and complexity for governments and their vendor partners.
Infrastructure Proposal Faces Key Vote Wednesday
Sen. Chuck Schumer scheduled a procedural vote on the bipartisan infrastructure framework even as lawmakers scurry to finish a draft of the legislation.
Transportation Agencies Grapple With Lasting Effects of Telework
Many workers are not going back to offices full time and governments need to figure out how to adjust. “When we are not collecting gas taxes and ferry fares, our budget is hurting," one state transportation chief said during a Route Fifty event.
High-Tide Flood Risk is Accelerating, Putting Coastal Economies at Risk
COMMENTARY | The frequency of high-tide flooding along the U.S. coasts has doubled since 2000, and it’s expected to increase five to 15 times more in the next 30 years.
West Point eyes cloud-based Common App platform
To widen the pool of applicants and collect data on prospective students, West Point is looking to a cloud-based Common Application platform.
FedRAMP authorizes identity verification service
ID.me, an identity verification platform provider, has achieved a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program moderate authorization to operate for its Identity Gateway, a shared service for citizen- and employee-facing authentication.
Outside reviews can limit bias in forensic algorithms, GAO says
Independent evaluations that can establish scientific validity will curtail the impact of biases and human error during forensic investigations, the watchdog agency says.
SSA investigates data center management options
The Social Security Administration is conducting market research on data center infrastructure management tools to help it report operational and optimization metrics.
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