Drones
Remote ID capabilities and a low-altitude traffic management system are the next building blocks for drone integration into U.S. airspace, the FAA director told Congress.
05/08/2018
Congress
An appropriations bill funding the legislative branch calls for a study of resurrecting the defunct Office of Technology Assessment.
05/08/2018
Defense
The House Armed Service Committee's 2019 defense spending bill also calls for more detail on the Pentagon's controversial JEDI cloud acquisition program.
05/07/2018
Cybersecurity
The administration's request for a new budget line for cybersecurity activities at the Department of Energy earned big backing in an FY2019 appropriations bill.
05/07/2018
Defense
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry’s markup of the 2019 Defense bill will be debated May 9.
05/04/2018
Congress
A bill to drive evidence-based policymaking and require chief data officers at agencies has the support of the House Speaker, but remains stuck in the Senate.
05/02/2018
Cybersecurity
The Congressional Budget Office is looking for ways to shore up its cybersecurity defenses.
04/30/2018
Cloud
A month after its passage, we still don’t know which foreign countries would be able to access U.S.-based communications data under the CLOUD Act or when companies can reject their requests. Neither does Congress.
04/27/2018
Congress
The House of Representatives passed a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, sidelining efforts to privatize the agency and adding some cyber to its responsibilities.
04/27/2018
Cloud
At a Senate hearing, top Defense officials told lawmakers that a justification for the Pentagon's cloud procurement strategy called for in a recent spending bill will be submitted before the final request for proposals hits the street.
04/27/2018
Defense
After a key subcommittee markup, the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act is now headed for the full House Armed Services Committee.
04/26/2018
Oversight
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faced tough questions from lawmakers about questionable expenditures and management style.
04/26/2018
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told lawmakers the agency was looking at how to get into the bug bounty business.
04/26/2018
Homeland Security
Customs and Border Protection is working on many fronts to field new technology, the agency head tells Congress.
04/25/2018
Cybersecurity
The Trump administration's new cyber doctrine may be secret, but the administration and Congress are signaling their preferred strategies for responding to and deterring nation state cyberattacks.
04/25/2018