NIST to test federal ‘zero trust’ security architectures
Some agencies have elements of zero-trust frameworks in place, but NIST will explore the proper way to use them, according to its chief cybersecurity adviser.
Most EIS vendors are accepting task orders now
BT Federal and Harris Corporation are the latest contract primes to receive three-year authorities to operate from the General Services Administration.
Interior made a flight reporting app to better manage its 750 drones
Aviation managers can review mission analytics to redeploy the fleet and determine which pilots and sUAS to activate for certain tasks.
NSF pushes for ‘large-scale’ AI research with new program
The $200 million National AI Research Institutes program will fund up to six institutes in the next six years.
USDA partners with Microsoft to make sense of farm data in new pilot
The FarmBeats platform can build machine-learning models across disparate datasets monitoring soil and weather, and the agency hopes to bring it to 200-plus research stations and farms nationwide.
TSA releases updated cloud strategy
A hybrid cloud architecture should help the agency better manage data as it adopts new passenger screening technology.
