• 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.

  • Lawmakers advance cyber legislation

    The Senate’s 2022 defense authorization bill and a number of House measures are addressing cyber authorities, domestic microelectronics manufacture, supply chain security and raising cyber awareness among the public.

  • BEP seeks machine-readable counterfeit detection

    The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is looking for new ways to integrate machine-readable features into future versions of U.S. currency that could be used to detect and deter counterfeiting.

  • How unemployment insurance fraud exploded during the pandemic

    Bots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries making phony claims, online forums peddling how-to advice on identity theft: Inside the infrastructure of perhaps the largest fraud wave in history.

  • DOD rolls out AR/VR technology at 5G testbed

    The Defense Department has begun deploying 5G-powered augmented reality/virtual reality systems for mission planning and training at some of its 5G testbed sites.

  • 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.

  • Open-source model finds best places for EV charging stations

    Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a modeling tool that helps transportation planners decide where to place electric vehicle charging stations to encourage intercity driving.

  • Detecting, blocking grid cyberattacks

    To prevent damage to power equipment from cyberattacks, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a device that autonomously reviews and filters commands being sent to a power grid’s relay devices.

  • States weigh bans on ransomware payoffs

    While prohibiting ransom payments could help deter attacks, some cybersecurity experts say it’s a bad idea because local governments, particularly smaller ones, may not be able to restore or rebuild their computer networks quickly, resulting in more costs and disruption… Read More »

  • California funds broadband infrastructure expansion

    A $6 billion multi-year investment will support construction of a state-owned, open-access middle-mile fiber network and last-mile projects.