The United States and South Korea forged a partnership for the development of quantum information science and technology, according to a joint statement released by the two countries after a meeting between Arati Prabhakar, chief science adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, and Lee Jong-ho, Korean minister for science and information and communication technologies. The […]
The Transportation Security Administration has deployed 36 new identity verification terminals at its Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport security checkpoints. BWI-Marshall is the first U.S. airport to be fully equipped with credential authentication technology units. CAT terminals are equipped with cameras to determine whether a traveler’s face matches the image on the presented ID. The […]
Top officials from the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have vowed to enforce existing rules to mitigate bias in artificial intelligence as everyday usage of the technology ramps up. A letter detailing the issue and ongoing efforts to address it was signed by Lina Khan, […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres filed Tuesday the Critical Technology Security Centers Act of 2023, a bill that would allocate a budget of $42 million in fiscal year 2024 and up to $52 million by 2028 for the creation of two cybersecurity-focused centers under the Department of Homeland Security. The centers aim to ensure the security of […]
Rep. Jay Obernolte has introduced the Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act, a measure aimed at encouraging commercial firms to research and develop quantum information technologies alongside the government. The proposed legislation would require the Department of Commerce secretary and National Institute of Standards and Technology director to establish a “quantum sandbox” program that will […]
The Office of Management and Budget and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are developing a standardized form that software providers will use to certify their compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Secure Software Development Framework. Speaking at an event hosted by the Alliance for Digital Innovation, Chris DeRusha, federal chief information […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will make available the Logging Made Easy tool to public and private sector stakeholders this summer. The National Cyber Security Centre of the United Kingdom originally developed and managed the LME until March 2023. CISA announced on Thursday it will build on NCSC’s work and expand the LME’s centralized logging capabilities. […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Peraton a potential eight-year, $399.3 million contract to operate and maintain a ground network that coordinates polar-orbiting environmental satellites owned by the agency and its partners. Known as the Joint Polar Satellite System, NOAA’s low-Earth orbit constellation is used to collect data for predicting weather and studying […]
Argonne National Laboratory held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Argonne Quantum Foundry research facility on Wednesday. The creation of the foundry, which is part of Argonne’s quantum information science effort, was led by Q-NEXT, one of the five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers of the Department of Energy. The foundry will make quantum materials […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate are collaborating to determine the risks and benefits associated with emerging technologies like advanced sensors, artificial intelligence and simulation, which the agencies aim to deploy, Nextgov reported. CISA Associate Chief of Strategic Technology Garfield Jones said during a government […]
