Tech
GovExec Daily: Oversight and the JEDI Contract
Frank Konkel joins the podcast to explain the Pentagon IG report on the huge defense cloud contract.
Defense
What’s Wrong With the Air Force’s ‘Connect Everything’ Project
In a new report, GAO watchdogs say officials can’t say how much it costs or if it’ll even work
Tech
The Mission NASA Doesn’t Want to Postpone
So far, the pandemic isn’t stopping the space agency from moving forward with a historic SpaceX launch next month.
Tech
GovExec Daily: How Supercomputing is Aiding in Fighting the Pandemic
Nextgov's Brandi Vincent joins the podcast to talk about the federal agencies using computing to combat coronavirus.
Defense
The Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas
A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.
Defense
Weird Hours, Contractor Concerns: How the Intelligence Community Is Grappling with Coronavirus
Intelligence agencies are trying to adapt to social distancing guidelines, but that’s leaving many employees and contractors in limbo.
Tech
The Early Internet Years in Government Are a Model For Fostering Innovation
It’s critical to begin with a compelling vision for how life could be made better for the end user.
Tech
Genomic Study Points to Natural Origin of COVID-19
No, the virus was not engineered in a lab. The director of the National Institutes of Health debunks the claim and explains what scientists know about the novel coronavirus.
Workforce
The Pentagon Is Using Zoom. Is it Safe?
Experts say the ubiquitous videoconferencing tools bear some risk of accidentally exposing mundane details, and even inviting a new wave of deep fakes. But the risks can be managed.
Tech
Can Better Airplane Boarding Procedures Slow the Spread of Coronavirus?
A new computer model offers a better way to understand how people move in tight spaces, which can affect how viruses spread.
Tech
How to Survive Pandemic Re-entry
Astronauts have given us some useful tips for surviving isolation, but we’ll need more to weather a pandemic.
Defense
The Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus
Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.
Tech
The Coronavirus Has Tied Us to Earth
Space missions around the world are on hold—a poignant reminder of how the pandemic has upended civilization.
Defense
Navy Working to Keep Subs and Destroyers From Becoming COVID-19 Hotspots
Meanwhile, the coronavirus is putting the military health-care system under stress.
Defense One
We’ve Got The Vaccine, Says Pentagon-Funded Company
Canadian firm says it could make 10 million doses per month — if its innovative production method wins FDA approval.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: How the Coronavirus Scare is Changing How Feds Work
Nextgov's Heather Kuldell and GovExec's Eric Katz join the podcast to talk about agencies' plans for the workforce as the COVID-19 epidemic grows.
Tech
GovExec Daily: How Government is Securing the 2020 Election
Andrea Noble and Courtney Bublé join the podcast to discuss the ability of governments to stave off election interference and other threats.
Tech
The Pentagon’s AI Shop Takes A Venture Capital Approach to Funding Tech
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center will take a Series A, B, approach to building tech for customers, with product managers and mission teams.
Management
U.S., U.K. Agree to ‘Further’ Restrict Huawei, Defense Secretary Says
But it’s not clear whether any actual changes emerged from Thursday’s meeting between the top U.S. and British defense leaders.
Tech