US Department of War Targets Open-Source CUs, DUs
The U.S. Department of War, through its FutureG programme, has become a founding member of the Linux Foundation’s Open Centralised Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) Ecosystem Foundation. OCUDU aims to create production‑ready, open‑source software stacks for Centralised Units (CUs) and Distributed Units (DUs) that power 5G and early‑stage 6G radio access networks. Backed by FutureG, the National Spectrum Consortium and congressional funding, the initiative brings together industry leaders such as AMD, AT&T, Ericsson, Nokia, Nvidia, Softbank and Verizon. The first code release is scheduled for April, with updates planned every six months.
Polish Air Traffic Authority Launches New Radars to Boost Detection
Poland's air traffic control agency PANSA activated two new radars on Thursday, one near Katowice and another near Pułtusk, to sharpen radiolocation data and operational security. The installations are part of a 1.4 billion‑zloty modernization program running from 2024 to 2029....
Exclusive-India's Proposal to Preload National ID App Aadhaar on Phones Faced Pushback
India’s UIDAI quietly asked the IT ministry to explore pre‑installing its Aadhaar biometric ID app on all smartphones sold in the country, a move championed as a way to boost accessibility. The proposal met immediate resistance from Apple, Samsung, Google...
Building the Military Health System’s AI Ecosystem
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) has launched a five‑year data strategy to create a secure, interoperable AI ecosystem for the Military Health System. Partnering with Red Hat, DHA is building cloud‑native infrastructure, data lakes, and governance frameworks that can safely scale...
Md. Firefighters Train for EV Fires with Crane Operations, Parking Garage Removal
Howard County’s Department of Fire and Rescue Services held a regional training session at Howard Community College focused on electric‑vehicle (EV) fire response. Firefighters practiced using a crane to lift and relocate a burning EV from a parking garage, employing...
Small Cells Offer New Visibility Into City Flows
Bath has launched a city‑wide small‑cell rollout, partnering with Virgin Media O2, Ontix and the local council to bolster 5G capacity on busy shopping streets and tourist hotspots. The cells, mounted on existing lampposts, aim to alleviate network strain during...
Gartner Predicts Surge in AI-Powered Public Services
Gartner forecasts that by 2028 at least 80 % of governments worldwide will deploy AI agents to automate routine decision‑making, boosting efficiency and service delivery. The firm highlights a shift toward decision intelligence, where governance focuses on the decisions themselves rather...
Tax Code Analysis Tool 1.0
The Tax Code Analysis Tool (CAT) models the U.S. federal tax code as a graph, linking the text of Title 26 to the entities and concepts it governs. By treating over 1,900 sections as interconnected nodes, CAT can surface cross‑references, map...
SAVVI Data Pilot to Identify Vulnerable Residents Earlier
A £1.1 million government‑funded pilot will test the SAVVI and Open Referral UK (ORUK) data standards in Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The standards aim to spot early signs of vulnerability—such as housing instability or health...
Webinar: Government 3.0 – Smarter Systems, Sharper Minds
A Mandarin Talks webinar titled “Government 3.0 – Smarter systems, sharper minds” explored how AI can reshape public services without undermining human judgment. Former NSW minister Victor Dominello and ex‑White House AI adviser Carmem Domingues argued that speed‑focused metrics are insufficient and...
AI Chatfest Could Up-End Community Consultation
Governments are experimenting with AI‑driven chat platforms to replace traditional public‑consultation processes. The new approach promises to capture comments in real time, analyse sentiment, and generate summary reports faster than manual methods. Early pilots show submission volumes rising while processing...
What Nigeria Can Learn From Ghana and South Africa as It Drafts Its AI Strategy
Nigeria is preparing its first national AI strategy as the African Union rolls out a continent‑wide AI framework. The article examines Ghana’s early but uneven implementation and South Africa’s integration of AI oversight into existing regulators. Both cases highlight gaps...
Falling Is Inevitable, but Learning Is a Design Choice
Government’s Budget Information Security Review exposed a mis‑configuration that leaked sensitive data, prompting tighter controls. Cyber expert Vsevolod Shabad argues the real issue is whether government systems are built to learn from failures, not just to contain them. He highlights...
GDS Reports Achieving 90% Accuracy in GOV.UK Chat Pilots
The Government Digital Service (GDS) announced that its AI‑driven GOV.UK Chat achieved 90% answer accuracy, up from an initial 76% benchmark. The figure comes from two public pilots involving more than 10,000 participants who asked roughly 26,000 questions about taxes,...
Phased Rollout of Sri Lanka’s Digital ID Will Ensure Security, Privacy Standards
Sri Lanka will roll out its Unique Digital Identity (SLUDI) in phases, targeting Q3 2026 nationwide. The government emphasizes measurable security, privacy and performance benchmarks, with independent verification. Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne highlighted local capacity building, transparent commitments, public awareness...
Introducing AI “Should Be Next Phase of Tribunal Reform”
The Administrative Justice Council (AJC) recommends integrating artificial intelligence into the HM Courts and Tribunal Service as the next phase of its £1.3 bn reform programme. AI tools—from rule‑based case triage to predictive scheduling and decision‑support chatbots—are proposed to streamline workloads,...
Social Care Tech Platform AgoraStaff Named in Google GovTech Top 30
AgoraStaff has been named one of Google’s Top 30 GovTech start‑ups in the UK, earning a spot at the Google GovTech Showcase where it pitched its digital marketplace for social‑care staffing. The company’s Director of Compliance highlighted how the platform...
Singapore: Digital and AI Powering Smart Healthcare Innovation
Singapore is accelerating digital and AI‑driven healthcare innovation to address its rapidly ageing population and rising chronic disease burden. The government pledged SG$37 billion under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan to fund high‑impact research, digital platforms, and AI adoption. Events...
Vietnam: Global Tech Partnerships Boost Regional Trade Safety
The ASEAN Product Safety Portal is being rolled out across member states to share real‑time data on unsafe goods, enabling regulators to swiftly remove hazardous items from online marketplaces. Technology‑driven monitoring and web‑scraping tools aim to cut flagged unsafe products...
India: Space Tech Drives Smart Agriculture and Disaster Resilience
India is harnessing space and digital technologies to boost agricultural productivity and disaster resilience. ISRO and the Department of Space have launched satellite‑based programs such as FASAL, NADAMS, CHAMAN and SUFALAM that deliver real‑time crop health, yield forecasts and drought...
NYPD Tightens Bodycam Policy to 30-Day Release of Most Critical Incident Videos
New York City officials announced a policy requiring the NYPD to release body‑worn camera footage within 30 days for critical incidents such as officer‑involved shootings and use‑of‑force cases that cause serious injury or death. The rule formalizes a practice already...
'More Proactive than Reactive': Mich. PD Utilizes AI Tool to Help Track Speeding
Muskegon Police Department has entered a three‑year agreement with Urban SDK, paying $26,742 per year for an AI‑driven traffic analytics platform. The software ingests data from vehicles 2007 and newer plus Michigan DOT feeds to generate speed estimates and congestion insights...
ID4Africa Prioritizes Digital Identity Ecosystems to Center Users at Upcoming AGM
ID4Africa’s 2026 Annual General Meeting in Abidjan will center on digital public ecosystems rather than pure technology. The program introduces Country Playbooks, Frontline plenary sessions, and stakeholder relevance maps to help over 200 speakers share practical lessons from African identity...
States Push to Redirect BEAD Excess Funds Toward Public Safety Gaps
State broadband leaders from Virginia, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont are urging the Federal Communications Commission to allocate the $21 million of excess BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) funds toward public‑safety and emergency‑management projects. They cite dead zones that leave...
When Is Personal Not Personal? EDPB Asks Stakeholders
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released a report summarising stakeholder input on pseudonymisation and anonymisation after a CJEU ruling clarified the limits of pseudonymised data. Participants—including corporations, NGOs, academics and law firms—highlighted the difficulty of distinguishing when data moves...
Navy Streamlines Tech Acquisition, Development, Rollout
The Navy’s PEO Digital office is overhauling its technology acquisition by standardizing shared development environments and enterprise services to cut deployment time and reduce user cognitive load. It is expanding access to large‑language models through the GenAI.mil platform while planning...
VA Prepares April Relaunch of EHR Program
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will restart its electronic health record (EHR) modernization rollout in April, adding four sites, with a total of 13 new sites slated for 2026. The program, originally launched under the Trump administration, has been...
Federal AI Needs a New Data Foundation. Dell’s Platform Is Built for It.
The federal government is accelerating its adoption of generative AI, retrieval‑augmented generation, and early agentic systems, but agencies are constrained by legacy data architectures. Dell’s AI data platform offers a secure, federated foundation that lets classified and regulated data remain...
Five IT Security Priorities Shaping Federal Procurement in 2026
Federal agencies are converging on five security priorities—AI security, post‑quantum cryptography, zero‑trust architecture, edge security, and data‑security posture management—to shape 2026 procurement. New NIST, CISA, NSA, GSA and DoD directives turn these topics from research into contract requirements. Vendors must...
ASIC Streamlines Decision-Making Intelligence
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has introduced an internal dispute resolution data dashboard to enhance its enforcement decision‑making. The tool aggregates complaint volumes, categorises issues and outcomes, tracks resolution speed, and details financial remedies provided by advisory firms....
Queensland Forges Ahead with Digital ID
Queensland’s government has expanded its Digital Licence app, enabling over 56,000 taxi, rideshare, limousine and bus drivers to access official credentials digitally. The rollout follows the state’s commitment to the ISO/IEC 18013‑5:2021 personal identification standard, ensuring interoperability and security. While the...
To Ban or Not to Ban? UK Debates Age Restrictions for Social Media Platforms
The UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee held a three‑round evidence session on imposing age‑restriction measures on major social‑media platforms, mirroring Australia’s recent Social Media Minimum Age Act. Advocates cited alarming parental polling – 93% deem social media harmful...
Evaluations of Corsight Live Facial Recognition Follow Essex Police Trial
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) audited Essex Police’s live facial recognition (LFR) system, confirming reasonable data‑protection compliance but highlighting ongoing accuracy and bias concerns. A National Physical Laboratory (NPL) evaluation of Corsight’s Apollo 4 software recorded an 89% true‑positive identification...
Georgia Was Going to Dump Voting Machines that Trump Hates Until Things Got Complicated
Georgia’s plan to discard Dominion voting machines with QR‑code barcodes stalled as legislators failed to fund and approve the required changes before the July 1 deadline. A Trump‑issued executive order to ban barcode counting was blocked by a federal judge, leaving...
Mamdani Launches Program for Homeowners to Plan and Finance ADUs
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the Plus One ADU program to simplify creation of accessory dwelling units in New York City. The initiative provides an ADU guidebook, an online application portal, and a library of pre‑approved plans managed by the Department...
Governments’ Website Accessibility Deadline Is Fast Approaching
The Department of Justice’s new rule, effective April 30, requires all U.S. government agencies serving 50,000 or more residents to bring their websites into compliance with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards under Title II of the ADA. The mandate, introduced during the Biden...
Sierra Leone’s ‘Brokers of Citizenship’ Recognized in Digital Identification Project
An academic study highlights the crucial role of local “brokers of citizenship” in Sierra Leone’s digital ID rollout. These intermediaries—chiefs, teachers, justices of the peace, and document brokers—facilitate enrollment, verification, and updates for underserved populations. While they enable legal identity...
Veriff, Prove, alongID Strengthen Executive Teams
Three digital‑identity leaders announced senior hires as enterprises pour capital into trust infrastructure. Veriff appointed Rob Brazier as Chief Product Officer to broaden its offering from pure ID verification to a continuous‑trust platform that includes biometric checks and reusable credentials....
Digital India Programme Resulted in 97 Percent Reduction in Data Cost per GB: Govt
India's Digital India programme, launched in 2015, has dramatically lowered data prices and expanded connectivity. Broadband subscriptions surged from 25 crore to 103 crore, a 400% increase, while mobile base stations grew to 2.95 million, achieving near‑universal village coverage. Average data usage per...
A Number of US Cities Are Pulling the Plug on Flock Safety's AI Cameras
A wave of municipal backlash is forcing Flock Safety, the Atlanta‑based AI camera vendor valued at roughly $7.5 billion, to lose contracts in dozens of U.S. cities. In the past six months, 38 cities have terminated agreements, bringing the total to...
Drone Spraying Proposal Comes with Opportunities, Risks
Health Canada has opened a public consultation on proposed rules that would permit pesticides to be applied by drones already registered for aerial use. The move follows years of pressure from the House of Commons agriculture committee and the Alberta...
FinExtra: Fido Alliance Sets Sights on Latin America
The FIDO Alliance announced the launch of the FIDO Americas Adoption Forum (FAAF), a new initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of open authentication standards across Latin America. The region’s mobile‑first ecosystem has spurred rapid payments innovation, but rising fraud...
K-State Salina Drone Safety Summit to Connect First Responders with UAS Experts
Kansas State University Salina will host a Public Safety UAS Summit on April 22, bringing together law enforcement, fire, and emergency management agencies with drone experts. The day-long event features FAA briefings on Part 107, BVLOS, and emergency waivers, as well as...
FDIC Mulling Guardrails for Banks, Public Blockchains
The FDIC has rolled back its 2022 guidance that limited banks from interacting with public, permissionless blockchains, signaling a more permissive stance under Chair Travis Hill. Hill indicated that while the agency will focus on implementing the GENIUS Act, it...
Interactive Map Visualizes NPS Materials Flagged For Removal
An interactive map now visualizes a leaked Interior Department spreadsheet that lists 798 National Park Service sites where content was flagged for removal under the Trump administration. The map provides searchable entries, each featuring historical narratives, archived photographs, and Wayback...
Aadhaar World’s Largest Biometric ID System With 134 Crore Live Holders: Govt
The Indian government announced that Aadhaar now serves 134 crore active users, making it the world’s largest biometric identity system. To date, the platform has processed over 17,000 crore authentication transactions across multiple modes, including OTP, fingerprints, iris, and AI‑driven facial recognition....
Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud "A Pile of Shit", Yet Approved It
Federal reviewers harshly criticized Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud High (GCC High), calling it a “pile of shit” due to missing security documentation and unclear encryption practices. Despite these concerns, the FedRAMP program granted the cloud suite an authorization, effectively giving it...
I Tested 3 City AI Chatbots. Here's What They Actually Do.
Municipalities are rapidly deploying AI chatbots to field resident inquiries, but early tests reveal serious shortcomings. Denver’s "Sunny" provides detailed crime data yet fails on homelessness policy, redirecting users to a service request. Winter Haven’s bot avoids crime questions while...
HMRC Enters Public Beta Tests of One Login as Transition From Government Gateway Gradually Progresses
HM Revenue & Customs has launched a public beta that lets a controlled group of new users register for tax services via the GOV.UK One Login platform. The trial, which runs until June, does not yet include the 50 million existing...
UK's New Supercomputer Is Coming 13 Months Too Late, NAO Report
The National Audit Office reports that the United Kingdom’s next‑generation supercomputer will miss its original 2026 launch by roughly 13 months, now expected in early 2027. The delay stems primarily from prolonged government funding approvals and procurement bottlenecks. The project,...