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DHS announces winners of opioid detection challenge

The winning technologies use X-ray and radio frequency detection to find illicit substances in packages in the mail.

Dec 13, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

The view from aerial tour of Hurricane Sandy damage of New Jersey’s barrier beaches, Nov. 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

DIU challenge takes on algorithms to assess building damage

The broad goal here is to speed up the disaster recovery process.

Sep 30, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

An underground tunnel. (kaktuslampan / Flickr)

DARPA is looking for underground tunnels and Twitter has questions

The agency went viral on Wednesday. Here's what those underground tunnels are all about.

Aug 29, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Yeoman 1st Class Caaleb Johnson-Burroughs, from Atlanta, reviews a ship instruction on his computer aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin M. Langer/Released)

Navy holds AI and cybersecurity contest with $150,000 in cash prizes

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command is hosting a contest for developing AI solutions for real-world cybersecurity challenges.

Jul 10, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Margaret Weichert, OMB, OPM — Margaret Weichert speaks March 28, 2019, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (FedScoop)

OMB and GSA launch GEAR Center challenge to ‘test the feasibility of the model’

The government wants solvers to "demonstrate the potential" of this kind of public-private partnership to solve government problems.

May 2, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

NSF wants you to build an app to help reskill federal workers

It's part of the Career Compass challenge: a competition to crowdsource ideas for technology solutions that will help federal workers plan for the changing nature of work.

Mar 29, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

CMS Innovation Center launches AI health challenge

The agency wants AI that can help predict unplanned hospital visits.

Mar 29, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

IARPA launches second edition of drone surveillance challenge

Last year's challenge didn't solve the problem the agency wanted solved.

Mar 18, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Department of Energy challenge seeks tech to improve the power grid

What technologies can make this vital service safer, more efficient and more resilient against potential cyberattacks?

Mar 4, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Special Operations Forces, Air Force — A U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces airman with Special Operations Command South secures an airfield with Panamanian security force counterparts Feb. 1 during a culmination exercise in Colon, Panama. (U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite)

Special Operations Command is calling all creative technology futurists

It's an essay contest that asks for three to five pages answering what "new or evolved technology will have the greatest impact, either as a challenge or…

Feb 28, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier