The guidance shows how organizations can use tripwires, breadcrumbs, honeytokens, and other decoys to detect malicious activity after attackers gain network access. […]

A group of 10 representatives urged House leaders to advance legislation addressing oversight, security, and transparency for AI. […]

The waiver creates a protected channel for current and former Pentagon personnel to share UAP-related national defense information with a representative from the PURSUE initiative. […]

The department’s implementation plan sets near-term deadlines to narrow specialized cost-accounting oversight, simplify business-system reviews, and revise profit policy. […]

More than 70% of OPM employees are actively using at least one approved AI platform, CIO Adam Starr said. […]

House lawmakers are seeking testimony from Larry Ellison and Mike Sicilia about VA’s nearly $17 billion increase to the ceiling of its Electronic Health Record Modernization contract. […]

The congressman said the AI race is “not an arms race that you win.” He called on tech companies to pause frontier AI development and on Congress to put protections in place. […]

Rudolf Rojas said policymakers and technology companies should work together on rules for increasingly capable AI systems, while acknowledging disagreements over how quickly development should proceed. […]

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the U.S. military must prepare for a battlefield shaped by contested domains, AI, autonomous systems, and compressed decision times. […]

The new guidance offers federal agencies and cloud providers recommendations to protect identity and access tokens from theft, forgery, and misuse. […]

The Virginia Democrat says Congress needs a national strategy for data center development as AI drives rising demand for power and infrastructure. […]

New guidance establishes security and accountability requirements for using AI in software development. It also prioritizes software reuse to accelerate capability delivery. […]

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the lunar south pole will be a critical proving ground for technologies and operations needed for future Mars missions. […]

CISA is ramping up staffing and 24/7 support for the new service as officials look to expand governmentwide cyber visibility and give agencies a lower-cost path to modern SIEM capabilities. […]

The president says the United States already has sufficient criminal and regulatory authority over AI companies as technology executives, lawmakers, and digital-rights advocates call for stronger safeguards. […]

The solicitation seeks U.S.-led capabilities in power generation, oxygen extraction, manufacturing, and other technologies needed for sustained lunar exploration. […]

The Golden Dome missile defense program is making progress on construction and testing, but Sen. Deb Fischer warns long-term funding certainty remains critical. […]

TSA’s Ace AI agent resolves 96% of routine traveler questions without human escalation. The agent is part of the agency’s broader customer service modernization effort. […]

Secretary Meink said the service plans to rapidly expand its fleets of Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Massed Modular Aircraft, but long-term budget stability is needed. […]

The Senate investigation seeks technical records, internal communications, incident timelines, and auditor agreements by Oct. 1. […]

The system is designed to give soldiers authoritative access to Army doctrine, manuals, and operational data, but its rollout depends on data standardization and reliable personal-device access. […]

Army officials say the experimental unit was designed from the start as a temporary effort to test uncrewed systems and spread battlefield lessons across the service. […]

Berry’s new assignment puts him at the center of USDA’s effort to consolidate farmer records and retire legacy systems. […]

New incentive pay for top cyber personnel is part of a broader push to build a more specialized, AI-ready workforce. […]

Andrew McClure said the government cannot secure the energy sector alone and urged industry to help accelerate cyber defenses. […]

Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton outlined a shift toward applying established military readiness practices to networks, data, and the personnel who operate them. […]

A Sept. 3 acquisition memo requires contracting officers to remove third-party assessment requirements from active solicitations and existing contracts as the DOD 60-day CMMC review approaches its deadline. […]

The new 27-month agreement offers government agencies a 50% discount on ChatGPT usage with no platform fees or minimum spending commitments. […]

The White House cyber office will use lessons from the 60-day water cybersecurity pilot to shape similar efforts in additional critical infrastructure sectors. […]

Andersen said CISA must focus limited resources on the nation’s most consequential cyber risks as the agency moves to rebuild its depleted workforce. […]