A divided Supreme Court on May 22 granted an emergency request from the Trump administration to block a lower court ruling that prohibited President Donald Trump from firing Federal officials from two independent oversight boards without cause. […]
The U.S. Space Force and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have signed a memorandum of agreement outlining how the two organizations will divide responsibilities for acquiring commercial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) products – formally ending a two-year interagency dispute. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) told the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) this week that it still needs to work through an extensive list of foundational considerations as the agency moves forward with modernizing the IT systems it uses to manage radiofrequency spectrum. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is bracing for a hit to its cybersecurity workforce amid the agency’s ongoing efforts to reduce its civilian workforce and the impact of a sustained hiring freeze, a Pentagon official said on Thursday. […]
A Federal judge in San Francisco has issued an order that indefinitely blocks the Trump administration from implementing its large-scale layoff plans – also known as reductions in force (RIFs) – at most Federal government agencies. […]
A group of 12 senators led by Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is calling on the Trump administration to release funding for states under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. […]
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has appointed Eric Sidle as the agency’s new chief information officer. […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is laying the groundwork for a new $151 billion contract vehicle aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of next-generation missile defense technologies, marking a major step forward in implementing the Defense Department’s (DoD) Golden Dome missile defense initiative. […]
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill clashed this week over who should police artificial intelligence technologies – the Federal government or states – and on what AI regulation should look like no matter which level of government has the upper hand. […]
A Federal judge has reinstated two Democrats to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) after ruling on Wednesday that the president could not arbitrarily fire board members, and that the Trump administration’s attempt to do so was illegal. […]
Defense Department (DoD) leaders voiced mixed reactions to lawmakers this week over proposed civilian workforce reductions at the agency, with some officials viewing them as an opportunity to realign the force and others warning they could prove to be restrictive amid emerging mission demands. […]
China continues to pose the most active and persistent cyber threat to the United States and potential threats “are or will be coming in the near future,” a top FBI cybersecurity official warned today. […]
The Department of the Air Force is preparing to launch a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center of Excellence aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities across the service, a spokesperson confirmed. […]
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., introduced a new bill this week that would instruct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pilot a cloud-based inventory management system to better track medical devices and equipment. […]
The Justice Department, along with Microsoft and international partners, has disrupted the infrastructure of a popular cybercrime tool known as “Lumma Stealer,” according to Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). […]
The White House’s proposed fiscal year 2026 cut to the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) budget will eliminate worker roles and make more room for deployment of advanced technologies provided by private companies, TSA’s acting administrator told lawmakers on Tuesday. […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is planning to overhaul how the U.S. intelligence community (IC) procures open-source intelligence (OSINT), with a goal of delivering unclassified intelligence more quickly and efficiently to decision-makers. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., died today at age 75 following a bout with esophageal cancer. […]
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) – the Federal regulatory agency that supervises credit unions – does not have some key tools it needs to oversee AI use, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
A bipartisan pair of House members are looking to bolster the Federal government’s cyber workforce with new legislation introduced last week that would create a centralized Federal cybersecurity resource and training center. […]
President Donald Trump told reporters today that his Golden Dome for America missile defense system will be “up and running” by 2028. […]
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem told Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs members today that she supports reauthorizing legislation that encourages industry to share cyber threat information with the Federal government, citing concerns with agencies’ ability to address cyber threats absent that kind of cooperation. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to complete foundational work for the Golden Dome missile defense program by fiscal year 2026, but a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers today that DoD’s success will hinge on the availability of stable funding. […]
Matt Hartman, the deputy executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), plans to depart from the agency. His last day will be May 31. […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) said today it has received the first draft versions from industry organizations of the submissions they plan to make by later this month in response to the program’s FedRAMP 20x Phase One pilot. […]
Two Senate Democrats are aiming to bring back to life a prestigious Federal fellowship program for recent graduate students that was cancelled by the Trump administration earlier this year. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently launched a program that it hopes will help improve its management of software licenses – an issue that has drawn recent scrutiny from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Michael Kratsios issued a call today for the government and the U.S. scientific establishment to return to what he called “Gold Standard Science,” and in that context argued that the employment of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles in scientific fields would hinder that effort. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Monday a cost-saving agreement with Salesforce to offer Slack Enterprise Grid at a temporary price reduction of 90 percent, along with an almost 70 percent off Slack AI for every Federal agency. […]
Officials with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) are asking industry to submit draft versions of their planned submissions for the FedRAMP 20x Phase One pilot between May 19 and May 26. […]