Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate on June 13 aims to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare system by harnessing artificial intelligence technologies for that task. […]
U.S. military officials said today that for responding swiftly and effectively during crises real-time data is now as critical as boots on the ground — and that’s why military services are making data management a top priority, aiming to enable smarter decisions, sharper resource deployment, and clearer communications when it matters most. […]
The U.S. Space Force is delaying the launch of its first next-generation missile warning satellite to geosynchronous (GEO) Earth orbit from late 2025 to “no earlier” than March 2026, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
The Department of the Army has named Brandon Pugh as principal cyber advisor, with the top-level duties of advising the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff on cyber matters and implementing the Pentagon’s cyber strategy in the Army. […]
A bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening U.S. cryptography research and accelerating the deployment of quantum-resistant encryption cleared the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee last week. The bill now heads to the full House for further consideration. […]
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Republicans released the text of their reconciliation bill on Friday, which contains language that would make it easier for the Trump administration to fire Federal employees. […]
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has released new model deviation text as part of the ongoing Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Initiative, including an updated section related to the acquisition of IT and communications technology. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) continues to stumble in delivering innovative technologies to its weapons systems programs, prompting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to urge the Pentagon to adopt modern development practices or risk more delays, rigid requirements, and runaway costs. […]
House appropriators are directing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to launch a U.S. Space Force pilot program aimed at reorganizing acquisition efforts by “mission areas” and extending the tenure of program managers – marking a major push to improve the delivery of space capabilities on time and within budget. […]
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 11 published its final practice guide – Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP 1800-35). […]
Cloud security provider Zscaler, Inc., said it has earned key competencies under the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Government Competency – part of the broader AWS Competency Program – that recognizes AWS partners with expertise and experience in delivering mission-critical solutions to government agencies. […]
James Walkinshaw, the Fairfax County, Va., supervisor and former chief of staff to Rep. Gerry Connolly, is pledging strong efforts to support the Federal workforce and improve oversight of government IT operations as he campaigns to succeed his former boss to represent the 11th district of Virginia in Congress. […]
If signed into law, a new discussion draft of legislation to execute oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program would centralize oversight and standardize workflows while modernizing the VA’s systems. […]
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., didn’t hold back on Thursday when taking aim at the Trump administration’s lack of transparency regarding one of President Trump’s more ambitious priorities: building out the Golden Dome missile defense project. […]
The U.S. Army said today it’s bringing four high-ranking tech executives into uniform to help lead a new Army innovation Corps – dubbed Detachment 201 – inside the Reserve component with a mission of helping to bridge the commercial-military tech gap. […]
A Federal watchdog report is sounding the alarm over missing cybersecurity plans, weak performance tracking, and major delays across some of the Defense Department’s (DoD) priciest tech programs. […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation on June 12 that would direct the National Security Agency (NSA) to create an artificial intelligence playbook to help safeguard American AI systems from foreign espionage and cyberattacks. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday that its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) component plans to make further investments in blockchain technology to assist in criminal investigations. […]
More than 30 Democratic members of the House of Representatives are urging top Senate leaders to reconsider a proposal being offered in the Senate that would require states seeking Federal broadband support to abide by a proposed ten-year moratorium on creating state-level artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. […]
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has awarded Omni Federal a $427 million contract to support the modernization of the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS). […]
Sens. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., ranking member of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., chair of the subcommittee, announced on Thursday the reconstitution of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. […]
Agentic artificial intelligence services – those that are designed to act with more autonomy than their generative or predictive AI forebears – drew a mixed reception today from lawmakers and witnesses who talked about the advantages of the latest AI flavor along with cybersecurity concerns during a hearing held by the House Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee. […]
Officials with the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) said on June 11 that they envision rapid progress through the rest of this year on several pilots that are aiming to harness automation to speed FedRAMP’s ability to approve cloud-based service offerings for government agency use. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is getting ready to launch the final version of its Software Fast Track (SWFT) framework in July, marking a significant step toward replacing outdated software acquisition processes with a faster, AI-driven system. […]
The Department of Commerce said today it will award Micron Technology another $275 million of CHIPS and Science Act funding as part of the company’s announcement that it plans to invest $200 billion in semiconductor manufacturing and R&D to expand U.S.-based memory chip production. […]
A Federal watchdog said in a new report that the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) is falling short on overseeing its identity verification vendor’s use of artificial intelligence, even as it earns high marks for protecting taxpayer data. […]
A bipartisan duo of Senate leaders reintroduced legislation on June 5 that aims to codify the right of Federal government employees to appeal the revocation or denial of a security clearance. […]
Katie Arrington, the acting chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Defense (DoD), previewed a new program on Wednesday from the Pentagon’s tech shop called “Mission Network as a Service” that aims to enhance data interoperability across DoD components. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program has made progress in meeting some of its key goals, but a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says the program lacks sufficient guidance for managing network security and data protection. […]
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee voted on Monday to approve a 4.6 percent year-over-year budget cut for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for fiscal year 2026 – versus the 16 percent budget reduction that the Trump administration has been offering in its budget request to Congress last month. […]