The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning today about possible cyberattacks on vulnerable U.S. networks and critical infrastructure coming from Iranian state actors following the June 21 bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States. […]
The U.S. Cyber Command has appointed Patrick Ware as its new executive director – which is the organization’s highest-ranking civilian position and the number three position overall in its command structure. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has tapped Aram Moghaddassi to become its new chief information officer (CIO) after Scott Coulter stepped down from the role. […]
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House aims to push Federal agencies to adopt electronic tools that simplify how Americans access help from the government. […]
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The Supreme Court on June 27 issued a 6-3 ruling that upholds the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF). […]
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that key NASA systems did not fully implement selected cybersecurity risk management activities – potentially exposing them to malicious cyber activities. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment has issued a set of rules to implement a policy announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in May that limits the agency’s use of IT consulting contracts in order to reduce reliance on outside firms and bolster the department’s in-house expertise. […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is sounding the alarm on drones and non-traditional intelligence tactics as the most urgent – and most overlooked – threats to the U.S. intelligence community. […]
Josh Gruenbaum, who heads the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), has sent off a fresh round of letters seeking better pricing terms from Federal contractors – this time a list of six strategy consulting firms that GSA defines as “traditional strategy consulting firms.” […]
Morgan Adamski, who has been executive director at U.S. Cyber Command since June 2024, said today she is leaving the organization to embark on a “new adventure.” […]
President Donald Trump vowed today to move ahead with executive orders freezing some Federal funding following a Supreme Court decision released today that curtails lower courts’ power to block actions taken via executive order. […]
Reps. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., reintroduced the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act on Wednesday in an effort to streamline the Federal procurement process for agencies and their contractors. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking for input from industry on its plans to “blow up” the agency’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) while switching to a real-time cybersecurity posture. […]
The first of 12 planned military satellites is now fully operational within less than a week of its launch, a top Space Development Agency (SDA) official announced today after he said the defense agency sent the spacecraft, dubbed Dragoon, into orbit on Monday. […]
Two of the Trump administration’s nominees to serve in key tech-related roles at the Department of Defense (DoD) told lawmakers during their nomination hearing on Thursday that they plan to speed acquisitions in emerging capabilities areas such as artificial intelligence, microelectronics, and quantum science, among others. […]
The head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told senior House Appropriations Committee leaders in a June 25 letter that a 48 percent cut to GAO’s budget approved earlier this week by the committee’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee would have “grave, pervasive” effects on the agency’s ability to serve as the investigative arm of Congress. […]
The United States is on track to “experience a DeepSeek moment in quantum” unless it takes accelerated action on the quantum tech front, witnesses told lawmakers this week as they warned of “catastrophic” consequences if China wins the global race in quantum computing. […]
Senior Pentagon officials today unveiled a detailed breakdown of President Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense (DoD) budget request that totals $1.01 trillion and includes major investments in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and space-based capabilities. […]
Frank Bisignano, the newly confirmed commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), told lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon that his agency is keeping Americans’ sensitive data safe, and he laid out the agency’s technology agenda to improve customer service. […]
House Republicans pushed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s fiscal year 2026 budget plan out of committee on June 24 with higher levels of funding for the agency’s cybersecurity efforts than under the budget cut proposed by President Donald Trump. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is pushing the boundaries of quantum sensing technology, seeking to rapidly transform quantum sensing from a scientific curiosity into a game-changing, field-ready capability for modern threat detection. […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on June 24 called on Congress to make further reductions to Federal government spending while praising cost-cutting efforts that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already undertaken. […]
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Wednesday pledged her commitment to using AI tech to support CDC operations and public health outcomes. […]
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted today to approve the nomination of Bryan Bedford to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]
The Department of the Navy (DON) released a new memo detailing its top five technology priorities for future investment, and is placing artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies at the forefront of those tech investment plans. […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill during a congressional hearing today that would prevent Federal agencies from buying or using artificial intelligence models created by companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other foreign adversaries. […]
A Federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that blocks the Trump administration from eliminating union bargaining for nearly a million Federal government employees at 21 agencies. […]
A Federal judge last week temporarily blocked the Department of Defense (DoD) from implementing a controversial policy slashing research funding for U.S. universities by granting a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by a coalition of 12 major research institutions. […]
Federal agencies continue to prioritize cybersecurity in their data strategies, but many are falling short of the visibility, agility, and integration required to meet today’s threat landscape, according to new research from MeriTalk and NetApp. […]