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. […]
The U.S. Army has launched a new generative AI platform to streamline communication and enhance operational efficiency on a range of fronts – from drafting press releases to reclassifying personnel descriptions, and everything in between. As a demonstration of its capabilities, the Army used the very tool it unveiled to author the press release announcing […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its initial draft of updated cybersecurity guidelines for Internet of Things (IoT) manufacturers which includes a wider scope of products and more post-market considerations. […]
A bipartisan group of senators introduced new legislation on May 14 that would block artificial intelligence technology firms from retaliating against employees who leak information about AI security lapses to the Federal government, with a companion bill set to be introduced in the House. […]
Witnesses at a House hearing on May 15 warned lawmakers that any lapse in the existing Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 15) would weaken the United States’ cybersecurity posture and undermine efforts to share information between the public and private sectors. […]
With the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations process underway, more than 165 local election officials and associations from 40 states are calling on Congress to provide $400 million in election security funding they say is necessary to protect the integrity of the voting process. […]
Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., vowed today to fight any move to sever the dual-hat leadership relationship between the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). […]