Further funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has fallen completely off the radar of House appropriators, who did not include any mention of the program in their fiscal year (FY) 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill approved today by the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. […]

The head of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced today that he plans to introduce legislation that would establish a regulatory harmonization committee for cybersecurity at the White House. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) on June 4 released new guidance to help defense agencies implement target and advanced levels of the DoD’s Zero Trust Strategy. […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and high-performance computing technologies to better forecast and disseminate weather and climate information, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said on June 4. […]

New research from Trellix, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), reveals that 92 percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) question the future of their role amidst growing AI and generative AI (GenAI) pressures. […]

When asked how the FBI is thinking about building the next-generation workforce, a top official within the intelligence agency said Tuesday that the FBI is challenged with finding the right talent to detect deepfakes. […]

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Social Security Administration (SSA) assess and review the amount of funds the agency uses in acquiring software licenses, and the possible duplication of licenses that it buys. […]

The Pandemic Responsibility and Accountability Committee (PRAC) has released a new report for Federal and state program administrators that outlines recommendations on how to better protect government programs from fraud and abuse – including by upgrading out-of-date IT systems. […]

The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee today advanced a spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025 which cuts down on the Biden administration’s requests to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) science and technology efforts, and to fund DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component. […]

The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is ramping up its contract opportunities with new private sector partners, a Pentagon official said today. […]

As Federal agencies look to protect themselves against AI-fueled cyberattacks, government cybersecurity officials explained today that they are shifting their mindsets to embrace partnerships and no longer be embarrassed about sharing their incident data. […]

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) announced today that it is building a pilot reciprocity framework to be used in a critical infrastructure subsector which will give ONCD “valuable insights” into how to best design a harmonized cybersecurity regulatory approach. […]

The head of the FBI’s Cyber Division said today that the bureau is making the “nation so much safer” by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing technology in its tip reporting.  […]

The U.S. Army is changing how it creates and maintains the technology that runs its command and control (C2) networks, according to a special notice posted to sam.gov on May 28. The service branch is seeking industry responses to the notice by June 14. […]

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was the only Federal agency to receive an overall “A” grade on the latest FITARA Scorecard, so MeriTalk took the opportunity to chat with Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jason Gray about the agency’s recent scorecard success. In an exclusive interview with MeriTalk, Gray discusses the secret sauce […]

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Thursday released its inaugural Vision for the Intelligence Community (IC) Information Environment: An IT Roadmap. […]

Pentagon Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Radha Plumb is rolling out a new plan to bring in more companies to support the Defense Department’s (DoD) effort to scale its data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities – with DoD’s Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) as the first program in line for support. […]

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is looking for public input to help inform its data-driven Federal Evidence Agenda on Disability Equity. […]

A top leader at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said last week that AI technology has the potential to eliminate bias in the hiring process. […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) – a research component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – National Eye Institute (NEI) has tapped Kevin Chu to serve as deputy chief information officer (CIO) according to his LinkedIn profile. […]

After more than two decades leading global teams in IT operations and cybersecurity in the Federal government, Gerry Caron is heading to the private sector. […]

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) ended on May 31 – much to the chagrin of FCC and Biden administration leadership – leaving millions of Americans at risk of losing their subsidized internet service. […]

Following the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, which is a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group (UHG), members of Congress are increasing their scrutiny of UHG, looking for both accountability and solutions to prevent a similar cyberattack. […]

Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have “serious concerns” with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) plan to invest in Microsoft product upgrades to support zero trust goals, according to a May 29 letter. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has chosen Micky Tripathi to serve as the department’s acting chief AI officer (CAIO), an HHS spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

The U.S. Army has awarded Palantir Technologies a $480 million contract to begin the prototyping phase for an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tool for battlefield analysis, the Defense Department (DoD) announced on Wednesday. […]

As Federal agencies are working to protect themselves from quantum-driven hacking, Federal experts on Thursday said that cybersecurity teams must be involved in the quantum computing conversation from the start – otherwise, the emerging technology will be a “disservice” to everyone. […]

Two leading government agencies are getting set to release their latest guidance for Federal officials on how to start securing critical data against potential cybersecurity threats posed by advances in quantum computing, officials said on May 30.  […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) needs to improve how it collects and analyzes data from its military judicial system in order to guard against racial disparities that may result from those judicial functions, according to a May 23 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on May 29 that Scott Flanders will assume the role as the agency’s permanent IT chief. […]