More than half of organizations have been targets of cyberattacks exploiting VPN (virtual private network) security vulnerabilities in the last year, underscoring the growing imperative to move away from traditional perimeter-based defenses and toward more robust zero trust security architecture, according to findings from cloud security provider Zscaler. […]

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) this week announced the launch of a new cybersecurity effort that will invest more than $50 million to create autonomous tools for IT teams to better defend hospital environments. […]

The Commerce Department said on May 23 that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Absolics to provide the company with $75 million of CHIPS and Science Act funding that will support the company’s construction of a facility in Covington, Ga., where it will develop substrates technology for use in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. […]

A key House member on AI issues said Thursday that the Senate’s recently released AI roadmap aligns closely with the work that lawmakers are doing on the issue in the House. […]

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on May 20 is offering some good news: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since last year has improved its capabilities to protect personally identifiable information (PII). […]

President Joe Biden signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 into law on May 16, injecting the agency with more than $105 billion over the next five years. […]

The Federal Chief Data Officers (CDO) Council has published its new goals for 2024-2025 to better leverage data as a strategic asset. […]

The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) issued its first-ever capstone report this week on trends in Federal agencies’ cybersecurity performance, and revealing that Feds strengthened their information security programs on average from fiscal year (FY) 2020 to FY2023. […]

The U.S. Army unveiled a new policy this week that will enable the service branch to rapidly adopt and institutionalize modern digital engineering practices. […]

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 43-3 on Wednesday to approve a bill that looks to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting U.S. artificial intelligence systems and other emerging technologies. […]

The IRS has announced the extension of its current Free File program through 2029 under an agreement with Free File, Inc. – a partnership between the agency and several tax preparation software firms – that provides free access to tax prep and online filing software. […]

While the Department of Defense (DoD) has immense amounts of data on recruitment, retention, and development of its military workforce, the same cannot be said for its civilian workforce. That’s why the Pentagon’s talent management office is pursuing a plan to close that data gap to improve civilian workforce operations. […]

As U.S. military veterans make the transition from serving in the armed forces to securing new employment in the civilian workforce, employers need to pay attention to how skills learned in the military can best translate into civilian jobs including those in the IT and cybersecurity fields, a senior Labor Department official said this week. […]

A top Department of Energy (DoE) official presented a sobering portrait of the nation’s cyber readiness this week, saying that a lack of funding is preventing Federal agencies from fully adhering to the Biden administration’s cybersecurity executive order (EO). […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is making strides in advancing the three pillars of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA), with Administrator Robin Carnahan saying this week that doubling down on efforts to recruit AI talent into the Federal government is “paying off.” […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rolled out a “Talent Pools” tool on the USAJOBS website in December, but an OPM official said on Wednesday that many Feds still don’t know about the new tool and urged agencies to begin using it. […]

The House passed legislation on Tuesday that aims to reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) until 2031, helping to reinvigorate the Federal government’s investments in technology modernization. […]

At today’s Workday Federal Forum in Washington, D.C., Federal and industry artificial intelligence (AI) experts discussed how government agencies are navigating the “double-edged sword” that is AI. […]

The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is looking into using AI technologies to reduce the time necessary to review and assess authorization packages. […]

Leaders of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection said on Wednesday that they are focused on harmonizing cybersecurity incident reporting regulations, especially when it comes to the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA). […]

Federal agency IT leaders explained at today’s Workday Federal Forum a range of strategies they are pursuing to improve their agencies’ technology workforces in the face of stiff competition for tech and cybersecurity talent. […]

The House of Representatives passed the Government Service Delivery Improvement Act via voice vote Tuesday, which aims to improve customer experience and accountability across the Federal government. […]

The chief of defense for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) at the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) is focused on boosting the cybersecurity of small businesses within the DIB. […]

Workday, Inc., which provides cloud-based human capital and financial management platforms to the private sector – and increasingly to government customers – has added the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to its Federal government customer rolls. […]

The challenge with artificial intelligence (AI) is not a lack of capabilities but providing valuable AI-enabled easy-to-use capabilities to the warfighter, according to an official at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) technology chief today offered a glimpse into the future capabilities of the agency’s Thunderdome program, and said data is at the top of that list. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) today unveiled the roster of its new Technical Advisory Group (TAG) created to “help inform decision-making on the technical, strategic, and operational direction” of GSA’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) that evaluates and authorizes cloud products and services used by Federal government agencies. […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is diligently working to assess and implement AI technology into its technology ecosystem, but an agency official said today that the process of weaving AI into the tech mix also points to possible risks in supply chain management and data integrity issues. […]

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo released a strategic vision for the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) today, outlining the steps that the AISI plans to take to advance the science of AI safety and facilitate safe and responsible AI innovation. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is ahead of schedule in developing a new chatbot that will assist the research community in navigating NSF program websites and matching their ideas with current solicitations, according to a top agency official. […]