The years-long debate of whether or not AI governance should be centralized within one Federal entity stepped back into the limelight Wednesday as lawmakers scramble to craft a bipartisan, comprehensive legislative package on the emerging technology and try to push it over the finish line. […]

The story of how the Federal government is grappling with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies – and adopting policies that will define their use for years to come – is being written right now. Come join us on Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C., to become part of that vital process at the Red Hat Government Symposium 2023: Intelligence Unleashed. […]

Automation is a vital piece of the digital transformation that is sweeping across Federal agencies. It improves workflows and speeds processes, ultimately improving the quality of citizen services. MeriTalk recently sat down with Adam Clater, chief architect for North America Public Sector at Red Hat, to discuss the power of automation to transform citizen services, how agencies can plan for automation across the enterprise, and the importance of automating on a secure, stable foundation. […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) – which operates within the Defense Department (DoD) to accelerate the military’s adoption of leading commercial technologies – is seeking industry help to develop tools that DoD can use to hunt for cyber threats on Pentagon networks. […]

The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new customer experience (CX) office offered insights on Tuesday into the agency’s upcoming CX goals as DHS looks to improve experience across an estimated one billion “touch points” with the public every year.  […]

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials on Tuesday said they are looking to improve the veteran experience through the delivery of cutting-edge technology, including the use of facial recognition tech in the intensive care units (ICU) at VA hospitals. […]

The Senate confirmed Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on Tuesday to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by a vote of 62-36. […]

The IRS announced this week that the agency has achieved – ahead of schedule – the first goal of its paperless processing initiative, which is to allow taxpayers to respond online to notices and correspondence and with the Federal agency. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently awarded a contract worth about $110 million to Lumen Technologies to provide secure network services to the Department of Defense (DoD). […]

As a national security intelligence agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is well known for delivering geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) analysis that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, and other intelligence professionals in the service of national security. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – which in recent years has taken an outsized role in helping to ensure the security of elections run by state and local authorities throughout the country – said today that it had seen no credible threats to election infrastructure and processes as many states held off-year elections for state legislative and other offices. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has released a new technology watchlist highlighting specific technology capabilities it will go after in fiscal year (FY) 2024, with artificial intelligence (AI) tech coming in first on the list.  […]

The true potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies – and the perils that the tech may pose on the world stage – are still unfolding into view, said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., who discussed those points this week in the context of strategic competition between the U.S. and China. […]

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) La Monte Yarborough said on Monday that upgrading outdated IT systems and bolstering security efforts is crucial to improving public trust and user experience (UX). […]

Federal agencies are looking to improve their cloud management practices with the help of the newly released Cloud Operations Best Practices and Resource Guide. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is hosting the CDAO Procurement Forum on Nov. 30 to brief industry on its procurement forecast for 2024. […]

Jane Rathbun has been tapped to serve as the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer (CIO) on a more permanent basis, officially dropping the “acting” title as of Oct. 29. […]

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its governmentwide results of the 2023 OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) today, showing an increase in Federal employees’ overall engagement. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is calling on industry to help understand how it can best simplify the capabilities it provides the Defense Department (DoD) in support of an agile and flexible military and civilian force. […]

A bipartisan pair of House members has introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act to continue advancing research and development of quantum capabilities in the U.S. […]

With the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program – one of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) top security efforts for Federal agencies – hitting its 11-year anniversary, Program Manager Matt House last week discussed some of the program’s major priorities for fiscal year 2024. […]

Microsoft announced new security upgrades late last week to better protect its customers against cyber threats, including improved security protections for identity signing keys. […]

Just days after President Biden signed a new executive order (EO) on AI, two senators introduced a bill to give that White House measure more teeth. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop benchmarks to measure Federal office building use and get rid of unneeded space, especially with recent increases in telework. […]

An alliance of nearly 50 countries has joined together to sign a policy statement pledging that their governments will not pay ransom demands to cybercriminals, a senior White House official said today. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled new cybersecurity evaluation metrics it will use to evaluate the cyber defenses of contractors before awarding contracts, the department announced in a notice published to Sam.gov on November 1. […]

As Federal government agencies are fast-tracking their secure multi-cloud journeys, experts this week urged agencies to take a “trust, but verify” approach to cloud security, which may require a cultural change across organizations. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is “very excited” about its recent request for information from industry about a key part of DoD’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) – one of the Pentagon’s top modernization priorities – a defense official said on Nov. 2. […]

In step with President Biden’s executive order on AI released earlier this week, the Department of Defense (DoD) is also taking steps to accelerate the adoption of agile artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told reporters during an on-camera press briefing on November 2. […]

An AI industry expert called on Congress this week to pass comprehensive Federal legislation that covers a wide range of risks associated with the emerging technology, arguing that state and local government action to create AI-related laws will only stifle innovation. […]