Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced on Nov. 3 plans for a new space bureau that will better support the needs of a growing satellite industry and promote long-term technical capacity at the FCC. […]
Equity in healthcare services is a big problem plaguing many minority and immigrant groups in the United States, but one with the potential for technology-driven cures, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official said on Nov. 3 at GDIT’s Emerge Health 2022 event. […]
The Data Foundation – a Washington-based think tank that advocate using data to inform public policymaking – has issued a new report calling on Congress to create a Federal Chief Data Officer (CDO) position. […]
A new report from the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) finds that three-quarters of “ransomware-related incidents” tracked by FinCEN originated from or were connected to the Russian Federation during the second half of 2021. […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) is looking to modernize highway infrastructure by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, according to a new contract opportunity posted on SAM.gov. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is looking to innovation as its “North Star,” and piloting emerging technologies to deliver better healthcare to veterans. […]
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), said today that the increasing acceptance and use of cutting-edge information technology is poised to help alleviate healthcare infrastructure weaknesses exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded four contracts on Nov. 2 to help build the “internet of space” and connect ground communications systems with diverse satellite networks. […]
The U.S. Army has unveiled a final solicitation for a potential $900 million, multiple-award contract to acquire broad technology development and integration services as the service branch moves forward with its modernization and innovation agenda. […]
Two senior Federal officials doing vital work on climate issues are preaching to the younger generation a message to join the government workforce so they can help stave off the worst outcomes of climate change – despite what one called the “crap money.” […]
Two Defense Department (DoD) organizations are partnering to improve global weather sensing applications by contracting for industry development of ground, air, and space-based technologies, according to a press release from Oct. 26. […]
The White House on Nov. 1 wrapped up its two-day International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit that produced a lengthy list of goals for participant countries to shoot for in curbing ransomware attacks. […]
Matt House, who was named program manager of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program last week, sketched out some principles in the program’s path forward today at FCW’s CDM summit event. […]
As agencies work to implement the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program capabilities, agency officials today said that operational technology (OT) has proved to be “one of the biggest challenges” for the program – and represents an unknown territory for both CISA and partner agencies. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to release in the coming days a detailed strategy for its ambitious department-wide zero trust security strategy, said Randy Resnick, director of Zero Trust Portfolio Management at DoD, during FCW’s CDM Summit event on Nov. 2. […]
A bipartisan bill aimed at creating a pilot program within the Department of Education to strengthen cybersecurity education has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives. […]
The Commerce Department’s U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) component is gearing up to facilitate a big push to build local technology hubs across the country, according to Alejandra Y. Castillo, assistant Commerce secretary and head of the EDA, who spoke at a Nov. 1 event organized by Route Fifty. […]
Experts in data science and health shared expectations on Nov. 1 for the newly established Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (or ARPA-H), including that it should incorporate social determinants of health into its research and think about a reusable data structure. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) announced $39 million in funding for projects to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required to power America’s clean energy future, according to a press release published Oct. 27. […]
In its agency-wide effort to modernize technology and build critical infrastructure needed to improve efficiency the nation’s tax system, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to replace its current Enterprise File Storage (EFS) system with a managed service solution, according to a request for information (RFI) released on Oct. 31. […]
It is a truism in government that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are the wave of the future, offering many opportunities for increased efficiency and accuracy that help to better serve the public. Early adopters in the Federal government have realized some quick wins with the technologies – but it is often a challenge to understand when those technologies are mature enough to be applied to a particular problem. […]
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said today that her agency has found no “credible” threats that would disrupt U.S. elections infrastructure. […]
The U.S. Army has issued a request for information (RFI) for industry feedback on approaches currently being developed to address software supply chain issues, with a focus on the “acquisition, validation, ingest, and use of Software Bills of Material (SBOMs) and closely associated matters.” […]
Reps. Katie Porter, D-Cali., and Gerry Connolly, D-VA., introduced new legislation last week that aims to strengthen how the Federal government serves the American public by giving six agencies specific marching orders on improving online and other services. […]
The Federal government’s push to improve the nation’s cybersecurity posture across the board has taken shape through numerous policies and actions, but none are more important than the ongoing goal of creating more responsive operational collaboration with the private sector, Federal cybersecurity leaders said on Oct. 28. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Lumen Technologies a $1.5 billion contract to provide network transport and communications services in the Asia Pacific region. […]
The U.S Navy’s top cyber advisor has released the service branch’s new Cyberspace Superiority Vision (CSV) to guide and improve the Navy’s cyber posture. […]
Government and private sector experts discussed the extent to which zero trust cybersecurity principles ought to be applied to the larger problem of achieving better supply chain security at an Oct. 26 event organized by the Atlantic Council. […]
Chris Cleary, the U.S. Navy’s principal cyber advisor, said that data is the fuel driving the implementation of zero trust security architectures, and said agencies moving in that direction need to meet the challenge of identifying data and protecting it. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) today announced a nearly $2 million investment to modernize the U.S. AbilityOne Commission’s Procurement List Information Management System (PLIMS) software. […]