The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Sept. 21 that revealed Iranian hackers had access to the Albanian government’s network about 14 months before launching the destructive July cyberattack. […]
The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is developing Federal interagency processes to create transparent and coherent cyber action plans that align with the current activity underway in the cyber landscape, an agency official said. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced the next round of bid submissions for its multibillion-dollar Polaris contract. […]
Members of Congress voiced their concerns on the need for more cybersecurity to protect the water infrastructure of the United States at a Homeland Security Committee hearing on Sept. 21. […]
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released a new report on Sept. 14, detailing how the department has failed to implement and finalize its interim body camera policies. […]
Nearly all U.S. Postal Service (USPS) workers will notice a three percent pay raise on their next check. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to facilitate a research study on the impact different demographic features have on remote identity proofing technologies – like facial recognition. […]
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., explained some of the challenges that his new crypto legislation has faced when speaking at the Writing the Rules of Crypto Event hosted by Politico on Sept. 20. […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to diversify its applicant pools and reduce the long onboarding hiring process as the agency tries to revamp its hiring practices, an agency official said. […]
Members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies expressed their frustrations with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program today and urged the agency to repair the program one lawmaker called a “train wreck.” […]
The Fifth Annual Service to the Citizen Awards program honored five Federal government and private sector leaders on Sept. 16 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., for driving positive change in the delivery of government services to benefit all citizens. […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has banned two China-associated telecommunication organizations from providing their services in the United States. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has faced acquisition management problems – placing it on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) High-Risk List – but agency officials on Sept. 20 said they are looking to chart a new course in VA acquisition, one that may require an enterprise-wide approach. […]
The nomination hearing for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Archivist took place amidst pressure from government officials to modernize the agency’s record-keeping capabilities. […]
There is a consensus among lawmakers that the FITARA Scorecard should evolve to encompass the evolution of agency infrastructure for a more valuable analysis of an agency’s IT management maturity of its unclassified systems environment. […]
Have you ever thought it would be so much easier to turn the TV on without lifting a finger or even uttering a few words? In times when the remote is buried deep in the couch, brain-computer interfaces (BCI) will come in handy. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have published a report that details some of the security concerns of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN), as well as some of the ways to mitigate such concerns. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., reintroduced the Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act for the third time in hopes that the bill designed to protect Federal employees during health emergencies will finally pass the Senate. […]
The United States can be doing more to provide trust in election security to the masses, according to Josh Benaloh, a senior cryptographer at Microsoft. […]
The Energy Department’s (DoE) Pamela Isom stepped down from her role as director of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology Office on Sept. 9, a DoE spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
Congress should shore up the role of the Federal chief information officer (CIO) and consider enshrining the position into law to help improve the government’s often troubled management of IT, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. […]
The White House has released a new framework that encompasses a plethora of findings on digital assets, which includes stopping illegal uses of it, climate change effects, as well as how Federal agencies should move forward with regulations and guidelines. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program specifically to support state and local governments (SLGs) across the country. […]
The Justice Department’s (DoJ) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) component expect to complete a major cloud-based system overhaul over the next year, according to DEA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Nick Ward. […]
A senior National Institutes of Health (NIH) technology official talked about the agency’s strategy to leverage cloud services to further its data science strategic plan during a September 15 Federal News Network event. […]
The Federal government’s Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF) kicked off its inaugural meeting with a discussion of new initiatives to collaborate with state, local, tribal, and territorial entities to protect against ransomware intrusions and disrupt malicious actors, according to a September 14 press release from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]
What makes for a worthy party to celebrate a great company and community? Take a couple hundred of your best friends from government and private sector IT leadership, add in beautiful weather and refreshments, stir in a great fundraising cause, and top with players of all ages battling it out in a 500-year old game that only somewhat resembles baseball. […]
Witnesses at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on September 14 urged action by lawmakers to wall off access to personal data of United States citizens by foreign powers who are hostile toward the U.S. […]
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana told House lawmakers today that she envisions promising payoffs over the next year from Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) investments spurred by Congress’s $1 billion cash infusion into the fund last year. […]
The House of Representatives voted 225-204 on Sept. 15 to approve the Preventing a Patronage System Act, which aims to block any future moves to assign Federal workers to newly created “excepted” service schedules. […]