The Trump administration pledged Wednesday to bolster the power grid behind its new AI Action Plan, vowing to ease environmental permitting rules, boost existing supply, and accelerate electrical infrastructure development. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) intelligence arm charged with coordinating intelligence sharing hasn’t fulfilled all of its oversight and collaboration requirements since it was founded more than a decade ago, a Federal watchdog said. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has paused efforts by its Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) to re-compete a $15 billion artificial intelligence multiple award contract, casting uncertainty over the future of the DoD’s Advana flagship enterprise data and analytics platform. […]
President Donald Trump’s new action plan on artificial intelligence (AI) calls on the Pentagon to rapidly adopt AI solutions across the Department of Defense (DoD) ecosystem — from warfighting to back-office operations. […]
As the Department of Defense (DoD) prepares to roll out “JWCC Next” – a follow-on vehicle to the current $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract – acting DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) Katie Arrington said on Thursday that the agency is looking to bring in more “non-traditional companies.” […]
Sean Plankey, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), pledged at his Senate nomination hearing today to focus on the agency’s primary security missions and to push for more resources from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Congress if those are required. […]
The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan seeks to ramp up artificial intelligence innovation and development while cutting “red tape and onerous regulation” in an effort to give industry a helping hand – but it’s receiving mixed reviews. […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the Department of Defense (DoD) chief information officer (CIO) to ensure the DoD’s IT capabilities are protected from supply chain attacks by adversaries such as China and Russia. […]
Gen. Michael Guetlein, the newly confirmed program manager for Golden Dome, said on Tuesday he is wasting no time in assembling a detailed plan and team to build the Pentagon’s next-generation missile defense initiative. […]
The U.S. Space Force is tackling longstanding over-classification practices to improve collaboration and interoperability with allied nations in an increasingly complex space environment. […]
Congress is cracking down on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) lagging IT modernization efforts via new legislation introduced by a bipartisan pair of House members who want to push the agency to upgrade its IT systems. […]
The White House released its long-awaited AI Action Plan today with a renewed focus on easing permitting requirements to promote faster buildouts of data centers and semiconductor manufacturing plants in the United States. […]
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said on Tuesday that he is drafting legislation to address TikTok’s national security and privacy issues and trying to find “the sweet spot” to keep the social media app online in the United States. […]
There are going to be millions of AI-directed robots existing among us in the next few years, and it’s time for Congress to get ready for that reality. […]
Republicans have selected Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., who is a veteran cybersecurity policy leader on Capitol Hill, to be the new chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. […]
Margie Palmieri, one of the Pentagon’s earliest Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) leaders, will step down from her role as deputy CDAO in August, a Department of Defense (DoD) spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has formally integrated the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office (ZT PfMO) into the DoD enterprise and established a new leadership role – the chief zero trust officer – according to a July 17 directive issued by Acting DoD CIO Katie Arrington. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) said that Leslie Beavers will be stepping down in September as DoD deputy CIO after two years in that position. […]
President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Ryan Cote to serve as the assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). […]
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Warner, D-Va., are sounding the alarm over cybersecurity gaps at rural hospitals due to Medicaid funding cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill budget reconciliation package approved by Congress earlier this month. […]
Members of the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee (FSGG) are funding several artificial intelligence and cyber efforts in their draft appropriations bill released Sunday night for the upcoming fiscal year. […]
House appropriators for the second year in a row are declining to propose new funding for the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) – leaving the question of new funding up to either Senate appropriators and/or a novel plan that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released in June. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on July 20 flagged a new warning from Microsoft on exploitation of a SharePoint vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770). […]
President Donald Trump has tapped Michael Rigas, the deputy secretary of state for management and resources, to serve as the new acting administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking small business partners to provide information technology services in support of its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) program office. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched a two-week review to investigate and eliminate the possible use of China-based engineers by vendors in any DoD systems contracts. […]
House lawmakers last week approved two pieces of legislation that would add significant new network security and policy taskings to the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) component. […]
President Donald Trump created a new classification of Federal workers on Thursday to “help faithfully implement the President’s policy agenda” – the latest effort from the Trump administration to restructure the Federal government. […]
James Walkinshaw, who currently serves on the Fairfax County, Va., Board of Supervisors and is campaigning for election to Congress, joined MeriTalk’s Tech Tonic event on Thursday evening where he pledged to continue the Federal IT work of his former boss, Rep. Gerry Connolly. […]
Pavan Pidugu, the new chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Transportation (DoT), said on Thursday that his top priority is to build technology and to transform the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) into a one-stop technology shop. […]