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The General Services Administration (GSA) has developed an emerging technology “radar” process to help it track the trajectory of emerging technologies from initial research and development to government experiments, according to the Assistant Commissioner of GSA’s Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) Laura Stanton. […]

The Department of Energy (DoE) will soon operationalize its public-private pilot program which aims to secure critical energy infrastructure against threats as it also looks forward to improving security through work within industry sectors, a top DoE security official said on Sept. 17.  […]

Transportation Department (DoT) CIO Cordell Schachter emphasized top findings of the “Digital Dozen” Federal chief information officers whose thinking underpins MeriTalk’s “Tech Tonic: FY25 Federal CIO Forecast” report in remarks at Tech Tonic on Sept. 19, and how important it is for the Federal government to modernize IT systems to address many of those priorities.   […]

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is issuing more than a dozen recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after it discovered that HHS has failed to implement all the key privacy safeguards for its pandemic IT systems that collect and store personally identifiable information (PII).  […]

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The Pentagon is preparing to re-compete its Advana enterprise data and analytics platform, transitioning from its current contracting vehicle to a new model, with plans for a 10-year, multi-vendor contract worth up to $15 billion, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Radha Plumb announced during an industry day event on Wednesday. […]

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House members vented their frustrations on Thursday over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) action to pause use of the agency’s troubled Program Integrity Tool (PIT) last year, which has resulted in the VA not being able to collect about $665 million in revenue since then and created potential financial impacts for veterans.  […]

CSC 2.0 – the private sector successor to the government’s Cyberspace Solarium Commission – is teeing up a series of cybersecurity-related legislative and policy actions that it says the next administration and Congress still needs to pursue. […]

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Federal agency grades were up sharply and nearly across the board on the latest edition of the FITARA Scorecard issued today by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who is ranking member of the House Cybersecurity, IT, and Government Innovation Subcommittee and who compiles the scorecard with substantial input from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

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Members of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide more transparency on its budget needs just as Congress bailed the agency out on Thursday with billions of dollars in supplemental funding for fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]

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Federal employees reported high satisfaction with available benefit programs according to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) 2023 OPM Federal Employee Benefits Survey (FEBS) released by OPM on Sept. 18.  […]

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Private sector tech leaders warned lawmakers on Wednesday of foreign efforts to influence U.S. public opinion ahead of the 2024 election, and emphasized that various “misinformation campaigns” are increasingly being shaped by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology. […]

U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) last week unveiled its AI roadmap, which aims to improve analytic capabilities, scale operations, and enhance adversary disruption. […]

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The Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Sept. 16 a $269 million investment to enhance U.S. microelectronics manufacturing capacity and workforce development through the Pentagon’s Microelectronics Commons (ME Commons) initiative. […]

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Arati Prabhakar called on Congress Tuesday to provide billions in funding for the government’s National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) so that AI development does not become reliant on the biggest tech companies. […]

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