An appeals court issued a formal stay last week allowing President Donald Trump’s March 27 executive order – which aims to end collective bargaining with Federal government unions for much of the civilian workforce – to go into effect. […]

The U.S. Space Force has appointed Charleen Laughlin as its new deputy chief of space operations for cyber and data, a senior Space Force official confirmed during an August 4 Mitchell Institute Schriever Spacepower Series event. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced today that it has added three prominent generative AI services to the agency’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), and is open to adding additional services. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $54 million contract to MetTel to modernize the VA’s telecom infrastructure, which includes 15,000 telephone landlines across 1,875 locations. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today that it plans to reduce the number of personnel working at its scientific archive center to refocus on the “core mission and save taxpayer dollars.” […]

The Senate confirmed Sean Cairncross to serve as national cyber director on Saturday in a 59-35 vote, making him the third confirmed leader of the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD). […]

The U.S. Army is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help manage airspace operations, as the environment grows increasingly complex with the rapid proliferation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – more commonly known as drones. […]

A new consortium devoted to secure software development and led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its draft guide for public comment that responds to instructions in a cybersecurity order from the White House earlier this summer.  […]

A group of Democratic senators has introduced a new bill that aims to protect Americans’ privacy by requiring an audit of Federal agency computer systems and networks accessed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on August 1 that it is offering $103.8 million of grant funding to state, local, and tribal governments to “strengthen community cybersecurity.” […]

A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced legislation that would establish a national plan to defend Federal systems against emerging quantum computing threats.  […]

The General Services Administration’s FedRAMP program is midway through a generational makeover to accelerate the pace of its work in evaluating the security of cloud services used by the government, and Brian Conrad – who ran the program from 2021 to 2024 leading into the current wave of change – is liking what he sees thus far. […]

The U.S. Army has struck a new deal with Palantir to consolidate software procurement and establish a comprehensive framework for the Army’s future software and data needs, the service announced on Thursday. […]

U.S. and British soldiers teamed up this week to test systems designed to counter battlefield drone threats, putting into action Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s directive to accelerate drone integration and training across the military. […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking to dive deep into the full artificial intelligence tech stack in its forthcoming “Community Profile” that aims to give organizations a framework for securing artificial intelligence systems and using them for defense.  […]

President Donald Trump has nominated long-time Wall Street executive Edward Forst to lead the General Services Administration (GSA) as its next administrator.  […]

A coming report from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) reveals that 71 percent of Federal agencies are managing all of their records in an electronic format – meeting a deadline set by NARA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). […]

The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs & Border Protection component are two of the latest Federal agencies to deploy artificial intelligence-driven chat bots and virtual reality systems to guide their hiring processes and support workforce training – with more use cases on the horizon – agency officials said on July 29.   […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released official guidance on July 29 for agencies to follow as they implement President Donald Trump’s July 17 executive order that created a new Schedule G for Federal employees – including requirements for review by the White House of any appointments under the new schedule. […]

As adversaries are increasingly leveraging AI and deepfakes in their cyberattacks, the chief information security officer (CISO) for the U.S. House of Representatives on July 29 stressed the importance of adapting security awareness training to keep up with the emerging technologies. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is looking to expand the scope of GSAi – the agency’s internal generative AI tool – to support other Federal agencies facing the same GenAI problem set. […]

The White House and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled sweeping data initiatives on Wednesday with the launch of a program to let Americans share medical records across privately-owned apps while consolidating HHS data into a single database.  […]

Amy Henninger, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon’s Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) directorate, outlined a tech-centric vision for the future of defense testing during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee today. […]

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is demanding answers from the Pentagon after revelations earlier this month that Microsoft used China-based engineers to work on sensitive U.S. military systems. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) said today that it reached terms with Docusign for steep price discounts to Federal agencies on two of the firm’s product plans under GSA’s OneGov initiative. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an Eviction Strategies Tool on July 30 to help cyber defenders better respond to cyber incidents. […]

Federal agency use cases for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies rose sharply last year, signaling increased interest in GenAI tech deployments across the 11 agencies reviewed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a new report.   […]

In Congress’s latest attempt to regulate artificial intelligence, House and Senate lawmakers are reintroducing legislation to promote public-private collaboration on testing financial sector AI systems.  […]

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted 22-6 today to advance the nomination of Paul Roberti to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). […]

The White House’s newly issued AI Action Plan looks to cement U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence, but White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Michael Kratsios said on Wednesday that the “ultimate solution” to win the AI race requires Congress. […]