General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $922 million contract by the General Services Administration to modernize U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) enterprise IT infrastructure. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is well on its way to implementing new cloud and IT environments that the agency has been working on for the past two years, a top agency tech official said this week. […]
Officials from the Department of Energy (DoE) and cloud security provider Zscaler said that having a secure zero trust architecture (ZTA) in place can help agencies be prepared for cyber threats related to generative AI. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) officially approved zero trust implementation plans from all of its components last month, and the agency is now looking to focus on “minimum viable solutions” for the plans by tackling specific security-related issues each year. […]
Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Chris DeRusha gave broad credit today to Federal agencies for making marked improvements in cybersecurity over the past few years, and cited the ability of one larger agency – which he did not name – with being able to take particularly quick action in the face of the Ivanti vulnerabilities that the government began warning about in January. […]
Despite Congress recently rescinding $100 million in funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), a top TMF official today shared that none of the fund’s current projects are at risk from that move, and that the TMF Board plans to soon announce awards for several additional AI-driven projects. […]
Sens. Gary Peters D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, have introduced legislation that looks to speed up and streamline the Federal procurement process for agencies and their contractors. […]
Brian Conrad, the former acting director of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), joined Zscaler today as its new head of global compliance, authorizing authority liaison. […]
The time when Federal IT leaders can prioritize cybersecurity more than user experience (UX) is over, according to State Department Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kelly Fletcher. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today issued a final rule confirming protections for career civil servants against the potential reemergence of a controversial Trump-era Federal workforce policy that aimed to create a new “Schedule F” for employees in policymaking roles that would make it easier to fire them. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA)’s new roadmap for its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is pivoting to look more at the “whole customer journey,” a GSA official said this week. […]
A new bipartisan bill in the House would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deliver a plan to Congress on how it can integrate emerging technology such as AI and machine learning at the border. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) rolled out a new strategy on Tuesday which outlines how the Pentagon plans to integrate commercial space capabilities into military operations. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) are at various stages of modernizing financial management processes but face similar challenges with legacy systems and data compatibility. […]
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich.,?chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, introduced bipartisan legislation today to increase transparency and oversight of Federal telework policies. […]
While practical employment of quantum computing remains out of reach for the time being, a National Security Agency (NSA) said this week that industry and government must work closely together to lay the groundwork for quantum capabilities to be easily adopted when the time comes for widescale deployment. […]
The technical lead for the Pentagon’s new Task Force Lima said this week that his team is currently working across the Defense Department (DoD) on generative AI tech to help the services “unlock access” to troves of knowledge. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) released findings late Tuesday following its independent review of the summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion that attributed the success of the China-based hack to “a cascade of security failures at Microsoft” and an “inadequate” security culture at the company. […]
Matt House, who runs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program, previewed today that his office is working on an effort to better explain how the CDM program supports the Federal government’s push toward zero trust security architectures, and specifically the Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM) that CISA last updated in April 2023. […]
The U.S. Air Force is turning to the private sector for input on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies that could be integrated into its command-and-control (C2) modernization efforts. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a new dedicated High-Risk Communities webpage today with a range of cybersecurity resources for civil society organizations and other high-risk communities. […]
The United States and the United Kingdom signed a landmark agreement on Monday to collaborate on testing artificial intelligence models, becoming the first two countries to formally work together on AI safety. […]
The head of the State Department’s IT and cybersecurity efforts said today that it is her top priority to “improve user experience while making cybersecurity more robust.” […]
The Defense Department, General Services Administration, and NASA have issued a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add the framework for a new FAR part 40 covering information security and supply chain security. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Monday that a new electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) product, provided by Atom Power, has achieved authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) said it’s working on a list of longstanding IT management problems previously flagged by the agency’s inspector general, and it estimates taking action on most of those by Aug. 30 of this year. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published a set of revisions to its “Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity” – the first since 1997. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) stood up a new civilian-facing cyber policy office on March 20, the department announced last Friday. […]
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, ranking member of the HSGAC Subcommittee on Spending Oversight, introduced a new bill on March 28 to help strengthen oversight of Federal spending and reduce fraud. […]
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Cornyn, R-Texas., have introduced new legislation that would hold Federal agencies and officials more accountable for retaining records of their electronic communications. […]