MITRE Corp. – which operates Federally funded R&D centers focused on scientific and technology issues – published a new report on Wednesday that offers recommendations to the incoming administration on how to maintain U.S. science and technology (S&T) leadership and promote international collaboration over the next four years and beyond. […]
Federal CIO Clare Martorana emphasized today that recent and ongoing changes to the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) are central to making progress on some of the Biden administration’s top government technology goals. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requesting public comments after unveiling a proposal that includes cybersecurity mandates for the future manufacturing of airplanes and aviation equipment, according to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on Wednesday. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put out a call for comment on a revised version of digital identity guidelines which the agency said aim “to ensure security, privacy and accessibility during the identity-proofing process for people accessing government services.” […]
Dell Technologies’ Cloud Hybrid Edge-to-Enterprise Evaluation and Test Analysis Suite (CHEETAS) is helping the military meet the pace of its mission needs for the flightline and beyond. […]
Senior officials from two Federal agencies said this week that they are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to automate routine tasks, boost efficiency, and improve cybersecurity. […]
The Federal government is facing challenges to its logistics missions, from growing threats to global disruptions that show little sign of letting up. Recently, new disruptions have threatened global supply chains, driven by world events including slowed supply chains at the crucial Panama Canal and Suez Canal. […]
The Deputy Commanding General for the U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, Brig. Gen. John Cogbill, on Wednesday detailed the command’s effort to become “the Army’s first AI-enabled corps” – a directive given to the unit in 2020 under former Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla. […]
State officials said this week that they are balancing centralized and decentralized distribution approaches as they try to put money from the Federal government’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) to work for them. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is looking for feedback on its new whitepaper series focused on safeguarding 5G wireless technology. […]
The U.S. Army has released details on its plans for a significantly larger – up to $10 billion from the previous figure of about $1 billion – multiple-award software development support services contract competition, according to an updated request for information (RFI) issued on Aug. 16. […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more integrated into intelligence operations, U.S. agency officials face a challenging balancing act. While AI promises improvements in data analysis and automation, use of the technology also poses significant concerns about privacy, civil liberties, and potential misuse by adversaries. […]
The U.S. Army is looking to partner with industry as it begins the next phases of its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) program: “deliberate pilots” and “persistent experimentation.” […]
The IRS is teaming up with state tax agencies and software and financial industries firms on a new initiative to combat steep upticks in fraudulent attacks on taxpayers and tax systems. […]
The Indian Health Service’s electronic health record (EHR) system is the oldest critical information system currently in use in the Federal government, and a top agency official on Tuesday shared details of IHS’s “transformational” effort to modernize that system over the next few years. […]
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner closed out day one of AFCEA International’s TechNet Augusta 2024 in Augusta, Ga., by detailing the agency’s plans to bring 100,000 users onto DoDNet beginning in October. […]
A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that Federal agencies believe the assessment process for evidence-based policymaking to be useful, but that the guidance provided by the White House to help them do so is confusing. […]
U.S. Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) Leo Garciga said today that his team is working on a “wide swath of things” in the generative AI space and detailed the service branch’s exploration of large language models as a service (LLMaaS). […]
The Partnership for Public Service said in a report released on Aug. 15 that the Federal government needs to make better use of AI, technology, and data to deliver better services for the public. […]
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are pointing the finger at Iran and Russia for what they say are ongoing attempts to conduct “cyber operations” including phishing attacks against U.S. presidential campaigns and people associated with them. […]
What are Federal agency chief information officers planning for fiscal year 2025 and how are they going to prioritize their budgets and spending? We invite you to find out the real deal at Tech Tonic on Sept. 19 at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. from 5-9 p.m. […]
An independent White House advisory group that focuses on Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies is calling out the U.S. government as a whole and the Department of Defense (DoD) in particular for stumbling over satellite interference issues and lagging on positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems alternatives. […]
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded $424 million in contracts to develop the final 20 satellites for its constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites. […]
The Department of the Navy has unveiled version 2 of its Information Superiority Vision (ISV 2.0), building on the department’s 2020 IT modernization vision by “refining the Navy’s data management.” […]
A new report from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and the IBM Center for The Business of Government is calling on Congress to make permanent the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), as well as its Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence (PACE) to prevent fraud in emergency funding. […]
The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) near-term tech priorities feature website improvements, implementation of e-signatures capabilities, and creation of a new web portal. […]
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced today that its inaugural chief technology officer (CTO) Bill Streilein is transitioning back to academia. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD), in collaboration with the Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), announced that it plans to launch a new supercomputing system dedicated to biological defense at DoE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. […]
The U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are making waves in maritime technology with their latest venture into small unmanned surface vehicles (sUSVs), partnering with a mix of mid-size, non-traditional, and venture-backed companies to fast-track these advanced vessels from concept to capability. […]
Healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) and the establishment of a cybersecurity gateway are among several ways that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is protecting against threats as cyberattacks on the healthcare industry rise. […]