The FBI’s inventory management and disposition procedures for its electronic storage media – including sensitive and classified data – have raised concerns at the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). […]
The U.S. Army has announced it is officially merging the follow-on acquisitions to the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3-Services (ITES-3S) contracts into a single $50 billion, 10-year acquisition vehicle. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC), asserting that they failed to “develop and implement a system security plan” as required by their contracts with the DoD. […]
Zscaler Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Ryan McArthur detailed how the cloud security company is helping the U.S. military deploy zero trust at the operational edge during AFCEA International’s TechNet Augusta 2024. […]
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace, R-S.C., are looking for answers on Federal government and U.S. citizen exposure to a possible cyberattack against National Public Data. […]
Federal agencies are increasingly adopting the use of immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), with 17 out of 23 agencies reporting uses or programs – the biggest challenges they face are cybersecurity and high operation costs, a recent GAO report said. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has given the Department of Defense (DoD) a mixed report card on its IT systems: while there’s been a bit of progress in performance reporting and development planning, the DoD still has a long way to go. […]
Top tech officials at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) on Thursday called for more public feedback on a proposed set of metrics that would measure the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization experience, which they say will drive “major decisions” in shaping the program going forward. […]
A top Army cybersecurity official emphasized Thursday that the U.S. needs the ability to make better decisions at a faster rate in order to gain information advantage over adversaries like China. […]
The Federal Chief Information Security Officer Council (CISO) and Chief Data Officer (CDO) Council are poised to unveil a new data security framework in the coming weeks with the aim of improving data protection across government agencies. […]
Since 2016, Gundeep Ahluwalia has served as the chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Labor. After eight years of transforming the agency’s technology and customer experience, he is ready for his next chapter. […]
The Federal Data Strategy brought to the fore an issue that is critical to government technology missions – the urgent need to know what employees can do. Only by gaining accurate and timely knowledge of employee skill sets can Federal agencies fully accomplish their increasingly complex missions and better serve the public. In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Tony Holmes, public sector practice lead for solutions architects at Pluralsight, discusses how Federal organizations can gain this vital knowledge of employee skills in a workplace increasingly transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. […]
As the U.S. government advances to a war-fighting posture that increasingly integrates emerging technologies, the Department of Defense (DoD) is modernizing computing infrastructure to support new capabilities. At the same time, virtualized, mission-critical applications must run uninterrupted. In a recent interview, Travis Steele, chief architect at Red Hat, discussed best practices for virtualization today, how virtualization and containers can coexist, and how a common platform for both creates a pathway to modernization. […]
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. […]