The General Services Administration (GSA) has named Larry Bafundo to serve as the permanent executive director for its Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is urging other U.S. government agencies, members of the defense industrial base (DIB), and international partners to take measures to avoid typos that could inadvertently expose sensitive military information to unintended email recipients. […]
Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., introduced new legislation last week with the aim of improving the claims process for veterans by requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make AI tools available to its workforce. […]
The Biden administration, through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), announced today $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs across the country as part of the second phase of the Tech Hubs program. […]
Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., announced Monday his plans to introduce legislation that will direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop detailed guidelines for third-party evaluators to work with AI companies to provide independent external verification of their systems. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced nearly $10 million in funding last week to foster diversity and inclusion within the AI research community. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) released the Alliant 3 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) request for proposals (RFP) Friday, giving industry until July 26 to ask questions and Oct. 28 to submit their application. […]
The summer is heating up just in time for the coolest beach party in town – Tech Tonic at Morton’s The Steakhouse in D.C. on July 18 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. – where we will toast all things government IT and honor the brand-new 2024 class of Cyber Defenders. […]
The Department of Commerce (DoC) announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with Rogue Valley Microdevices (RVM) for up to $6.7 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the construction of a new semiconductor factory. […]
More than half of critical open-source tools are built on code that doesn’t internally manage memory overflow risks, potentially leaving them vulnerable to exploitation by hackers, according to findings released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on June 26. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released draft final rules last week that aim to strengthen the security of the nation’s public alert and warning systems against emerging cybersecurity threats. […]
The IRS’s National Taxpayer Advocate, Erin M. Collins, is calling on Congress to help reallocate certain funds from the IRS’s Inflation Reduction Act funding to assist in its modernization efforts. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a final rule that, if adopted, would allow schools and libraries to use funding from the E-Rate program for off-premises use of WiFi hotspots. […]
MITRE Corp., the operator of Federally-funded R&D centers that aim to help the U.S. government with a host of scientific and tech research issues, has named Mark Peters as its next president and CEO effective Sept. 3. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting feedback on a new draft roadmap released Wednesday to implement the U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET). […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is looking for feedback on its proposed revisions to its Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, also known as the Green Book. […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the department’s Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAO) Matthew Graviss today announced the launch of a new online AI resource hub at the agency. […]
Les Benito, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Hosting and Compute Center’s chief of product development and management, told reporters this week that the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract is rapidly gaining momentum, with anticipation of additional task orders in the pipeline. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) published its final Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework on Thursday, detailing which generative AI capabilities will be the first to be prioritized. […]
The State Department is employing plenty of technology tools in its campaign to improve public messaging efforts around the world, but is taking care to employ human-centric approaches to make sure that messaging is succinct. […]
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) component could be doing more to help Tribal authorities with technical assistance as they seek to create and improve broadband services using $3 billion in funding from the Federal government’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
The Commerce Department’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced a new National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation to connect more Americans with resources to spur innovation and entrepreneurship. […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is making extensive use of artificial intelligence technologies to perform data and information triage, and to fulfill the open source information collection responsibilities that it handles for agencies across the Federal intelligence community, a top CIA official said on June 26 at the AWS Summit in Washington. […]
Top Federal agency technology officials this week preached the virtues of continuous technology modernization as an ongoing process – rather than approaching modernization as a completed effort after specific goals have been achieved. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) has released an updated version of its Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Reference Guide to incorporate guidance from President Biden’s October 2023 AI executive order. […]
The Federal government’s primary personnel investigative agency’s deficient cybersecurity oversight and outdated IT systems pose a risk to national security, and the agency’s director this week pledged action to fix those ongoing technology problems – although he said some of the root causes may not be fully addressed for several years. […]
The Pentagon’s nascent Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA) continues to advance in its goal to strengthen the Defense Department’s cybersecurity posture, but the road thus far has been “bumpy,” a top Pentagon tech official said. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has created a new chief experience officer (CXO) role to prioritize enhancements to customer experience across DISA. […]
Everyone already knows the vital role that cybersecurity plays in protecting the government and private sector functions that make up the essential fabric of American life – but few know enough about the dedicated women and men who are protecting us all on the front lines of technology. […]
Members of Congress are sounding the alarm on the shortage of cybersecurity and IT workers across the United States, with lawmakers noting that there are over 500,000 open cyber positions. […]