The Department of State (DOS) has launched a beta release of an updated online passport renewal system that the agency said will allow American citizens to renew their passports online. […]
NASA has awarded CACI International a new contract worth up to $2 billion to help the space agency maintain and improve its IT services. […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is experimenting with AI to accelerate technology and outcomes across the sector, the head of ARPA-H said on Thursday. […]
A new bipartisan bill would authorize the Department of Commerce (DoC) to work with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to create and distribute AI training resources and tools to help small businesses leverage AI in their operations. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to know what AI capabilities industry has in store that can help the agency improve aviation safety, according to a request for information (RFI) released last week. […]
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the Pentagon is struggling to deliver new technologies quickly and includes cybersecurity and workforce challenges among the list of factors contributing to that problem. […]
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has tapped Sairah Ijaz to serve as acting chief information officer (CIO) as the agency searches for a permanent CIO. […]
The summer is heating up and Tech Tonic is rolling out the coolest celebration of the season on July 18 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morton’s The Steakhouse in D.C. to celebrate the government IT community, all the latest in AI, and some of the Feds’ staunchest cyber defenders. […]
The Senate Armed Services Committee on June 13 voted 22-3 to advance its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025, setting the stage for deliberations to begin on the Senate floor. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced today the launch of its second class of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) this year, marking its first cohort exclusively focused on artificial intelligence technologies. […]
President Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton to become the next director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DoDIN), the Pentagon announced Friday. […]
The U.S. Air Force has transitioned how it develops capabilities from a platform-centric model to prioritizing underlying systems that will better position the service branch for the challenges of the great power competition, a top Air Force official said on Thursday. […]
The Office of Management and Budget last week released the expanded roster of Federal agency chief AI officers (CAIO) covering the 24 largest agencies in government, along with the AI chiefs at 31 smaller agencies. […]
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley said last week he believes we are “on the cusp” of seeing militaries around the world powered by robotics – including here in the U.S. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced a major update on June 13 to its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) that will allow Federal agencies to make upfront payments when purchasing software licenses. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Cisco’s Christina Hausman, who has more than 20 years of cybersecurity product expertise, to discuss how GenAI is changing the cybersecurity landscape and how AI-enabled security solutions not only protect agency networks and data, but also ensure the safe and responsible use of GenAI tools. […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies hold tremendous potential to revolutionize crucial national sectors ranging from health care to national security, two congressional proponents of AI legislation said on June 13. […]
The House narrowly passed the $883.7 billion defense policy bill today with a 217-199 vote. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Thursday an 11-month extension of its contract with Oracle Cerner to support the agency’s Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program, with a focus on “improved fiscal and performance accountability.” […]
President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at fortifying America’s supply chains, with a particular emphasis on critical infrastructure (CI). […]
A bipartisan bill introduced today by Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., seeks to codify into law the position of the chief AI officer (CAIO) at every Federal agency and ensure coordination across the Federal government on the use of AI by making permanent a CAIO Council. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has appointed Kristina Walter to lead its Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC), the agency announced on Thursday. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and its Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) conducted their first-ever AI tabletop security incident exercise on June 13 with more than 50 AI experts from government agencies and private sector tech firms. […]
Microsoft President Brad Smith faced serious scrutiny from lawmakers during testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday afternoon over the company’s cybersecurity posture that left it vulnerable to last summer’s Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion. […]
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) projects are progressing in the Federal civilian and military spheres, though agencies must overcome bureaucratic and funding obstacles that remain, experts said at Dell Technologies World 2024. […]
The Federal government’s watchdog is giving agencies credit for big policy moves to improve cybersecurity but is pounding the table with urgency for those agencies to catch up on more than 500 previous recommendations for improving cybersecurity – including more thoroughly implementing the Biden administration’s recent cyber policy directives. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has tapped Maj. Gen. Steven Butow to serve as its military deputy, effective June 1. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is coming under fire once again for an inefficient IT program, with members of the House VA Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Oversight expressing their concern this week over the VA’s Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System (BTS-3). […]
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday voted 33 – 26 to advance its homeland security spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025, slashing President Biden’s budget requests to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) science and technology efforts, and to fund DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component. […]
The third annual Tech Yeah networking and economic development conference is bringing top Federal government IT leaders to the expanding regional tech hub of Morgantown, W.Va., on June 20. Tech Yeah, founded by Brandon Downey and Randy Cottle of Trilogy Innovations, aims to make the connection between how Mountain State companies are delivering essential technology services to meet the growing demands of Federal agencies all across the country. […]