A new report out this week from CSC 2.0 – the successor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission – calls on Congress and the White House to take swift action to better protect the healthcare sector from cyberattacks. […]
President Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Melvin Carter to be the U.S. Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for information, the Pentagon announced today. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is celebrating the two-millionth download of its VA: Health & Benefits mobile app, which is receiving high praise from veterans – especially those using assistive technology. […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is gathering customer experience (CX) feedback through its recent expansion of WorkwithUSAID.gov, which is a free resource hub that helps organizations learn what USAID does and navigate how to partner with the agency. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is looking to reduce the amount of time the agency takes to process benefits for applicants as the agency transitions into the use of the General Services Administration’s single sign-on Login.gov tool, an agency official said this week. […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have solidified their collaboration to further accelerate the rapid adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the Defense Department (DoD). […]
Former acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden said Thursday that in light of the Change Healthcare ransomware attack in February that paralyzed the largest healthcare payment system in the country, Congress needs to act on legislation to codify cyber requirements for the healthcare industry. […]
The U.S. Army is prioritizing investments in command and control (C2) capabilities to accelerate the Pentagon’s pursuit for a fully connected military force, an Army executive said on Wednesday. […]
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today that artificial intelligence technologies pose “significant risks” to financial markets that include biased decision-making yet also offer “tremendous opportunities” to lower costs and improve access to financial products. […]
A key advisory panel to leadership of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) voted on Wednesday to approve three recommendations to CISA Director Jen Easterly that aim to improve the operations of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). […]
Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer John Sherman will be stepping down from his post at the end of this month, the department announced today. […]
Federal employees who are looking to retire rely on a largely paper-based system to submit their retirement applications, but the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is looking to change that through a new online application. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) on Wednesday unveiled a new effort to assess the agency’s grant proposals for potential national security risks. […]
With threats from malicious cyber actors on the rise, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is aggressively leaning into developing frameworks around “formal methods” techniques to better protect warfighter systems, a DARPA official said on June 5. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is asking the IRS to take steps to document its use of AI technology in a new pilot the agency is taking to explore the “tax gap” – which represents the difference in the amount of taxes owed versus those collected. […]
Further funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has fallen completely off the radar of House appropriators, who did not include any mention of the program in their fiscal year (FY) 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill approved today by the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. […]
The head of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced today that he plans to introduce legislation that would establish a regulatory harmonization committee for cybersecurity at the White House. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) on June 4 released new guidance to help defense agencies implement target and advanced levels of the DoD’s Zero Trust Strategy. […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and high-performance computing technologies to better forecast and disseminate weather and climate information, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said on June 4. […]
New research from Trellix, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), reveals that 92 percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) question the future of their role amidst growing AI and generative AI (GenAI) pressures. […]
When asked how the FBI is thinking about building the next-generation workforce, a top official within the intelligence agency said Tuesday that the FBI is challenged with finding the right talent to detect deepfakes. […]
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Social Security Administration (SSA) assess and review the amount of funds the agency uses in acquiring software licenses, and the possible duplication of licenses that it buys. […]
The Pandemic Responsibility and Accountability Committee (PRAC) has released a new report for Federal and state program administrators that outlines recommendations on how to better protect government programs from fraud and abuse – including by upgrading out-of-date IT systems. […]
The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee today advanced a spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025 which cuts down on the Biden administration’s 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 Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is ramping up its contract opportunities with new private sector partners, a Pentagon official said today. […]
As Federal agencies look to protect themselves against AI-fueled cyberattacks, government cybersecurity officials explained today that they are shifting their mindsets to embrace partnerships and no longer be embarrassed about sharing their incident data. […]
The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) announced today that it is building a pilot reciprocity framework to be used in a critical infrastructure subsector which will give ONCD “valuable insights” into how to best design a harmonized cybersecurity regulatory approach. […]
The head of the FBI’s Cyber Division said today that the bureau is making the “nation so much safer” by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing technology in its tip reporting. […]
The U.S. Army is changing how it creates and maintains the technology that runs its command and control (C2) networks, according to a special notice posted to sam.gov on May 28. The service branch is seeking industry responses to the notice by June 14. […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was the only Federal agency to receive an overall “A” grade on the latest FITARA Scorecard, so MeriTalk took the opportunity to chat with Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jason Gray about the agency’s recent scorecard success. In an exclusive interview with MeriTalk, Gray discusses the secret sauce […]