Government Accountability Office (GAO) officials told lawmakers at a House Small Business Committee hearing on March 6 that the Small Business Administration (SBA) still needs to implement key management improvements for COVID-19 relief programs to prevent further fraudulent activity. “Although SBA helped millions of small businesses with its pandemic relief programs, our concerns about [implementation […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is undergoing a large-scale modernization process with plans to migrate the majority of its legacy IT systems to a brand-new “greenfield solution” later this year, according to CISA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Robert (Bob) Costello. […]
Reliable weather forecasts can save lives, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is looking to cutting-edge technologies such as AI and cloud computing to improve its forecasting system and models. […]
When FITARA was first launched in November 2015, the Department of Education received a big fat “F” on its scorecard – denoting that the agency was failing across its IT and cyber categories. […]
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced legislation today which would focus government resources on increasing transparency, oversight, and responsible use of Federal AI systems. […]
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, has introduced legislation that aims to create more transparency into work being done by the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) organization, which is in charge of implementing modernized technologies across the Federal government. […]
Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., chairman of the newly formed House AI Task Force, said Tuesday that his goal is to create a regulatory framework for AI “that then we can hang various pieces of legislation on.” […]
To align with the Biden-Harris administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has committed to leading the first-ever Agency Priority Goal (APG) dedicated solely to advancing customer experience (CX). […]
The intelligence community (IC) has a data challenge — specifically overflowing streams of data — and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could be a solution to meeting that challenge. But to leverage that solution the IC needs to format data so that it’s receptive in AI-driven solutions, a top intelligence official said today. […]
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a new round of sanctions against members of the Intellexa Consortium for distributing “Predator” branded commercial spyware technology to target American citizens. […]
Cyber Smoke has officially graduated to Tech Tonic. We need all Fed IT mixologists at Morton’s in D.C. on March 14 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. to help us perfect the cocktail. […]
As Americans headed to the polls this “Super Tuesday,” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., expressed his concerns surrounding election security this year, especially as AI technology is making it easier for adversaries to deceive voters. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is gearing up to have its final planning meeting in April on the agency’s National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) before sharing the results of its work with Congress, a senior Pentagon technology officer said today. […]
A senior official with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that the agency had not seen as of late morning any credible cybersecurity-related threats to “Super Tuesday” election operations around the country. […]
The Biden-Harris administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy turned one year old on March 2, and the White House’s cyber lead touted that his office has been “working tirelessly” to coordinate implementation of the sweeping policy document. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is in line to receive modest funding to boost IT and citizen experience modernization efforts in fiscal year (FY) 2024 under the FY2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill released by the Senate and House Appropriations committees on Sunday. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to get a $1.255 billion boost in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget, according to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies FY2024 appropriations bill released on Sunday by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. […]
The Energy Department’s (DoE) new Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies is seeking information on the potential for AI technology to improve electric grid infrastructure and provide clean energy to all Americans. […]
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their first package of fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills on Sunday, boosting to over $8 billion the budget for the Energy Department’s (DoE) Office of Science which is responsible for overseeing programs funded by the CHIPS and Science Act, among others. […]
The Biden administration is taking a swing at the Chinese vehicle industry with the news late last week that the Commerce Department will probe the national security implications of China-sourced vehicle tech that could pose national security concerns. […]
The Department of Commerce (DoC) and its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are in line for relatively modest top-line spending cuts in fiscal year (FY) 2024 ending Sept. 30 under the FY2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act bill released on Sunday by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. […]
The Senate on Feb. 28 confirmed the nomination of Aprille Joy Ericsson, a long-standing NASA aerospace engineer, to serve as an assistant secretary of defense (ASD) for science and technology at the Department of Defense’s (DoD) research office – a new position the Pentagon announced last summer. […]
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their first package of fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills on Sunday including a bill that provides over $6 billion in IT funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with a cut in the White House’s request for money to fund VA’s electronic health records program. […]
Global tech trade association ITI released several policy actions last week that it suggests Congress and the Biden administration should focus on in 2024 to ensure the United States remains a global leader in technology and innovation, with AI being top on the list. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest contracting agency in the Federal government – with contracts ranging from IT services to major weapon systems – leaving the agency inherently susceptible to fraud. A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the Pentagon can get a better handle on mitigating fraud by leveraging data analytics. […]
The Department of Treasury announced on Feb. 28 the recovery of over $375 million worth of fraudulently transmitted money through a new AI-enhanced fraud detection process. […]
President Biden signed another short-term spending measure into law on Friday, avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend and keeping one set of Federal agencies operating through March 8 and another through March 22. […]
Following a nine-month pilot effort, the Pentagon today officially launched a new model for measuring the cyber readiness of its main network defense command — marking a shift from compliance to operational readiness. […]
In the 2024 election, the United States is likely to face more complex threats as adversaries continue to adopt artificial intelligence and other technological advancements to enhance attack capabilities, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned on Thursday. […]
The leadership of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, IT, and Government Innovation probed the General Services Administration (GSA) chief information officer (CIO) Thursday on the agency’s purchase of Chinese-made videoconference cameras that contained known security vulnerabilities. […]