Boston Government Services, a top contractor to the Department of Energy (DoE) for technology and security services, has named former DoE Chief Information Officer Rocky Campione vice president of cybersecurity and technology solutions. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report that the Department of Defense (DoD) needs to take action to improve its workforce planning in quantum computing across its research facilities. […]
The Federal government has come a long way in improving civilian agency and critical infrastructure cybersecurity over the past ten years. Central to that improvement effort is the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which has the weighty mission of managing and reducing risk to U.S. cyber and physical infrastructure. […]
Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both the National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), today called for a revamped “CYBERCOM 2.0,” aligning with similar calls from Congress for an independent U.S. Cyber Force. […]
Federal customer experience (CX) officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said this week that CX capabilities are finally starting to “take root” across the agency’s different components, which are keeping customers top of mind when designing government services. […]
As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is gearing up to pilot its first-ever Direct File tool in the coming tax season – allowing taxpayers to directly file their taxes with the government by only using the online tool – IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel is holding his breath on the potential success of the tool’s introduction. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released a new capability this week that aims to improve the U.S. military’s situational awareness of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS). […]
Federal CIO Clare Martorana exhorted government officials along with technology vendors to seize the present moment to make needed improvements in how citizens interact with government agencies and services during a Dec. 7 keynote speech at ACT-IAC’s CX Summit event in Arlington, Va. […]
A top White House cybersecurity official said Thursday that the administration’s “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark” program is on track to be released by the end of 2024. […]
Lawmakers and industry experts expressed concern this week that the Federal government will fail to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in a timely manner. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) is preparing an updated version of its Generative Artificial Intelligence Reference Guide to better reflect guidance from the White House’s recent AI executive order (EO), with an emphasis on responsible AI. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has tapped Jennifer Wendel to serve as acting chief information officer (CIO), according to the agency’s website. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) innovation arm has been working hard and fast since 2015 to leverage emerging commercial technologies to better enable warfighters, but the lead of the unit said today that the defense organization is not yet where it needs to be to successfully deter a potential conflict with China. […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has tapped its current Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Ramesh Menon to serve in the additional role of the agency’s chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO), with plans to release an agency-wide AI strategy next week. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is set to publish a new report this month looking at how well Federal agencies have done with artificial intelligence use case inventories, according to an agency official. […]
The White House is calling on Federal agencies to prioritize creating internet of things (IoT) asset inventories by the end of fiscal year (FY) 2024 as a way to better gauge cybersecurity risks. […]
With ever-growing cyber threats across the digital landscape, the Department of Defense (DoD) is looking to ramp up its ongoing bug bounty program – known as Hack the Pentagon – to help the agency find undiscovered cybersecurity weaknesses. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking steps to overhaul and restructure its Office of Systems – which has served as the main arm of SSA’s IT apparatus – to realign the agency’s IT management focus around a new Office of the Chief Information Officer, an agency official confirmed. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) voted on Dec. 5 to approve two recommendations for the agency to consider on advancing memory safe system languages (MSSL), and on further strengthening operational collaboration. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is turning to responsible AI to implement human-centered design across the department to serve its many customers, according to DHS Chief Scientist Sam Howerton. […]
As the government and Congress continue to grapple with the dizzying onslaught of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the management of its risks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has headed full force into in the AI realm – aiming to leverage the emerging technology to drive its mission forward. […]
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) – one of 11 combatant commands of the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) and with areas of responsibility including the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia – has tappedDr. Michael Foster to serve as chief data officer (CDO). […]
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials said this week that they are looking to fix website tech issues that have now impacted the disability claims for more than 120,000 veterans, and that the agency is putting in place a senior executive to direct the fixes. […]
A White House official said Tuesday it’s critical that Federal agencies start testing quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms on their IT systems today to ensure critical networks aren’t accidentally shut down when the time comes to transition systems to post-quantum cryptography. […]
As Federal agencies with finance and market-related missions increasingly adopt more modern financial technologies (FinTech), Rep. Wiley Nickel, D-N.C., grilled a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official today for what he said was lagging other agencies in promoting modernized technology to help investors. […]
André Mendes, the chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Commerce (DoC), announced today that he is stepping down from that post at the end of the year. […]
Energy Department’s (DoE) Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin said today that DoE is driving innovation in quantum technologies and supercomputing, and highlighted some of the ways that those technologies will begin to positively impact the department’s mission in the future. […]
A top Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official said today that the agency is looking to leverage artificial intelligence tools – including facial recognition technology – to speed up airport security screenings for travelers. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) count of software factories operating across the agency has reached approximately 50 as the Pentagon works to put in place tenets of the software strategy implementation plan that it released in March of this year, said Lily Zeleke, deputy chief information officer (CIO) for the Information Enterprise Office in DoD’s Office of the CIO. […]
Twenty of the 23 civilian Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 agencies have failed to meet the White House’s cyber incident logging requirements by an August 2023 deadline, and according to a Dec. 4 watchdog report, 17 of these agencies were found to be at the lowest level of maturity – tier 0 – in that category. […]