An AI industry expert called on Congress this week to pass comprehensive Federal legislation that covers a wide range of risks associated with the emerging technology, arguing that state and local government action to create AI-related laws will only stifle innovation. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $712 million task order to resume work on infrastructure modernization of the agency’s St. Elizabeth’s Campus in Washington, D.C. […]
The top executive at SAIC today pointed to the company’s mission of creating technology solutions to help solve national security problems, and in particular to the role of its “innovation factory” approach to doing so. […]
stackArmor, which provides approval-to-operate (ATO) acceleration services for government organizations and best of breed commercial cloud providers looking to sell to government agencies, is putting the finishing touches on its new AI Risk Management Center of Excellence (CoE) that will help agencies to roll out secure and safe adoption of artificial intelligence technologies in accordance with new government standards. […]
With cybersecurity becoming ever more important to organizational success, a new report from ISC2 finds that the workforce gap in the cybersecurity sector across the globe has grown by 13 percent on a year-over-year basis since 2022, indicating the need to fill an additional four million more needed cybersecurity jobs. […]
As the Department of Defense (DoD) is moving toward greater utilization of digital engineering, the agency is looking to increase collaboration within the DoD and across the Federal government through creation of the annual Federal Digital Engineering Forum (FEDDEF). […]
With the 2024 presidential election quickly approaching, local election officials on Wednesday called on Congress for increased cybersecurity funding to update outdated IT infrastructure and help protect democracy. […]
Harry Coker – President Biden’s pick to serve as the nation’s second-ever permanent National Cyber Director (NCD) – sailed through his first Senate nomination hearing today with little to no opposition from lawmakers. Coker pledged that the workforce would be his top priority if confirmed to the chief cyber position. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) hosted its second technology demonstration to assess and fast-track technologies it considers critical for its Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) effort, the department announced last week. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it has awarded 30 contractors a spot on its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) contract to provide a range of IT services. […]
The Biden-Harris administration announced today that the Department of Commerce, through its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) component, will establish the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI). […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today released its new draft policy on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence, with highpoints of the guidance including orders to appoint a Chief AI Officer at Federal agencies, and to adopt a lengthy list of safeguards for agencies to follow while developing applications of AI tech. […]
Are you a current or former service member or government employee with knowledge of UFO-related incidents? If the answer is yes, the Pentagon wants to hear from you. […]
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems contracts to build and operate satellites that will be part of the agency’s second tranche of data transport spacecraft intended to provide warfighters with persistent global communications capabilities. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a request for comment, looking for public comments on its latest white paper on software identification ecosystems. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint on Tuesday, encouraging technologists across the country to develop AI-enabled tools that will reduce the burnout of healthcare workers. […]
With ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks against American infrastructure, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called on Congress today to reauthorize key DHS authorities to reinforce the agency’s ability to protect against foreign cyberattacks. […]
A group of House Democrats reintroduced legislation late last week that aims to limit the ability of law enforcement agencies to use facial recognition technologies. […]
Following President Biden’s signing Monday afternoon of his landmark executive order (EO) on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, key lawmakers pointed to the pressing need for legislative action to cement in place major tenets of the order for the longer term. […]
President Biden signed the administration’s much-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) on Monday, drawing strong initial reviews from both Federal and industry experts who applauded the order’s focus on seizing the promise and managing the risk of the emerging technology. […]
As government agencies look to modernize their missions through digital innovation, please join SAIC and MeriTalk on Nov. 2 at the OutFront: Continuous Agility forum in Arlington, Va., to learn agile and innovative solutions that are helping agencies to succeed amid escalating cyber threats. […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is utilizing AI technologies to help translate weather forecasts into languages other than English through the National Weather Service (NWS). […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced Logging Made Easy (LME), a new Windows-based, free and open log management toolset designed to help organizations better use security data. […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is planning for a major IT contract that will support systems used by its Cargo Systems Program Directorate (CSPD). […]
A newly introduced bill would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to add more artificial intelligence programs and perform more tasks around regulating AI models implemented at the department. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is getting close to releasing a proposal that would offer “equity around pay and flexibilities in the workplace” for Federal government tech and cybersecurity personnel, OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said today. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) information technology contracting division is seeking proposals for a potential operations systems solution contract to provide hardware and software sustainment and mission support services to the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) is calling on industry to provide insight into commercial data-mesh capabilities to underpin the U.S. military’s future warfighting network. […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is urging the Pentagon’s Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) unit to take an offensive stance against the Chinese hacking group who breached the State Department, Commerce Department, and House of Representatives emails earlier this year. […]
President Biden today released the administration’s much-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO), which focuses on seizing the promise and managing the risk of the emerging technology. […]