President Biden’s Executive Order issued today on the broad topic of improving security of Federal buildings and facilities touches on IT improvements and Federal workforce mobility, but does not spell out the extent of how those factors may eventually come in to play. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – in partnership with the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – has released guidelines to help AI developers make informed cybersecurity decisions. […]
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a new circular to improve agency access to reliable acquisition data and information. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is asking for industry input on a potential acquisition of technology that will enhance the U.S. Army’s blue-force tracker system through the use of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tech, according to a new request for information (RFI) from DoD. […]
Keith Busby has been tapped as the new deputy chief information security officer (CISO) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to his LinkedIn profile. […]
The Biden administration released its vision this week to boost U.S. semiconductor capabilities, announcing a $3 billion program to advance packaging – a key technology for manufacturing semiconductors, or chips. […]
Dorothy Aronson, the National Science Foundation’s current chief data officer (CDO) and former chief information officer (CIO), will also serve as the agency’s chief AI officer (CAIO), an NSF spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said this week that its three commissioners unanimously approved a resolution that will give agency staff sharper tools for digging into non-public investigations of products and services that “use or claim to be produced using artificial intelligence (AI) or claim to detect its use.” […]
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., Ranking Member Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced new legislation this week that would instruct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create an emergency communications system. […]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is scheduled to completely eliminate its veterans records backlog by January 2024, the agency said in its Fiscal Year 2023 Agency Financial Report. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) recently announced the launch of a new digital learning platform that will educate its workforce on AI capabilities and other emerging technologies. […]
The Justice Management Division (JMD) – which is part of the Department of Justice (DoJ) – is seeking industry’s help in procuring a new intranet platform with AI and machine learning (ML) integrated tools that DOJ personnel can use to communicate within the agency. […]
The Department of Navy on Tuesday released its inaugural Department of the Navy Cyber Strategy, which identifies seven distinct lines of effort to enhance the naval services’ cybersecurity posture and emphasizes cyber as a warfighting domain. […]
Leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation introduced a bill Tuesday that would direct Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to create a working group to develop an AI initiative within the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. […]
The Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has suffered a significant data breach that exposed the data of employees including included addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account information. […]
The U.S. Air Force is evaluating both larger and smaller artificial intelligence (AI) technology models as it moves down the path to development and deployment of the technology, said Lt. Col. Joesph Chapa, the Air Force’s chief responsible AI ethics officer, at the Nov. 14 Intel Public Sector Summit in Washington. […]
Cloud security provider Zscaler announced new updates on Nov. 8 to its Zero Trust Exchange™ platform to simplify and improve cloud workload security, with added enhancements for Federal agencies. […]
The Department of Education has tapped its Chief Technology Officer Vijay Sharma to serve as the agency’s responsible AI officer and chief AI officer (CAIO), a department spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk on Tuesday. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced it will relaunch its Cybersecurity Insurance and Data Analysis Working Group (CIDAWG) to help combat ransomware, evaluate the effectiveness of security controls, and drive down cyber risk. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI cautioned today that the LockBit ransomware gang is exploiting the Citrix Bleed security flaw in exploits against critical infrastructure sectors, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) issued with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center and the Australian Cyber Security Center. […]
Due to the large number of pandemic fraud-related charges, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on Congress to take a number of actions that can help Federal agencies to strengthen internal controls and financial and fraud risk management practices. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to use new bio-based tools to predict and optimize team performance that will further the capabilities of teams operating within the Department of Defense (DoD). […]
A recently released report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) finds that DoD doesn’t have enough accountability over devices that collect biometric data. […]
Federal employees on average earned 27.54 percent less than private sector workers in similar jobs this year, according to an analysis released by the Federal Salary Council. […]
The Federal government is continuing to seek solutions to improve the security of its operational technologies (OT) and IT infrastructure, especially as numerous policy mandates bring further attention to the need for securing government networks. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has finalized four new locality pay areas, ensuring approximately 33,000 Federal employees will receive a pay raise in fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced the launch of its new Cybersecurity Shared Services Pilot Program, which is designed to deliver cutting-edge cybersecurity shared services on a voluntary basis to critical infrastructure entities such as the healthcare, water, and K-12 education sectors. […]
The Federal Trade Commission on Nov. 16 announced a new exploratory challenge aimed at encouraging the development of “breakthrough ideas” to evaluate, monitor, and prevent malicious uses of “voice cloning” technologies enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) technology. […]
The Pentagon on Nov. 17 publicly released new strategic guidance for operations in the information environment, which calls for a shift in how the Defense Department (DoD) approaches the integration of “informational and physical power.” […]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has reintroduced three pieces of legislation focused on strengthening data privacy protections for Americans’ personal information, and tasking the Federal government with research work to improve online data privacy for consumers. […]