The U.S. Air Force and Space Force face a tough race for technological superiority with China, which continues to modernize its air and space forces to project power in the Indo-Pacific region, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said this week. […]
Retired U.S. Army Col. Candice Frost has joined Raytheon as the company’s director of Integrated Department of Defense Account Cybersecurity, Intelligence and Services. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is looking to use robotics in airport security screening lines to streamline efficiency and speed up inspections for travelers. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking for industry to help provide the Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC) with new “integrated realistic training environment” capabilities, according to a recently published contract opportunity. […]
After receiving unprecedented levels of Federal funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, state chief information officers (CIOs) are growing concerned about what will happen to their operations when that funding starts to run out. […]
The Executive Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that the threat posed by China within the cyber realm is evolving and much more serious today than it was a decade ago – particularly when it comes to potentially targeting the United States’ critical infrastructure. […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the formation of a new committee which aims to advise the head of the agency on digital health technologies (DHTs). […]
The U.S. Army has issued the third in a series of queries to industry seeking best practices and capabilities that would help the service build and implement its Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA). […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is asking organizations that deliver essential internet services to quickly apply updates and patches to their networks after news emerged this week detailing what are thought to be the largest-ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. […]
A group of 16 Democratic lawmakers – led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. – are pushing President Biden to use the administration’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights as the foundation of his forthcoming AI executive order (EO). […]
A new paper issued this week by trade group BSA | The Software Alliance is urging policymakers to promote the use of AI as a tool to improve cybersecurity and counter malicious cyber actors. […]
Renata Spinks has officially stepped down from public service, leaving her post as deputy chief information officer (CIO) for information, command, control, communications, and computers (IC4) at the U.S. Marines Corps (USMC) after serving in the role for over two years. […]
Two top intelligence officials from both the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command said Tuesday that China’s innovation in space – and specifically with satellites – over the last decade is one of the nation’s top threats to space capabilities. […]
With software supply chains becoming an essential piece of Federal agencies’ cybersecurity plans, the General Services Administration (GSA) is planning to take big steps next year to improve its cybersecurity software supply chains. […]
Secretary Denis McDonough swore in Kimberly Jackson on Tuesday as the new chief of staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). […]
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – widely regarded as the most significant climate legislation passed by Congress – was signed into law just over one year ago. But what impact and progress has the legislation made towards its objectives of spurring investment in clean energy to reduce carbon emissions? […]
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made it clear that Federal agencies can and must dutifully monitor whether their contractors comply with the E-Verify program that focuses on verifying the legal eligibility of employees to work in the U.S. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is in search of a new chief technology officer (CTO) who will be responsible for researching and determining the agency’s long-range technology direction. […]
With 85 percent of the Federal workforce living outside of the Washington, D.C., area, the President’s Pay Agent wants to ensure that locality pay is competitive across the nation. […]
Top executives with private sector cybersecurity technology providers are echoing one of the broader themes of October’s 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month: spurring the entire IT ecosystem – from the biggest providers to all levels of consumers – to make the basics of cyber hygiene routine behavior. […]
Many Federal government agencies are having a difficult time filling cybersecurity roles with skilled personnel, but going forward, the FBI is placing an emphasis on building a diverse workforce to support its mission. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published new guidance today to improve security and risk management of open source software (OSS) use at operational technology (OT) vendors and critical infrastructure facilities. […]
NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the space agency’s earth science research program, the agency announced last week. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the first-ever Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) investment of $19.6 million to nearly 50 teams at U.S. institutions of higher education. […]
Federal contractors and their employees are gaining extensive new whistleblower protections under a new regulation devised by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council, the Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and NASA. […]
As banks and credit unions are increasingly using financial technology or “fintech” for financial services, the government watchdog is urging Federal financial agencies to do more to improve their workforce’s technology skills. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is providing some insight into the first task orders awarded under the DoD’s $9 billion multi-vendor cloud contract, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC). […]
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) sheds light on why the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scrapped plans to use Login.gov as an alternative for taxpayers to identify themselves to utilize IRS tools and services for 2023 tax season. […]
As the government-wide chief diversity officer (CDO) for the Biden-Harris administration, Dr. Janice Underwood is looking to use technology as an enabler for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) take several steps along the way to deciding how it goes about replacing two legacy IT systems that it has used since the 1990s to manage and report on air quality data collected by state, local, Tribal, and territorial government agencies that operate air monitoring sites. […]