The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Oracle Cerner have extended the contract for the Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program for one month as current contract negotiations between the two parties continue. […]
A key House member on AI issues said Thursday that the Senate’s recently released AI roadmap aligns closely with the work that lawmakers are doing on the issue in the House. […]
As U.S. military veterans make the transition from serving in the armed forces to securing new employment in the civilian workforce, employers need to pay attention to how skills learned in the military can best translate into civilian jobs including those in the IT and cybersecurity fields, a senior Labor Department official said this week. […]
Federal agency IT leaders explained at today’s Workday Federal Forum a range of strategies they are pursuing to improve their agencies’ technology workforces in the face of stiff competition for tech and cybersecurity talent. […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday that recent inspections have revealed that more than 70 percent of water systems looked at since September 2023 are in violation of basic Safe Drinking Water Act requirements – thus causing “critical” cybersecurity vulnerabilities. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) policy office has a new temporary face leading its space policy efforts, the department announced on May 17. […]
Sixty-eight percent of Federal operational technology (OT) administrators and managers reported experiencing an OT cyber-incident in the past year, but only half felt confident they could detect or mitigate a threat today, according to new research from MeriTalk and Claroty. […]
With the 2024 U.S. elections just six months away, top Federal intelligence and security officials warned lawmakers that America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming elections by harnessing the latest innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Tuesday that the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025 is a “challenging” one with many significant cuts, but defended its funding increase to support the VA’s Special Salary Rate (SSR). […]
The House Armed Services Committee has released its version of the fiscal year (FY) 2025 defense policy bill on Monday which includes numerous provisions that aim to advance cyber capabilities, bolster innovative research and development, and speed investments into critical technology across the Pentagon. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) launched the first solicitation under its new emerging technology portfolio on May 9, focusing the first lines of effort on quantum sensing tech and hypersonics. […]
A new House bill aims to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin the process of updating its two legacy IT systems that manage and report on air quality data throughout the country. […]
Four key players in the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) took a trip down memory lane at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss how they worked together to set up CYBERCOM following one of the worst military compromises in U.S. history. […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is working on creating a hub for space intelligence collection and decision-making, NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth said on May 6. […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday evening unveiled the Biden administration’s new international cybersecurity strategy, which focuses on building out digital solidarity with global partners to protect against adversaries like China. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today that it secured $500 million for the first tranche of capabilities in its ‘Replicator’ initiative. […]
The failure of Congress to approve a timely budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024 – and the impact of further budget restrictions expected for FY2025 – has forced NASA to make some tough choices including letting go some of its valuable human talent, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told lawmakers on April 30. […]
As the Federal government looks to upskill its technology developer workforce to take advantage of new AI capabilities, government officials on Wednesday explained a lot of that work comes down to simply “translating” technical skills they already know and applying them to AI. […]
The Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) rolled out a five-year strategy today that outlines its priorities in response to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) evolving threats and needs. […]
While the 2030 Census is still years away, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals the U.S. Census Bureau still has some work to do to improve its IT modernization efforts critical to that mission. […]
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s approach towards harnessing the benefits of AI and ensuring its responsible and safe deployment, the Department of Energy (DoE) today released a summary report on the potential benefits and risks of AI use for critical energy infrastructure. […]
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) published a new report stating that legacy IT systems at the Department of Labor (DoL) and state and local governments are an overarching issue within the DoL’s unemployment insurance (UI) program. […]
The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said Wednesday that some of the agency’s key ransomware initiatives have sent out more than 2,000 warnings of vulnerabilities over the last year. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is experimenting with AI to help its employees and closing in on the release of a new chatbot for the agency’s outside constituencies, NSF Chief Data Officer and AI Official (CAIO) Dorothy Aronson said this week. […]
New research from MeriTalk and RSA Conference reveals that while 80 percent of cybersecurity decision-makers say accelerating AI adoption is critical to their organization’s resilience against evolving threats, just 31 percent say their organization is using AI for cybersecurity today. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on two Federal agencies in charge of overseeing the implementation of President Biden’s 2021 cybersecurity executive order (EO) to fully complete the remaining five requirements tasked to them in the order. […]
From poor user satisfaction to integration challenges, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new multi-billion dollar electronic health record (EHR) system faces several barriers that affect its implementation and efficiency, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]
While a total ban on ransom payments to hackers remains “the ultimate goal” for cybersecurity experts, critical infrastructure organizations need stronger cybersecurity resilience before that happens, former acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden told lawmakers on April 16. […]
The former policy lead for the Department of Defense (DoD) under President Barack Obama said Tuesday that while the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) calls for secure-by-design technology principles, the White House doesn’t actually have the authority to regulate that. […]
While the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) developed its Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program in 2012 with a monolithic software architecture, a top CISA tech official said today the program is looking to evolve to become “a lot more flexible and modular.” […]