A new consortium devoted to secure software development and led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its draft guide for public comment that responds to instructions in a cybersecurity order from the White House earlier this summer. […]
The U.S. Army has struck a new deal with Palantir to consolidate software procurement and establish a comprehensive framework for the Army’s future software and data needs, the service announced on Thursday. […]
The White House and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled sweeping data initiatives on Wednesday with the launch of a program to let Americans share medical records across privately-owned apps while consolidating HHS data into a single database. […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted today to approve the nomination of Sean Plankey to become the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today it plans to launch its new GO.gov travel management system for all Federal civilian agencies in November. […]
The director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) said last week that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) must go “back to basics” and re-center its work around creating artificial intelligence standards. […]
Over the past several years the Department of Defense (DoD) has aggressively pursued cloud migration to modernize its digital infrastructure, but without careful planning, that cloud sprint can end up creating visibility gaps and fragmented systems — hindering real-time response and stalling the move toward more proactive, unified operations, a Pentagon tech official said on July 24. […]
While the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan published this week features numerous novel approaches to keep the United States in a leading position in the global AI development and deployment race, one of the most striking of those is its call to develop a commodity-like market for compute resources. […]
The U.S. Space Force is tackling longstanding over-classification practices to improve collaboration and interoperability with allied nations in an increasingly complex space environment. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) said that Leslie Beavers will be stepping down in September as DoD deputy CIO after two years in that position. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched a two-week review to investigate and eliminate the possible use of China-based engineers by vendors in any DoD systems contracts. […]
The next wave of Federal quantum funding will be focused on the deployment of quantum technologies, a top Trump administration official disclosed on Thursday, saying the administration already has plans underway to reach that deployment stage. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking to streamline IT hardware management through its Departmental Computer Asset Management (DCAM) initiative, which the chief information officer (CIO) predicts will save up to $20 million a year. […]
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an automation system designed to streamline claims processing for death benefits, but a new watchdog report reveals that the system has led to some benefits being incorrectly processed. […]
One thing Democrats and Republicans agree on: the Trump administration’s delayed defense budget has left Congress to draft a massive bill on its own with little clarity on which national security programs need funding or how the Pentagon plans to spend the money. […]
Senate and House lawmakers have outlined competing visions for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2026, setting the stage for negotiations over national security policy and military spending priorities and in particular laying out different next steps for the Pentagon on artificial intelligence (AI) approaches. […]
The U.S. Army plans to spend $2.9 billion to improve command and control (C2) across several procurement and research-and-development accounts, according to the service’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request. […]
As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prepares to deploy the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) to 13 sites in fiscal year (FY) 2026, the chief technology officer (CTO) at the agency’s Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office said on Wednesday that “the pressure is really on.” […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) said this week it is clearing key milestones in its ongoing efforts to improve customer service, driven by technology enhancements to the agency’s phone platform and website. […]
U.S. Cyber Command’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request includes a new initiative to rapidly test and validate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for operational cyber missions. […]
President Donald Trump signed a massive reconciliation package into law on Friday that features several cyber and AI-related provisions, including those aimed at bolstering the Pentagon’s tech capabilities, building up rural healthcare systems, and adding more tools for monitoring the country’s borders. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to establish a new joint interagency task force to confront the growing threats of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — more commonly known as drones. […]
Now that the Senate has pushed its version of reconciliation funding over the finish line amid a blizzard of changes to the bill, here’s a look at a few workforce and tech items that either failed to make the final version of the legislation, or were beaten back on the funding front during the process. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is canceling two major tech-related solicitations – the FirstSource III and PACTS III contract vehicles for IT support and professional services. […]
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that key NASA systems did not fully implement selected cybersecurity risk management activities – potentially exposing them to malicious cyber activities. […]
Reps. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., and Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., reintroduced the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act on Wednesday in an effort to streamline the Federal procurement process for agencies and their contractors. […]
Frank Bisignano, the newly confirmed commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), told lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon that his agency is keeping Americans’ sensitive data safe, and he laid out the agency’s technology agenda to improve customer service. […]
A Federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that blocks the Trump administration from eliminating union bargaining for nearly a million Federal government employees at 21 agencies. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today that Elastic – which provides search, observability, and security functions through its Elastic Search AI Platform – will be offering deep discounts to Federal government agencies through September 2027 under GSA’s OneGov program. […]
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is finalizing an international partnership strategy that will emphasize the importance of embedding allies and partners into space warfare through shared goals in security, communication, and integration, with a particular focus on interoperability and rapid technology transfer. […]