A group of Senate Democrats today pushed to pass a bill that would block the incoming Trump administration from enacting a new Schedule F classification for Federal employees, but ultimately failed in that effort as the motion was shot down by Republicans on the Senate floor. […]
By John Dvorak, chief technology officer, public sector, Red Hat Using AI safely and effectively is an open-ended challenge and government agencies can easily get overwhelmed with trying to develop AI strategies, hire or contract teams of data scientists, onboard chief AI officers and so on. But starting to build an AI strategy doesn’t have […]
While the Pentagon continues to build its cybersecurity capabilities, not everyone within the agency’s departments is prioritizing meeting cybersecurity standards, said David McKeown, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) senior information security officer and deputy chief information officer, on Friday. […]
The U.S. intelligence community (IC) has a new rulebook to guide its use of open-source data and publicly available information, including artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted services and generative AI (GenAI) tools. […]
A group of House Republicans is asking President-elect Donald Trump to end the IRS’s Direct File program – which allows taxpayers to file their taxes for free directly with the agency – on day one of his new administration. […]
David Walker – who served as the seventh comptroller general of the United States and the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008 – told members of Congress today that President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group could help to cut Federal government spending to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars per year. […]
The Commerce Department announced today that it has awarded Micron Technology up to $6.165 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to build leading-edge memory semiconductors in the United States. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) needs to invest in and implement enterprise-wide data analytics capabilities in order to better identify and mitigate risk, according to a new report from the DoE Office of Inspector General (OIG). […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is mounting a quick effort to push telecom service providers to certify they are taking steps to strengthen their networks from cyberattacks following the China-sponsored Salt Typhoon hacks of U.S.-based carriers including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen – and as many as eight providers in all. […]
A pair of bipartisan senators is pushing for the investigation of the Defense Department’s (DoD) “failure to secure its unclassified telephone communications from foreign espionage,” according to a letter sent Wednesday to DoD Inspector General Robert Storch. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Tuesday that it is the first Federal agency to submit its Open Security Assessment Language (OSCAL) format System Security Plan (SSP) to the General Services Administration (GSA) – far ahead of the White House’s July 2026 deadline to do so. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) said today it has awarded $18.3 million to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to help fund the agency’s ongoing push to modernize the technology underlying the Federal retirement systems that OPM administers. […]
NASA’s Voyager 1, the farthest-traveling spacecraft ever launched by humanity, is experiencing significant challenges that may impact the continuation of its decades-long mission. […]
The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) elected Hannibal “Mike” Ware, inspector general (IG) for the Small Business Administration (SBA) and acting IG for the Social Security Administration (SSA), to serve as CIGIE chair. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tapped Jennifer Wendel to serve as its permanent chief information officer (CIO) on Nov. 18, according to the agency’s website. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is gathering industry feedback for a potential $15 billion contract aimed at supporting its Advana initiative, a multi-domain analytics and AI platform managed by the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). […]
Federal agencies are not consistently evaluating the impact of telework on their ability to provide services, said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a new report issued on Nov. 22. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Thursday that it recently conducted a red team assessment (RTA) at the request of an unnamed critical infrastructure organization, with mixed results. […]
Adam Lawrence, general manager of IBM Americas, tracked the rapid acceleration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology deployment over the past few years, and predicted “tremendous” gains in innovation and business productivity that will result from that trend. […]
While there are no quantum computers now in operation that threaten current security levels, Federal officials warned on Wednesday that agencies must act now to prepare for when that day comes – because there will be “no safety net” to fall back on. […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to adopt automated data analysis as it moves forward in its technology modernization efforts, a top NASA official said on Tuesday at the Red Hat Government Symposium powered by MeriTalk. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) and its components are planning to add chief experience and customer experience officers to their leadership ranks – in line with trends at other Federal agencies that have been making pushes to boost their customer experience (CX) capabilities – a top customer experience official for the Pentagon said on Friday. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a set of voluntary recommendations for the secure development and deployment of AI for organizations at each layer of the AI supply chain: cloud providers, AI developers, and critical infrastructure owners – as well as the civil society and public sector. […]
National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker Wednesday urged Congress to pass bipartisan legislation that would bolster the Biden administration’s efforts to harmonize cybersecurity regulations across the Federal government. […]
A new bill is making its way through Congress to protect unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) whistleblowers – because when the truth is out there, it should at least be safe to talk about it. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Friday that it has officially approved a modernization plan for its National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) system, which serves as the Federal government’s one-stop-shop IT system for end-to-end personnel vetting. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) received a mostly positive Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) audit from its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) this year, but the agency still needs to fill some security gaps – such as improving its IT security training program. […]
As the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VA Deputy Secretary Tanya Bradsher said this Veterans Day she wants to empower more women vets to sign up for their rightfully earned VA benefits. […]
Bob De Luca, a former top tech official at the General Services Administration (GSA), has been named chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). […]
Danielle Metz has resigned as the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) chief information officer (CIO) and director of Information Management and Technology, effective Nov. 1, 2024, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]