Two of the biggest threats to the smooth functioning of the upcoming U.S. elections stem from potential misuse of artificial intelligence technologies along with ongoing efforts by foreign adversaries to sow distrust and confusion about election processes. […]
In response to a probe from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to release a national cybersecurity strategy for the water sector in January 2025. […]
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on Wednesday to approve the bipartisan Future of AI Innovation Act that would provide congressional authorization for the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), among numerous other provisions. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) newly formed AI Safety Institute (AISI) released its first set of draft guidance last week, offering best practices for developers of AI foundation models to manage the risks that their models will be deliberately misused to cause harm. […]
American intelligence officials said this week that among major foreign adversaries Russia is doing the most to exert its influence on the upcoming U.S. general elections and is doing a better job at hiding those activities. […]
The White House announced Friday that it has hit the nine-month mark of its AI Executive Order (EO), and Federal agencies remain on track with their required directives – with two agencies reporting they are ahead of schedule. […]
New bipartisan legislation from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., aims to improve the quality, usability, and completeness of grant recipient audit data. […]
Eric Mill, executive director for cloud security at the General Services Administration (GSA), offered a preview today of planned staffing additions at the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) program office that GSA runs. […]
National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. today announced the appointment of Harry Wingo as deputy national cyber director, effective next week. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that Brandon Wales is stepping down as the agency’s executive director, and that Bridget Bean will take over as executive director next month. […]
Two top intelligence officials within the Department of Defense (DoD) said this week that Russia is “getting close” to having the ability to leverage nuclear weapons in space, potentially threatening the United States and its allies’ low earth orbit satellites. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Inspector General (IG) just dropped a series of upcoming review projects, and it’s gearing up to scrutinize some of the Pentagon’s most buzzworthy initiatives. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Wednesday that veterans and other beneficiaries will need to switch to Login.gov or ID.me over the next year to continue to access their online services. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to vote next month on a proposal that could lead to the adoption of new rules to protect consumers against receiving robocalls whose content is generated by artificial intelligence technologies. […]
The chief human capital officer (CHCO) at the Department of Commerce said today that generative AI (GenAI) technologies appear to have a bright future in how government agencies undertake their human resource management work. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps on July 10 launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to guide the integration of AI technology across the service branch, ranging from administrative functions to combat operations. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) spends big bucks on modernizing the IT systems it uses to run its day-to-day operations, but a lot of these systems are late to arrive and do not meet expectations, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
A top official from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said today that the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is quickly increasing the number of products on its FedRAMP Marketplace, thanks to its recent codification and new pilots to help shorten the review process. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is gearing up to release its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration roadmap soon, a top CISA official revealed Tuesday. […]
A new report out July 3 from MITRE is offering recommendations for the incoming administration on establishing a comprehensive and effective regulatory framework for AI security and safety over the next four years and beyond. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has appointed Leslie Beavers to take the reins as acting chief information officer (CIO), following John Sherman’s departure, according to her announcement last week on LinkedIn. […]
The Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has unveiled a new zero trust strategy to further safeguard critical assets and enhance resilience against emerging cyberthreats, the DAF CIO announced in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. […]
IRS Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Kaschit Pandya said Tuesday that his agency interacts with more Americans than nearly any other public or private organization and is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its customer experience. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) released the Alliant 3 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) request for proposals (RFP) Friday, giving industry until July 26 to ask questions and Oct. 28 to submit their application. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released draft final rules last week that aim to strengthen the security of the nation’s public alert and warning systems against emerging cybersecurity threats. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) published its final Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework on Thursday, detailing which generative AI capabilities will be the first to be prioritized. […]
The Pentagon’s nascent Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA) continues to advance in its goal to strengthen the Defense Department’s cybersecurity posture, but the road thus far has been “bumpy,” a top Pentagon tech official said. […]
The head of cybersecurity at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) offered several updates this week on how DISA is streamlining its “mountain” of data to enable the agency to automate its cybersecurity activities and make key progress in its Thunderdome zero trust security solution. […]
The head of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) said today that the organization has stood up a new artificial intelligence (AI) task force that will focus on delivering AI capabilities for the cyber mission force operations. […]
A June 18 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reckons that the IRS as of March had used about 10 percent of the approximately $57 billion in multi-year modernization funding that Congress has approved for the agency. […]