Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., along with Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, reintroduced legislation this week that aims to protect Americans from their snooping appliances. […]
A new report from the General Services Administration (GSA) reveals that the Federal government is failing to meet its own accessibility requirements – in fact, accessibility remains largely “deprioritized” across the government with little to no progress in conformance over time, according to the document. […]
As the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) pushes to revolutionize medical treatments and cures, it’s facing a challenge that no amount of cutting-edge science can solve – attracting the talent that the agency needs. […]
The U.S. Army is turning to the private sector for feedback as it prepares to upgrade its current Vantage Army data platform (ADP). With a Jan. 9 deadline approaching, vendors have a few more days to weigh in on the draft solicitation. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has concluded a red teaming pilot that resulted in the identification of more than 800 vulnerabilities in the use of large language models (LLM) to enhance military medical services. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is setting the stage for a possible new program aimed at developing more robust quantum sensors that can be integrated onto U.S. military platforms, according to a special notice from the agency. […]
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Chief Information Officer Doug Cossa has taken over as acting CIO for the U.S. intelligence community, according to his LinkedIn post on Dec. 21. […]
The Biden-Harris administration released its artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) at the end of 2023, but most of the work to implement the directive took place in 2024. As MeriTalk reflects on the past year – and looks toward the future of Federal IT work during the Trump-Vance administration in 2025 and beyond – AI is positioned to make impactful strides across agencies, policy, and defense. […]
President-elect Donald Trump has named his picks for several top positions at the Pentagon including deputy secretary of defense, and other high-profile acquisition, research, and policy posts. […]
A new bipartisan bill filed by senators on Dec. 19 is calling for the Department of Commerce to establish an AI Safety Review Office, led by a White House-nominated under secretary of Commerce for AI safety. […]
Government officials at both the Federal and state levels are working on a wide range of new AI use cases with focuses on administrative efficiency and improving decision-making, several Federal and city officials said this week. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced its latest innovation in artificial intelligence, a chatbot that the agency calls DHSChat. […]
As the Trump administration prepares to take office on Jan. 20, government experts said on Monday that they expect to see an executive order from President-elect Donald Trump related to Schedule F in his first week, and they shared what that means for the Federal workforce. […]
President-elect Donald Trump hopes to use the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut wasteful government spending, but Federal government experts on Monday advised the group to focus more on “effectiveness” – not just cutting costs. […]
In an industry still grappling with a stubborn gender gap, female tech leaders are speaking up: mentorship and visibility are the secret weapons to help women break through and rise to the top. […]
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has tallied up a total of $191 billion of fraudulent claims paid out through state unemployment insurance (UI) agencies to hackers and fraudsters – up from previous estimates that put the fraud figure closer to $100 billion. […]
After delivering a minimum viable capability for its data-centric command and control (C2) effort, the Department of Defense (DoD) is now focused on deploying enterprise enablers through its new Open Data and Applications Government-owned Interoperable Repositories (Open DAGIR) program, ensuring that this capability is accessible across combatant commands at the strategic level. […]
The Pentagon announced today that it is sunsetting its organization that developed, evaluated, recommended, and monitored generative AI capabilities across the Defense Department (DoD) – dubbed Task Force Lima – and is replacing it with a new AI Rapid Capabilities Cell (AI RCC). […]
As president-elect Donald Trump prepares to move into office next month, at least two “czar” appointments have rolled in so far – one for border issues and another covering AI and crypto. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is looking for public feedback on the draft of its new practice guide, Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture. […]
A leading Democratic member of the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday urged the incoming Trump administration to spare the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in its much-publicized plans to increase Federal efficiency by potentially eliminating some government operations. […]
The House Artificial Intelligence Task Force’s upcoming final report will focus on breaking up regulations into “bite-sized pieces” and not blocking future advances in AI technology, said task force co-chair Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., on Wednesday. […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is once again calling on Congress to fully fund the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (SCRP), which aims to have communications service providers “rip and replace” untrusted IT equipment from their networks. […]
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) plans to establish an operational technology (OT) office that will oversee the cybersecurity of control systems, commerce technologies, as well as embedding infrastructure, according to a senior Air Force official. […]
A congressional advisory body is calling on lawmakers to establish and fund a “Manhattan Project-like program dedicated to racing to and acquiring an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) capability.” […]
The United States is the global leader in artificial intelligence with China in a “distant second,” according to a newly released index from Stanford University. […]
The U.S. Army is overhauling its cybersecurity policy with a new directive signed by Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) Leo Garciga last week that aims to streamline the service’s implementation of its Risk Management Framework (RMF). […]
A bipartisan group of 12 senators is calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) internal watchdog to investigate the collection of biometric data from airport-based facial recognition technology, citing privacy concerns. […]
The Pentagon’s newly implemented Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule is receiving a mixed reaction from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. […]
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Sheena Burrell is departing for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to serve as its chief innovation officer. […]