The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced this week the establishment of the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines), awarding 10 teams a potential $1.6 billion over the next decade. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided an update on the progress its making on some of the agency’s own internal AI use cases that are either in the planning or implementation stages. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has released a draft framework on how its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) will prioritize certain Cloud Service Offerings (CSOs) that provide specific generative AI technologies. […]
The Federal government has thousands of software license agreements with vendors, but a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that Federal agencies need better data on these software licenses to maximize cost savings and not over-purchase licenses. […]
Beth Cappello, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deputy chief information officer who is set to leave her post later this year, this week talked about the agency’s tech to-do list for 2024 and indicated that further work to mature agency security, and to boost its cybersecurity workforce, are prominent on the horizon. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) Inspector General (IG) has found that the acquisition agency in 2022 purchased Chinese-manufactured videoconference cameras with known security vulnerabilities. […]
The Pentagon has come under fire from its watchdog component which came out with a new report Tuesday that shows “enduring concerns” with the Defense Department’s (DoD) financial management systems. […]
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, are probing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Treasury Department over incomplete Federal spending data on the USAspending.gov website. […]
Federal agency officials are looking for more collaboration across agencies to combat cybersecurity threats fueled by relentless adversaries who are employing the latest technologies in their attacks. […]
While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made progress in ensuring its website and IT systems are accessible to all, a new report from the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that there are still areas for improvement. […]
A new report out by the National Academies, and sponsored by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, calls for swift government action on the use of facial recognition technology – including Federal legislation and an executive order. […]
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded three prototype agreements to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space earlier to build 54 satellites that will help create the technological foundation of SDA’s Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer, which focuses on tracking and warning of possible missile threats. […]
The Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption released its final report today, providing recommendations and case studies for overcoming the challenges the United States faces in maintaining its technological and military advantage and increasing the pace of innovation adoption. […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – which has helped 23 million Americans receive subsidized broadband service and connected devices – is running out of money, but bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate this week aims to revive the program with $7 billion of fresh funding. […]
The “No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas and Unauthorized Duplications (AI FRAUD) Act” – introduced this week by Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Maria Salazar, R-Fla. – aims to protect Americans’ identities from misuse via AI. […]
The Aspen Institute’s US and Global Cybersecurity Groups released a new report on Tuesday that offers up recommendations on how to safely use AI in cybersecurity and steers organizations toward a “good place” where AI predominantly helps defenders. […]
The Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) has announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience and reduce risks to energy delivery infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber threats. […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will share its recommendations on artificial intelligence (AI) accountability policy “soon,” NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said in a 2023 year-in-review blog post. […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to expand and modernize several of its customer experience (CX) technology initiatives in 2024. […]
Sonny Hashmi, who stepped down last month as the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) commissioner, has landed his next position at codeless development platform provider Unqork. […]
After two years of serving as chief data officer (CDO) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Dr. Theodore Kaouk has moved to the new position of CDO and director of the Data Division at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – an independent agency that oversees regulation of the U.S. derivatives markets – according to his LinkedIn account. […]
With the new year upon us, here’s a round-up of some of the biggest tech and cybersecurity policy moves at the Department of Defense (DoD) in 2023 that have set the stage for the Pentagon’s IT priorities in 2024. […]
As the IRS moves toward testing out its new direct file system pilot in the coming tax season, the agency said it will be use ID.me identity verification technology to help identify participants in the pilot program, according to an IRS blog post. […]
Federal agencies will increasingly use emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) to augment their work in 2024 and beyond, according to a new Deloitte report on government technology trends. […]
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Dec. 13 voted unanimously to approve legislation that aims to speed up processing times for obtaining U.S. passports through a variety of actions including the application of commercially available technology. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is pushing equipment and software manufacturers to eliminate the use of default passwords in their products. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published draft guidance this week on evaluating differential privacy – a privacy-enhancing technology (PET) used in data analytics – to fulfill one of its tasks under President Biden’s recent artificial intelligence executive order (EO). […]
As cyber threats continue to evolve in complexity, collaboration is more crucial than ever and serves as the “fuel” of cyber operations, according to David Carroll, associate director for mission engineering at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]
Federal agencies are making “notable” progress in implementing Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations to improve IT management and reduce duplicative efforts, according to a new GAO report. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is currently developing a privacy-preserving digital credential that will use privacy-enhancing technologies (PET) to protect sensitive data while simultaneously allowing only needed information to be disclosed, according to a DHS official. […]