The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint on Tuesday, encouraging technologists across the country to develop AI-enabled tools that will reduce the burnout of healthcare workers. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced Logging Made Easy (LME), a new Windows-based, free and open log management toolset designed to help organizations better use security data. […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is urging the Pentagon’s Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) unit to take an offensive stance against the Chinese hacking group who breached the State Department, Commerce Department, and House of Representatives emails earlier this year. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent out a memo earlier this week reminding agency heads of the Biden administration’s goal to increase the percentage of contracting opportunities awarded to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) to 13 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote next month on whether to take an exploratory look at artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the potential of regulating their use in the context of preventing illegal and unwanted robocalls and robotexts – which has long been an enforcement priority at the commission. […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) approved the Improving Government Services Act today by a vote of 10-1, with only Ranking Member Rand Paul, R-Ky., voting against the measure. The bill now heads to the Senate for further consideration. […]
As government leaders are working to develop artificial intelligence policy, AI experts today urged lawmakers to ensure that any AI policy framework increases transparency and public trust in the technology. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on Oct. 19, detailing the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) current efforts to lower the potential possibilities of discrimination against certain minority groups while simultaneously working to ensure TSA meets tech requirements. […]
The General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (GSA FEDSIM) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. a multi-year contract worth $522.6 million on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help modernize and support EPA’s technology systems. […]
The adoption of AI technology will play an essential part in delivering a “frictionless experience” to United States Postal Service (USPS) customers, according to a top agency official. […]
With Cybersecurity Career Week in full swing, new data from a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tool has indicated that from Sept. 2022?through?Aug.?2023, there were only 72 cybersecurity workers available for every 100 cybersecurity jobs demanded by employers, leaving a need for approximately 315,000 personnel to cover those positions. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has set its eyes on developing a robust lunar economy. However, the question remains – how can the many shareable, scalable commercial systems support a future lunar ecosystem? […]
As the Biden administration gears up to release an AI executive order (EO) this fall, the government has consolidated use cases of the technology across 20 Federal agencies. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking for industry to help provide the Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC) with new “integrated realistic training environment” capabilities, according to a recently published contract opportunity. […]
A new paper issued this week by trade group BSA | The Software Alliance is urging policymakers to promote the use of AI as a tool to improve cybersecurity and counter malicious cyber actors. […]
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made it clear that Federal agencies can and must dutifully monitor whether their contractors comply with the E-Verify program that focuses on verifying the legal eligibility of employees to work in the U.S. […]
Federal contractors and their employees are gaining extensive new whistleblower protections under a new regulation devised by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council, the Department of Defense (DoD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and NASA. […]
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) sheds light on why the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scrapped plans to use Login.gov as an alternative for taxpayers to identify themselves to utilize IRS tools and services for 2023 tax season. […]
As the IRS is taking drastic steps to modernize many of the agency’s functions, a new report released on Oct. 2 indicates that taxpayer interest on a direct file system might be “overstated.” […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt strong rules against digital discrimination. […]
The House of Representatives passed legislation, with a vote of 394-1 on Oct. 2, that would focus on limiting the amount of education that Federal employees would need to be able to work a cybersecurity position. […]
Federal agencies help fund small businesses’ technology research and development through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. […]
Feds are “growing good in government” this new fiscal year by partnering with industry and academia to build the feedback loops of the future. […]
The General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has announced the opening of the GDIT Emerge Innovation Center at its headquarters in Falls Church, Va., to better serve its government customers. […]
The U.S. Space Force has accepted the transfer of a second geostationary weather satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to extend weather coverage. […]
Members of the House Small Business Committee heard expert testimony on Sept. 27 on a range of private sector solutions that the government could use to track down perpetrators of fraud against Small Business Administration (SBA) loan and relief programs during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is looking to gain a better understanding of artificial intelligence so that the watchdog agency can audit the technology, as well as use it to organize its thousands of reports. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has set four public meetings of the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC) to develop recommendations on the secure adoption of cloud computing products under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). […]
Pat Flanders, PEO for Medical Systems and Chief Information Officer for J-6 for the Defense Health Agency (DHA), explained this week that emerging IT capabilities are allowing DHA to better serve its large global network. […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is in the midst of a long-term campaign to modernize its operations to better service taxpayers, and the agency’s acting chief information officer (CIO) laid out three main priorities in that effort on Sept. 21 during an event organized by FCW. […]