New legislation aimed at improving the transparency of artificial intelligence-powered products in financial services was introduced on Wednesday. […]
Federal chief data officers (CDOs) are succeeding in meeting their goals but face ongoing challenges, including a lack of clarity in their roles and insufficient support from leadership, a new survey reports. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has launched a new tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to assist vendors in the defense industrial base (DIB) and the intelligence community in accelerating their cyber defenses. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is calling out the agency for not having an updated AI strategy, as the agency’s latest public AI strategy dates back to 2020. […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has reduced its onboarding process for new hires – from application to hiring – from 492 days to 280 days, with expectations that the timeline will continue to decrease, according to a senior agency official. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) has tapped Dawn Zimmer as the agency’s new principal deputy chief information officer (CIO), according to a LinkedIn post by Zimmer on Nov. 21. […]
Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Dale Strong, R-Ala., introduced a new bipartisan bill on Thursday that aims to improve and expand the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is suggesting in a new report that Congress designate an agency to issue government-wide guidance or regulations to help protect Americans’ civil rights and civil liberties while using personal data. […]
Industry experts shed more light on the recent Salt Typhoon hacks during a congressional hearing Tuesday as leaders of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law called on the Federal government to “galvanize action now” against the China-linked hacking group’s recent infiltration of commercial telecommunications infrastructure. […]
Just one day after National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker urged Congress to pass bipartisan legislation that would bolster efforts to harmonize cybersecurity regulations across the Federal government, a companion bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on Monday that it has named Melissa Midzor the new director of the agency’s Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL). […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) held a launch event today for its STRATUS program – a suite of government-wide basic ordering agreements (BOAs) to provide rapid access to cloud capabilities – and teased an annual forecasting tool for the program. […]
The Pentagon unveiled a new round of systems to be deployed under its Replicator initiative on Wednesday, including two new drone types, as part of its push to rapidly equip the United States military with thousands of drones. […]
The U.S. Army is expanding its cloud capabilities by adding new cloud service providers (CSPs) to its lineup and standing up a pilot project aimed at improving communication between the Department of Defense (DoD) and external partners, a senior Army official revealed on Tuesday. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is prioritizing data federation to help ensure that defense components and military services meet the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 Zero Trust goal, a senior Pentagon tech official said today. […]
China’s structured and well-funded ecosystem for cyber dominance poses a growing threat to U.S. cybersecurity, a senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official warned, saying the U.S. must continue to foster public-private partnerships and global alliances to defend against those threats. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) bureaucratic processes are hindering tech acquisition and stifling generational innovation, slowing the military’s ability to adapt to rapidly evolving technologies, according to a former senior official of the Air Force. […]
From speeding up space data processing to forging new commercial partnerships, innovative space solutions are soaring in Space Systems Command’s (SSC) annual Flight Tonight competition, with seven teams advancing to the final round this week. […]
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released security guidance last week to help protect emerging technology startup companies from threats posed by nation-state actors. […]
The Weather Company has partnered with NVIDIA for more than a decade to deploy technologies that enable improved predictions in the modeling of Earth’s weather and climate. […]
During a panel discussion on effective AI integration strategies, AI experts recommended that when developing AI pilot programs, organizations should start small, test thoroughly, and apply best practices. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to improve its oversight and coordination of work that the agency undertakes with federally funded research and development centers to prevent project overlap, a new watchdog report says. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first-ever International Strategic Plan this week, which covers the 2025-2026 period and aims to serve as a complement to the agency’s first comprehensive strategic plan published two years ago. […]
MITRE – which operates federally funded R&D centers for federal sponsors and focuses on scientific and technology issues in the national interest – on Oct. 9 announced the first three use cases for its MITRE Federal AI Sandbox, a supercomputer that will help train advanced AI models using the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a final rule on Friday that will allow passengers to continue to use mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) to verify their identity at airport security checkpoints after higher REAL ID security standards go into effect next year. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) will launch an investigation into China-sponsored infiltrations of U.S. telecom networks and infrastructure that have come to light since the beginning of this month, DHS confirmed today. […]
Highly Assured Data-Centric Security (HADCS) goes beyond traditional perimeter-based security models by shifting the focus to securing the data itself, explained Keith Strini, the chief technical strategist for the Department of Defense and intelligence community at Dell Technologies. […]
Industry experts on Wednesday discussed how they are working with the Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence agencies to leverage zero trust to meet the information-sharing requirements of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and its partners. […]
A group of 40 public and private sector experts unveiled a report Tuesday that lays out more than three dozen cyber policy recommendations for the next administration to prioritize when elected in November. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is exploring rulemaking around the possibility of publicly posting certain contractor performance metrics to GSA eCommerce and digital platforms like GSA Advantage!. […]