As it continues to pursue a major technology modernization campaign, the U.S. Army is looking into what challenges may prevent it from adopting third party-generated artificial intelligence algorithms, a top Army official said on Oct. 16. […]
The Treasury Department announced Thursday that its efforts in taking a technology and data-driven approach to fraud and improper payment prevention saved more than $4 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2023, including recovering $1 billion by leveraging AI. […]
Federal officials joined the Pega Government Empowered conference in Washington on Wednesday to share that the secret to building a successful Center of Excellence (CoE) that drives maximum value from low-code is to start with the business and people. […]
The majority of Federal agencies are still in the early stages of transitioning to post quantum cryptography (PQC), with only seven percent of agencies saying they have a formal PQC plan and project team in place, according to research out today by GDIT. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on Tuesday that it has awarded $15 million to the global standards organization ASTM International for a center of excellence to support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and emerging technologies (CETs). […]
The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans for a major acquisition push in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and is pursuing the procurement of nearly 200 satellites for Tranche 3 of its low-Earth orbit megaconstellation. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published its Trust Regulation – officially referred to as the Fundamental Responsibilities of Statistical Agencies and Units rule – in the Federal Register today with the aim of improving public trust in Federal government statistics. […]
The cybersecurity field is facing a persistent workforce shortage, and educating young people about the importance of cybersecurity and its career opportunities is one way that Bridget Bean, the executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is aiming to help solve it. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) launched a new program last week to test and assess sustainable technologies used in operational and training settings, both within and outside the department. […]
Thomas Flagg stepped into the Education Department’s chief information officer (CIO) role this week to fill the agency’s top tech position that had sat vacant for six months. […]
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton on Oct. 4 took command as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network (JHQ-DoDIN), ushering in a new era of leadership. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of the “peril” of generative AI as malicious use of the emerging technology works to increase the cyber threat to U.S. networks in 2025 and beyond. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced Wednesday that it is opening a competition with $100 million in funding to demonstrate how AI tech can assist in developing new sustainable semiconductor materials that meet industry needs and can be adopted in five years. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on Sept. 30 announced a notice of funding availability – totaling up to $984 million in loans – to accelerate commercialization and scale production for critical technologies. […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on Monday called on industry to provide data-labeling services to assist in training artificial intelligence (AI)-driven computer vision systems. […]
Nearly a year after the Pentagon released its AI adoption strategy, the agency’s Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) is making strides in aligning strategic objectives with empowering the workforce to leverage data analytics and AI. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would be required to develop and implement “tough” minimum cybersecurity standards for the healthcare sector under legislation introduced to the Senate on Thursday. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on Sept. 25 reintroduced the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act – a bill designed to protect Federal employees during public health emergencies. […]
Legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday aims to create a cybersecurity training program that will provide Federal scholarship support in exchange for two years of service with governments at all levels in cybersecurity roles. […]
The Commerce Department is pushing for increased financial resources and policy measures to bolster the U.S. quantum information science sector and the broader technology supply chain, said Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves on Monday. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has developed an emerging technology “radar” process to help it track the trajectory of emerging technologies from initial research and development to government experiments, according to the Assistant Commissioner of GSA’s Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) Laura Stanton. […]
House members vented their frustrations on Thursday over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) action to pause use of the agency’s troubled Program Integrity Tool (PIT) last year, which has resulted in the VA not being able to collect about $665 million in revenue since then and created potential financial impacts for veterans. […]
The U.S. Army is turning its attention to artificial intelligence (AI) to help the contracting workforce which is facing a significant increase in workload, an Army official said this week. […]
The State Department announced on Wednesday that its new online passport renewal system is now fully available to the public – a service it estimates up to five million Americans a year will be able to use. […]
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability leaders from both sides of the aisle introduced new legislation today to expand and strengthen the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) and give it more authority to keep adversarial technology out of Federal government tech supply chains. […]
Data can’t be perfect, but it can be managed using a “food label” approach that reflects who and what the data was created for – all of which can increase the useful of data for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) official said on Sept. 12. […]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will allow agencies to continue transferring official personnel folders (OPFs) until June 2025 – giving agencies a limited exception to the electronic-files-only policy fully implemented earlier this summer. […]
A senior Democratic lawmaker expressed concerns today about the United States’ ability to meet growing energy demands that are accompanying the surge of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, particularly when it comes to beating China in the tech race. […]
Recommendations on law enforcement’s use of artificial intelligence are headed to the White House after the National AI Advisory Committee’s (NAIAC) unanimous vote on Sept. 4 in favor of the report containing findings and recommendations. […]
In a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last week, a group of 142 organizations are calling on DHS to suspend the use of AI technologies for immigration enforcement that do not comply with Federal requirements for responsible AI by Dec. 1. […]