Senate Democrats are asking President Donald Trump to rethink his reported decision to allow top semiconductor chip producers in the United States to sell their products to China in exchange for fees to the government. […]
The Department of Commerce has appointed Bill Frauenhofer director of the agency’s CHIPS Program Office. […]
The U.S. Air Force is seeking insight from industry on how it can use artificial intelligence–powered wargaming platforms to test training resilience under high-intensity conflict. […]
A Federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can maintain access to sensitive data held by Federal agencies. […]
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it has taken down servers operated by a Russian ransomware group that compromised over 450 victims within the United States in just over two years. […]
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has a suite of space technologies – including artificial intelligence and rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology – that could support the Department of Defense’s (DoD) development of the Golden Dome missile defense system, according to a NASA official. […]
A new report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that community care staff did not always import records into veterans’ electronic health records (EHRs), due in part to technology limitations. […]
What happens if you run into medical issues in space and can’t get in touch with Houston? NASA and Google say their new artificial intelligence system might help the next time you’re stuck in Earth’s orbit and need some help. […]
After four years of work, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the long-awaited update to its digital identity guidelines. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $54 million contract to MetTel to modernize the VA’s telecom infrastructure, which includes 15,000 telephone landlines across 1,875 locations. […]
The U.S. Army is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help manage airspace operations, as the environment grows increasingly complex with the rapid proliferation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – more commonly known as drones. […]
U.S. and British soldiers teamed up this week to test systems designed to counter battlefield drone threats, putting into action Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s directive to accelerate drone integration and training across the military. […]
Federal agency use cases for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies rose sharply last year, signaling increased interest in GenAI tech deployments across the 11 agencies reviewed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a new report. […]
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted 22-6 today to advance the nomination of Paul Roberti to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). […]
Two former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) officials are looking to continue their efforts on Secure by Design outside of the agency with new gigs at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST). […]
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will be using artificial intelligence tools to accelerate its development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) that will help power AI data centers autonomously. […]
The Department of the Air Force has established a new communications directorate focused on warfighter communications and cyber systems – marking a strategic shift from the previous structure by separating those responsibilities from intelligence operations. […]
The White House issued its AI Action Plan this week, which includes a recommendation to establish an “AI global alliance” with key allies to ensure adversaries do not get their hands on technologies that the United States is looking to impose export controls on. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) intelligence arm charged with coordinating intelligence sharing hasn’t fulfilled all of its oversight and collaboration requirements since it was founded more than a decade ago, a Federal watchdog said. […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the Department of Defense (DoD) chief information officer (CIO) to ensure the DoD’s IT capabilities are protected from supply chain attacks by adversaries such as China and Russia. […]
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Warner, D-Va., are sounding the alarm over cybersecurity gaps at rural hospitals due to Medicaid funding cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill budget reconciliation package approved by Congress earlier this month. […]
Members of the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee (FSGG) are funding several artificial intelligence and cyber efforts in their draft appropriations bill released Sunday night for the upcoming fiscal year. […]
The Senate – by voice vote on July 17 – confirmed the nomination of U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein to lead President Donald Trump’s signature Golden Dome missile defense initiative, officially transitioning him from his role as vice chief of space operations to the newly created position of direct reporting program manager for Golden Dome. […]
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has appointed Cyrus Jabbari as its new chief data officer (CDO), the organization announced in a recent press release. Jabbari, who began his role in May, succeeds Dr. Michael Foster, who left the position in December 2024. […]
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has announced that its director, David Cattler, is slated to leave the agency on Sept. 30. […]
As it nears its sunset date this fall, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 has succeeded in improving Federal agencies’ ability to share cyber threat data – a feat that would have been less likely without the law, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlights the law’s implementation successes. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has selected Mark Calabria as chief statistician, an OMB spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., reintroduced a bill on Thursday that would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use blockchain technology to improve how veterans receive their benefits and services. […]
Nand Mulchandani has stepped down from his role as chief technology officer (CTO) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), marking the end of a six-year run in public service. […]
The Space Development Agency (SDA) announced on Tuesday that it has selected Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo to serve as the agency’s new deputy director. […]