As the United States gears up to host massive global sporting events, lawmakers and witnesses during a House hearing on April 8 sounded the alarm on outdated travel technology and slow visa processing systems that may struggle to keep pace with the expected influx of millions of visitors. […]
Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last week will impact global technology competition, with one industry expert warning that fighting a trade war could mean the United States loses the tech war. […]
The U.S. has an operational technology (OT) problem when it comes to cybersecurity, according to a senior security official at the Energy Department (DoE). […]
Industry experts agree that the future of warfare is automated, with a single human operator teaming with autonomous systems to carry out missions. But what steps need to be taken to get there? […]
Cyber threat actors are using a new cyber technique to evade detection and maintain resilient operations, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint cybersecurity advisory issued on Thursday. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Data and AI Office (CDAO) has launched a new series of experiments aimed at improving data integration and ensuring operators can fully leverage advanced command-and-control (C2) capabilities, according to a senior Pentagon tech official. […]
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) scored a temporary win last week, with a Federal appeals court sparing them from revealing their spending-cut plans and authority – at least for now. […]
The Treasury Department has elevated Jeffrey King to serve as its acting chief information officer (CIO), according to the department’s website and the CIO Council webpage. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled its final guidelines for safeguarding artificial intelligence systems from cyberattacks, shedding light on emerging threats targeting both predictive (PredAI) and generative (GenAI) models. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is preparing to roll out a new chatbot platform in one of its overseas cloud environments, according to a defense official. […]
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) poses the biggest cyber threat to the United States, according to the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. […]
A prominent Federal program aimed at bringing young professionals into the government has seen a 64 percent decrease in hires, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which says the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) should do more to improve the talent pipeline. […]
The Federal government is ramping up its efforts to secure operational technology (OT) systems with new zero trust pilots and frameworks, and a consolidated Defense Department OT network, top defense cybersecurity officials shared. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition office will play a pivotal role in the department’s reevaluation of its fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget, according to a senior Pentagon official. […]
The Federal government will continue to follow Biden-era cybersecurity strategies – including maintaining the current approach to safeguarding critical infrastructure and data – until and unless the Trump administration decides to point priorities in a different direction, a senior cybersecurity official at the State Department said on March 6. […]
The IRS is coming under fire from two government watchdogs that say the agency needs stronger IT controls to safeguard taxpayer data, and that the agency misspent funds designated for business systems modernization. […]
The mass firings of IRS employees are putting at risk the agency’s ability to issue timely refunds and answer taxpayer questions – along with threatening to reverse recent upgrades to some of the agency’s antiquated technology – former IRS managers said on March 11. […]
Senators clashed on March 13 over President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, with key disagreements about funding and priorities at a Punchbowl News “pop-up” conversation on space policy. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is flagging flaws in the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s management of system security plans (SSPs) for the Federal government’s central banking account, which it said has limited insight into the accuracy of financial information. […]
As the United States races to maintain its technological edge on the world stage, tech “diplomats” and immigrant talent – especially in quantum technology – are two of the keys to staying ahead of China in the global tech race, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle said today. […]
A Federal judge on March 6 clarified his decision about a temporary restraining order against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) based on its directives to fire probationary employees across several Federal agencies. […]
The inspector general (IG) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said his office is taking a look into the impact that the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is having on cybersecurity and data privacy practices at OPM. […]
The Trump administration is determined to mount offensive cyber operations to combat escalating threats from China, a leading House Republican said on March 5. […]
The U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and European Command (EUCOM) are first in line to receive new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities to help tackle some of the combatant commands’ tech-related challenges. […]
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced several cybersecurity and technology bills during a Tuesday afternoon markup, sending the legislation to the full House for further consideration. […]
Telehealth coverage under Medicare is set to expire at the end of this month, but a new bill from Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., aims to make telehealth coverage permanent for senior citizens. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) sent an email to all of its civilian employees today asking them to list five things they accomplished last week, an official at the DoD confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
Melanie Krause, who currently serves as chief operating officer at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has been named the tax agency’s commissioner – the title that heads the agency – on an acting basis. […]
Long-time Federal government IT and cybersecurity leader Karen Evans has been named executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a CISA official confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The U.S. Space Force has established a dedicated team to aid in the development of President Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” initiative that aims to bolster the country’s missile defense systems. […]