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. […]

House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., demanded today in a letter to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that OPM rescind its memo issued earlier this month that redesignated Federal agency chief information officer (CIO) positions. […]

Microsoft, after teaming up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), last week unveiled a new chip that could fast-track the development of quantum computers and bring them into wider use within years instead of decades. […]

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering expanding a ban on preventing all foreign-born nationals from adversarial nations from working in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) 17 national labs, citing risks of espionage.   […]

Democratic members of the Senate Appropriations Committee have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for more information on what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is doing at the agency after reports that DOGE has been granted access to veterans’ personal records.  […]

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a new report on Feb. 14 that highlights potential use cases of digital twin technologies and recommends adopting a zero trust cybersecurity model when engaging in digital twin development. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is looking to industry for input on how its collaborative low-Earth orbit mega-constellation – known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) – could be integrated into President Donald Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” missile defense system. […]

Tech officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts said on Feb. 13 that AI integration throughout the Federal workforce should start with a focus on automating any processes involving words, images, numbers, and sounds – or a “WINS” – approach. […]

The U.S. Army has made significant strides in digital transformation over the past few years, and officials from the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) and the U.S. Army Cyber Command shared on Feb.12 how ServiceNow has been a “force multiplier” in those efforts. […]

In the final moments of the men’s basketball gold medal game at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Coach Mike Krzyzewski remembers furiously writing up a play to extend Team USA’s lead over Spain. As he wrote the play, he recalled Kobe Bryant’s hand resting upon his hand, reassuring him that the team would get it done. […]

The Trump administration is continuing to battle in court to preserve its Federal grant and loan funding freeze, requesting that a U.S. appeals court stay pending appeal a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by a Federal district court that halted the freeze effort last week.   […]

Technology experts at the Department of Labor, U.S. Air Force, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and software provider Nutanix are emphasizing that government agencies should focus on implementing simple, flexible, and agile approaches to their artificial intelligence (AI) integrations. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking ideas to meet the missile defense architecture’s requirements for creating President Donald Trump’s proposed “Iron Dome for America.” […]

Witnesses at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Thursday called for putting in place improved identity authentication measures for unemployment insurance (UI) programs as a way to cut down on UI program fraud.    […]

The Pentagon’s U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) has appointed Joy Angela Shanaberger as its new chief technology officer (CTO), she announced in a LinkedIn post. […]

Democratic and Republican members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee clashed on Wednesday on a range of tech and science topics including Federal grant funding and the Trump administration’s recent push to gut government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued additional guidance to Federal agencies on Wednesday regarding President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at slashing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs. […]

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is set to implement a plan to bring employees back to the office, ending the era of widespread remote work, according to a U.S. Air Force memorandum. […]

The U.S. Air Force is getting a digital boost in safety reporting with the launch of its new SAFEREP App. SAFEREP was launched by the Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) safety office to replace the Airman Safety App as DAF’s new digital safety reporting tool. […]

Federal agencies across the government are increasingly adapting new uses of artificial intelligence to streamline processes, aggregate data, and even complete tasks designed for human resources staff. And while some have openly embraced AI and its uses, others still don’t believe it can be trusted for operations in nuclear controls. […]

Bipartisan leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote a letter to President Trump on Tuesday demanding an explanation for the president’s reported firing of 18 Federal agency inspectors general (IGs) on Jan. 24. […]

The Air Force’s latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation are expected to take flight this year, Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Kunkel said during Defense One’s “AI in the Skies” program on Jan. 28.   […]

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., a leading voice on cybersecurity issues in Congress, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026. […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning to employees of the Department of Defense (DoD) that those who do not comply with President Donald Trump’s anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies will be terminated. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has ordered a temporary pause on all social media accounts, citing the need to realign with President Trump’s agenda, according to a Jan. 24 memo. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that facial recognition software used to identify travelers is more than 99 percent accurate on average, according to a Jan. 17 report. […]

President Trump’s nominations of Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA are look to be in good shape for final Senate confirmation as soon as today, after wide majorities on two Senate committees voted to approve both of the nominations. […]

Legislation that would provide Federal scholarship support in exchange for two years of service in cybersecurity roles with governments at all levels sits at the top of the legislative agenda for House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., who talked about the measure’s importance during a committee hearing today. […]

President Trump on Monday declared an immediate but temporary freeze on hiring of Federal government civilian employees – but with plenty of wide exceptions for military and public safety positions and for agencies that distribute benefits to citizens. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has failed to effectively implement the process for authorizing third-party organizations to conduct Level 2 assessments under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0, according to a Jan.14 audit report by the DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG). […]