The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking to utilize automation technologies to improve its Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) claims process for eligible survivors and dependents of deceased veterans and servicemembers. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) needs to do more to protect Americans’ DNA data to keep it out of the hands of foreign adversaries, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned in a report issued on April 30. […]
The U.S. Army is getting ready to roll out a new enlisted military occupational specialty (MOS) dedicated to space operations that will enable soldiers to deliver space-based capabilities directly to the fight on the ground. […]
Matthew Lohmeier, President Trump’s pick to be Under Secretary for the Air Force, told lawmakers this week he believes that both the Air Force and Space Force need increased funding to achieve dominance in their respective domains. […]
Legislation that aims to level the playing fields for defense cloud computing and artificial intelligence technology providers is set for its second go-round in the Senate after failing to gain much traction late last year in the last Congress. […]
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced last week the cancellation of nearly $300 million in IT contracts, grants, and awards deemed to be “non-essential.” […]
Representatives on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations unveiled a new fraud prevention section of a scorecard used to track the Department of Defense’s (DoD) progress toward a clean financial audit, which continues to remain elusive. […]
Cybercriminals are using generative AI (GenAI) to craft targeted phishing attacks against high-impact business functions that evade traditional defenses, according to a new report from the cybersecurity platform provider Zscaler. […]
The majority of Americans are concerned about cuts to the Federal workforce and government services, according to new polling data from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service (PPS). […]
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against the White House-directed group and some Trump administration officials on April 23 alleging violations of Federal record keeping and transparency rules. […]
In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Aaron Mulgrew, solutions architect at Everfox, examines the governmental imperative for safeguarding sensitive data amid widespread AI adoption. […]
Two top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are pressing for hard numbers on how many Federal workers have been let go since the start of the second Trump administration in January. […]
The first few months of the Trump administration have brought major changes to Federal contracting including numerous contract terminations. But what actually happens when the Federal government decides to end a contract? […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking industry input on advanced communication tech – including radios, antennas, and datalinks – for drones used by special operations forces in swarm operations. […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of late last year lacked the controls needed to comprehensively track its information systems and software assets, according to a watchdog report that uncovered nearly $6 million in potentially unaccounted-for software licenses. […]
Chris Krebs, who formerly led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said he is leaving SentinelOne to face President Donald Trump’s accusations against him. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is planning to restructure a $48 billion technology research and development contract vehicle and is looking to industry for guidance on how to shape the recompete. […]
Luis Cano, the chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Census Bureau, is set to retire on April 30. […]
Lawmakers and expert witnesses brainstormed applications for artificial intelligence to streamline overall government efficiency in a House-Senate Joint Economic Committee hearing on April 9, highlighting aims to harness the technology in the fight against fraud and waste in government programs. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that directs Federal agencies to identify regions where coal-fired power infrastructure is available to support the needs of new artificial intelligence data centers. […]
Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg rolled out new guidance this week to advance the Pentagon’s plans to restructure, consolidate, and reduce its nearly 900,000-member civilian workforce as part of the department’s Workforce Acceleration and Recapitalization Initiative. […]
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. […]