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). […]

In its first report of 2025, the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board is recommending an expansion of the Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to provide “end-to-end concierge services” aimed at simplifying interactions with both traditional and non-traditional vendors. […]

The U.S. Agency for International Development has tapped Steven Hernandez to serve as its new chief information security officer (CISO) and deputy chief information officer, according to a post on his LinkedIn. […]

The Commerce Department has issued a final rule that will block the import and sale in the United States of connected vehicle technologies produced in Russia and China. The new rule will phase in between 2027 and 2030. […]

The National Institute of Science and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is asking for feedback on an updated risk management framework draft that will steer the future of the agency’s ransomware prevention guidance.   […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has awarded Bering Straits Professional Services a $149 million contract to support the human resources agency’s IT modernization efforts.  […]

The Department of Commerce (DoC) has finalized an agreement with Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) for up to $325 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to aid in the construction of a new semiconductor-grade polysilicon manufacturing facility.   […]

As the clock begins to tick down to the end of fiscal year (FY) 2025 in September, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is continuing its work to onboard the entire Non-sensitive Public Trust (NSPT) population into DCSA’s Continuous Vetting (CV) services. […]

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Jan. 3 that it has imposed sanctions on a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Inc. (Integrity Tech) for its role in a spate of malicious cyber activities. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Dec. 30 that it awarded the Polaris small business-focused governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) to 102 small businesses. […]

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is touting the success of its fraud-fighting abilities and calling on Congress to permanently establish its Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence (PACE) before the center’s scheduled sunset date of Sept. 30, 2025. […]