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. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a comprehensive final rule on Dec. 27 to help protect Americans’ sensitive data from being sold or transferred to adversarial countries. […]
Former Department of Defense (DoD) chief information security officer (CISO) David McKeown has been tapped as the agency’s first-ever special assistant for cybersecurity innovation, DoD’s CIO Office (CIO) said. […]
After a months-long pause of its next-generation background investigation system, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has outlined a plan to get the system back on track. […]
The Biden administration’s top economic advisor is praising progress made in strengthening semiconductor supply chains over the last few years and urging President-elect Donald Trump’s team to maintain efforts to strengthen those supply chains. […]
As current authorities for the government to intercept and track unauthorized drones are set to expire on Friday, Dec. 20, Federal agencies are urging Congress to enact counter-drone legislation. […]
Both chambers of Congress have officially approved the Chance to Compete Act – a bill that aims to put in place a Federal workforce hiring policy that places greater emphasis on prospective employees’ work experience, rather than their educational credentials. […]
The Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI) sent an open letter today to President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) calling on the advisory group to focus its efforts on “three critical areas where targeted engagement and direction from DOGE can dramatically enhance government performance while driving long-term efficiency.” […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched a new platform to streamline collaboration with innovators, researchers, and organizations with the aim of speeding up the development of technologies that strengthen national security. […]
Quantum technology isn’t just a tool with big national security implications – it also can help save the planet. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Open Government Federal Advisory Committee (OG FAC) will consider how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into its mission to make government more accountable and increase public access to government data, a panel member said on Dec. 11. […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that outgoing congressman Dan Bishop, R-N.C., will serve as his administration’s number two budget slasher. […]
The House last week voted to approve a bill that would require agencies to share custom-developed source code with each other in an effort to reduce duplicative software contracts across the Federal government. […]
Working to improve the warfighter user experience as much as the technologies that underlie that goal is critical to ensuring mission success, according to Renata Spinks, the former chief information security officer and deputy chief information officer of the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) division in the Office of the Deputy Command for Information in the U.S. Marine Corps. […]
A bipartisan pair of senators is looking to promote a more competitive playing field for vendors of cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies looking to sell those services to the Pentagon. […]
Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey has been nominated to lead the Air Force’s upcoming Information Dominance Systems Center, according to a Pentagon announcement. […]