VA Chief Data Officer Lisa Rosenmerkel says the department wants to better connect its data to anticipate veterans’ needs and reduce the burden on those seeking benefits. […]

Brubaker brings nearly four decades of experience in technology, cybersecurity, and federal management to his new role overseeing agency operations. […]

The beta FWD Chat tool uses ChatGPT Luna to turn plain-English workforce questions into queries of OPM’s official personnel data. […]

GAO found that CIO risk ratings for major federal IT investments often understated risk or were not updated on time, raising concerns as OMB prepares to replace the Federal IT Dashboard. […]

The inspector general urged the agency to secure equipment that may contain sensitive consumer, financial, and supervisory information. The agency disputed the assertion that data is at risk. […]

The government watchdog found that none of the 24 CFO Act agencies have fully completed key preparations to move vulnerable systems to post-quantum cryptography. […]

The GSA inspector general found that data-quality, governance, and workforce problems are continuing to hinder the agency’s compliance with the Geospatial Data Act. […]

The agency is shifting purchases from the 2GIT contract to its Multiple Award Schedule and device-specific agreements as part of a broader push to consolidate federal procurement. […]

Only seven of 22 civilian CFO Act agencies have fully met OMB requirements for inventorying and maintaining networked devices, according to GAO. […]

The watchdog said gaps in agency documentation left it unable to fully assess whether DOGE personnel properly accessed and protected sensitive government systems. […]

GAO found uneven results across 18 major DOD IT business programs and renewed calls for stronger performance measurement, agile practices, cybersecurity, and zero trust controls. […]

The proposal marks a sharp increase from the additional $20 billion FAA officials previously said they would need to complete the modernization effort. […]

Energy Department science chief Darío Gil said the department wants to develop national user facilities that would give researchers broader access to advanced quantum computing. […]

NIST Director Arvind Raman said the agency is working with industry to scale post-quantum cryptography while advancing quantum networking and manufacturing capabilities. […]

Director Conner Prochaska said ARPA-E is exploring its next quantum effort and called for a renewed National Quantum Initiative to put greater emphasis on applications and commercialization. […]

The SBIC-E Initiative will initially focus on areas including AI, quantum information science, semiconductors, and future computing, DOE officials said. […]

USPTO has deployed more than 20 AI applications as it emphasizes human oversight, workforce training, and tools designed to assist patent examiners. […]

The new option lets eligible users verify their identities from a smartphone while sharing only the information required to access government services. […]

The agency is expanding access to a frontline-developed communications tool as it works to scale promising technology from a portfolio of more than 14,000 employee-built applications. […]

The FAA is beginning a phased rollout of an AI-enabled platform designed to give air traffic controllers earlier warning of congestion, weather impacts, and other constraints. […]

The forthcoming guidance will draw on CISA assessments of how well critical infrastructure organizations can isolate and recover systems. […]

The bill would direct CISA to assess workforce and resource gaps as lawmakers scrutinize the agency’s capacity to defend federal networks and critical infrastructure. […]

Officials say agencies should begin inventorying and modernizing their telecommunications environments now to avoid repeating delays that stretched the previous governmentwide transition over more than a decade. […]

Federal agencies face a Sept. 19 remediation deadline for a maximum-severity authentication bypass that can give remote attackers root-level access. […]

The Energy Department is seeking commercial teams to deliver scientifically relevant, fault-tolerant quantum computers by 2028. It’s also funding a national laboratory testbed to validate performance. […]

Energy Department CIO Dawn Zimmer sees enormous potential in AI-enabled workflows and integrated data, but says federal acquisition, authorization, compliance, and organizational decision-making still need to move faster. […]

More than 70% of OPM employees are actively using at least one approved AI platform, CIO Adam Starr said. […]

House lawmakers are seeking testimony from Larry Ellison and Mike Sicilia about VA’s nearly $17 billion increase to the ceiling of its Electronic Health Record Modernization contract. […]

The new guidance offers federal agencies and cloud providers recommendations to protect identity and access tokens from theft, forgery, and misuse. […]

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the lunar south pole will be a critical proving ground for technologies and operations needed for future Mars missions. […]