The IRS has officially chosen Rajiv Uppal as the agency’s new chief information officer (CIO), filling the position which had been without a permanent CIO since March of this year. […]
Federal government experts today said that while artificial intelligence is still an “elusive” technology to many, agencies can start to build trust in AI by using it to tackle employees’ pain points. […]
The Biden administration’s recent artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) is rapidly accelerating AI use and employee training among Federal agencies, a top Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official said on Nov. 15. […]
Federal government agencies will need to “greatly accelerate” their efforts to implement key zero trust security measures in order to keep up with potential cybersecurity threats resulting from the ongoing development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, said a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official who addressed the Red Hat Government Symposium 2023 event in Washington, D.C. today. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is planning to conduct a series of artificial intelligence (AI) technology “sprints” following the Biden administration’s Oct. 30 release of its AI Executive Order that features a broad mandate for Federal agencies to pursue responsible development and deployment of AI tech while mitigating risks that the technology may pose. […]
A group of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sent a letter on Monday to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja to voice its support for a proposed rule that aims to protect career civil servants against a Trump-era Federal workforce policy known as “Schedule F.” […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking input from the private sector about supply chain risk illumination tools that will help mitigate supply chain risks, according to a request for quotes posted by the agency on Oct. 27. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is taking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to task for slow progress on its years-long Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) project which aims to modernize U.S. air traffic management systems by moving from a ground-based air-traffic control system that uses radar, to one based on satellite navigation and digital communications. […]
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho – have sent queries to three Federal agencies asking for clarification on how these agencies are implementing best practices to safely utilize artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordination with the Treasury Department, to provide guidance to agencies on how to report their spending data on USAspending.gov. […]
The Senate confirmed Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on Tuesday to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by a vote of 62-36. […]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) La Monte Yarborough said on Monday that upgrading outdated IT systems and bolstering security efforts is crucial to improving public trust and user experience (UX). […]
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its governmentwide results of the 2023 OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) today, showing an increase in Federal employees’ overall engagement. […]
With the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program – one of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) top security efforts for Federal agencies – hitting its 11-year anniversary, Program Manager Matt House last week discussed some of the program’s major priorities for fiscal year 2024. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop benchmarks to measure Federal office building use and get rid of unneeded space, especially with recent increases in telework. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $712 million task order to resume work on infrastructure modernization of the agency’s St. Elizabeth’s Campus in Washington, D.C. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it has awarded 30 contractors a spot on its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) contract to provide a range of IT services. […]
The Biden-Harris administration announced today that the Department of Commerce, through its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) component, will establish the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI). […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a request for comment, looking for public comments on its latest white paper on software identification ecosystems. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint on Tuesday, encouraging technologists across the country to develop AI-enabled tools that will reduce the burnout of healthcare workers. […]
With ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks against American infrastructure, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called on Congress today to reauthorize key DHS authorities to reinforce the agency’s ability to protect against foreign cyberattacks. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced Logging Made Easy (LME), a new Windows-based, free and open log management toolset designed to help organizations better use security data. […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is planning for a major IT contract that will support systems used by its Cargo Systems Program Directorate (CSPD). […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is getting close to releasing a proposal that would offer “equity around pay and flexibilities in the workplace” for Federal government tech and cybersecurity personnel, OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said today. […]
To continue a 46-year-old mission, engineers on NASA’s Voyager team beamed up a software patch that would prevent the recurrence of a data glitch that arose last year, the space agency announced last week. […]
The White House is asking Congress for an additional $9.1 billion to support the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including $6 billion to help fund its Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and $3.1 billion for the FCC to fund the removal of outdated communications infrastructure operated by providers. […]
Leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and members of VA unions expressed their opposition on Wednesday to pending legislation known as the Restore VA Accountability Act, which would make it easier to fire poor-performing VA employees. […]
A top Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official said this week that the House Republicans’ proposed 25 percent budget cut to the cyber agency would have “catastrophic” effects on CISA’s programs – like the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program. […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $450 million contract to continue to operate and modernize the agency’s integrated accounting system. […]
The IRS is looking to implement and test new modernized technology to run parallel with legacy technology after the 2024 filing season, which a top IRS official this week said will eventually replace the legacy systems. […]