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In response to President Biden’s AI executive order (EO), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DoE) have officially established a Research Coordination Network (RCN) dedicated to advancing privacy research. […]

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said today that over 600 semiconductor companies have requested more than $70 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act, meaning that the Department of Commerce (DoC) has “a lot of tough conversations” ahead to narrow down which companies receive funding. […]

NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today unveiled its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 along with a suite of cyber resources, providing the first major update to the voluntary framework in over a decade. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – along with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other international partners – has released a joint advisory warning of tactics and techniques used by alleged Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers to infiltrate cloud systems. […]

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The Treasury Department’s announcement today of a new round of economic sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals includes notable numbers of new sanctions falling on companies operating in the Russian tech sector. […]

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General Services Administration GSA

The General Services Administration (GSA) is looking for input to help flesh out the agency’s Next Generation Network Infrastructure (NGNI) strategy that may succeed GSA’s existing Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contracts that guide how Federal agencies buy communications and related services. […]

USDA

 The U.S. Department of Agriculture Digital Service (USDA DS) is launching – along with the agency’s Office of Customer Experience (OCX) – a new fellowship that will help recruit some of the brightest minds for digital service delivery, procurement, and customer experience work at the agency. […]

FCC

The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled a March 14 vote on a proposal the agency first floated last year to create a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless internet of things (IoT) devices including home security cameras, voice-activated shopping devices, internet-connected appliances, fitness trackers, garage door openers, and baby monitors. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for industry insight on spectrum research and development (R&D) to help the White House create a new Federal plan on the technology, according to a recent request for information (RFI). […]

NASA

NASA’s Voyager 1 has been on a 46-year-long mission to explore interstellar space, but for the last year the probe has been experiencing several software and data glitches that could bring its mission to an end. […]

USPTO

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced it plans to negotiate with Accenture Federal Services the terms of a contract estimated at $70 million for work on the agency’s Patent Search Artificial Intelligence (PSAI) capabilities. […]

CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force another two-year term to continue its work on creating solutions for managing global ICT supply chain risk. […]

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OPM Office of Personnel Management

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today released its 2023 Equity Action Plan, which spotlights data as a tool to better understand barriers and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal workforce. […]

The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)  component has awarded its final grant totaling $42 million from the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund’s first Notice of Funding Opportunity this week – boosting the funding total thus far to $140 million. […]

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CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued 2024 Priorities today for its Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) – aligning its priorities for the first time under three focus areas to help establish resources required and strategic direction. […]

NIH

The Biden-Harris administration this week announced the creation of the AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which will unite more than 200 AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations in support of the development and deployment of safe and trustworthy AI. […]

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FCC, Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said today it issued a declaratory ruling that bans the use of voice cloning technologies made possible by artificial intelligence in the case of unwanted robocalls to consumers.  […]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Feb. 7 announced key members of the executive leadership team to lead the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) – which will be established at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). […]

Nancy Sieger, chief technology officer (CTO) at the Department of Treasury, will be stepping down from that post later this year after 35 years of government service, she said in a LinkedIn post. […]

NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it is looking to update its Privacy Framework to Version 1.1, four years after the release of its original framework in January 2020. […]

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