The Commerce Department said on May 23 that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Absolics to provide the company with $75 million of CHIPS and Science Act funding that will support the company’s construction of a facility in Covington, Ga., where it will develop substrates technology for use in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. […]
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on May 20 is offering some good news: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since last year has improved its capabilities to protect personally identifiable information (PII). […]
President Joe Biden signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 into law on May 16, injecting the agency with more than $105 billion over the next five years. […]
The IRS has announced the extension of its current Free File program through 2029 under an agreement with Free File, Inc. – a partnership between the agency and several tax preparation software firms – that provides free access to tax prep and online filing software. […]
As U.S. military veterans make the transition from serving in the armed forces to securing new employment in the civilian workforce, employers need to pay attention to how skills learned in the military can best translate into civilian jobs including those in the IT and cybersecurity fields, a senior Labor Department official said this week. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is making strides in advancing the three pillars of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA), with Administrator Robin Carnahan saying this week that doubling down on efforts to recruit AI talent into the Federal government is “paying off.” […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is ahead of schedule in developing a new chatbot that will assist the research community in navigating NSF program websites and matching their ideas with current solicitations, according to a top agency official. […]
The Office of Personnel Management is looking to hire a chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO), according to a new job posting on USAjobs.gov. […]
As the proliferation of AI technologies across the private and government sectors continues to pick up steam, the top technology official at the Department of Energy (DoE) pointed this week to several areas that are presenting challenges to integrating AI within zero trust architectures moving forward. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is leveraging the savings it generates from its transition to the cloud services to fund AI technology pilots, the agency’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Acting Chief AI Officer (CAIO) Guy Cavallo said Thursday. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued guidance on Thursday that aims to help Federal agencies meet requirements related to the encryption of Domain Name System (DNS) traffic and bolster the cybersecurity of their IT networks. […]
Eric Goldstein, the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is stepping down from his role next month. […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan urged Congress today to ramp up its investments in critical and emerging technologies, saying he is “extremely worried” the United States is slipping in the global race for technological leadership. […]
The Department of Labor (DoL) today released a set of principles that provide employers with guidance for implementing AI technologies in ways that enhance job quality and protect workers rights. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released newly updated guidelines for Federal agencies on how to protect their controlled unclassified information (CUI) when it resides on private-sector systems. […]
Top lawmakers on the House and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs introduced new legislation this week that aims to put an end to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program within two years unless improvements are made. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Tuesday that the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025 is a “challenging” one with many significant cuts, but defended its funding increase to support the VA’s Special Salary Rate (SSR). […]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is giving Federal agencies instructions on how to review, identify, and organize records in their custody relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) – or UFOs as they are more commonly known. […]
The head of the General Services Administration (GSA) said at the agency’s Federal Digital Experience Summit on Tuesday that GSA is working hard on numerous initiatives to improve digital services across the Federal government, and to become “better partners” to companies that do business with the government. […]
Nearly three years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) embarked on its official journey towards zero trust architecture (ZTA), helped by a $29.8 million Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) award. GSA’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bo Berlas – who is spearheading the agency’s ZTA journey with the CIO shop – told MeriTalk in an exclusive interview that the Federal procurement agency has notched significant progress for ZTA in its initial three areas of focus: users; devices; and networks. […]
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is calling on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to provide more details on a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor – known as Volt Typhoon – which he says poses a national security threat. […]
NASA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) David Salvagnini will now also serve as the space agency’s first Chief AI Officer (CAIO), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. […]
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the U.S. Navy needs to address the accuracy of its workforce data in order to strengthen the service branch’s cybersecurity workforce. […]
The Department of Commerce announced today that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Polar Semiconductor to provide the company with $120 million under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota. […]
The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that her team has plans to unveil its own international cyber strategy on the heels of the State Department’s release of its International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy during the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. […]
Three Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to push for stronger accountability provisions in its ongoing contract negotiations with Oracle Cerner on the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is claiming that the agency generated a $70.4 billion return on investment during fiscal year 2023 as a result of its oversight work. […]
Dustin Brown had been tapped to serve as chief operating officer (COO) and acting chief of staff for the Social Security Administration (SSA), according to a recent update on the SSA commissioner’s website. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has named Lawrence Hale chairman of the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC) that it launched in early 2023 to follow through on legislation approved by Congress in 2022 to codify the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) into law. […]
A total of 68 tech firms have signed onto the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Secure by Design pledge under which they will use best efforts over the next year to build better security into their products. […]