Public health workers need improved data analytics skills, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlights a gap in the health workforce’s ability to better address public health needs and disparities. […]
The near-term outlook for some areas of Federal government IT contracting remains cloudy in the very early days of the new Trump administration – and particularly following action by the General Services Administration (GSA) to suspend execution of any new GSA-funded obligations, said David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council (PSC), during a call with reporters on Jan. 29. […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – President Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – pledged at a Senate confirmation hearing today that he would expand the use of AI tech and telemedicine in rural hospitals if confirmed to head the agency. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has suspended the execution of any new GSA-funded obligations – including new awards, task and delivery orders, modifications, and options – until further notice. […]
The Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM)’s January 28 memo offering most Federal government employees the opportunity to take part in a “deferred resignation” program features as a prominent hook the right to continue pandemic-era remote working arrangements until employees leave the government. […]
Chief data officers (CDOs) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said they are modernizing their agencies’ use of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. […]
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is asking President Trump to put in place a strong chief information officer (CIO) at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve the agency’s IT and cybersecurity functions. […]
Rep. Dale Strong, R-Ala., on Jan. 23 reintroduced his Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend (SHIELD) against the CCP Act, which would create a working group within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to monitor and respond to threats from China. […]
The Department of Transportation (DoT) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have both filled their chief information officer (CIO) roles in an acting capacity in the early days of the new Trump administration. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued marching orders on Jan. 27 for Federal agencies to comb through their workforce rolls and submit to OPM by April 20 preliminary lists of employees who they want to designate under the new “Schedule Policy/Career” classification that will make them easier to replace. […]
Leidos – a Reston, Va., based innovation company – has won a follow-on checkpoint sustainment contract worth up to $2.6 billion to provide integrated logistics support and maintenance of 12,000 units of Transportation Security Equipment (TSE) at more than 430 airport locations. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has tapped Greg Hogan to serve as its new chief information officer (CIO), an agency spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced the appointment of Thomas Shedd to serve as the new director of the agency’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) group, and deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). […]
NASA has awarded contracts to nine companies to address logistical challenges in establishing a long-term human presence on the moon, with the space agency staying the course on that mission despite uncertainty about the current administration’s continued support for the Artemis program. […]
Former Georgia Republican congressman Doug Collins – President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – told lawmakers this week that, if confirmed, one of his top priorities will be improving the rollout of the VA’s Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program. […]
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. […]
As the White House’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takes the reins over the U.S. Digital Service with a mission to modernize Federal technology to improve efficiency and productivity, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is newly reporting that it has over 450 high-risk related recommendations outstanding to fix Fed IT acquisition and management problems that have yet to be acted upon by Federal agencies. […]
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted overwhelmingly today to approve the nomination of Doug Collins to serve as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). […]
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to confirm President Trump’s nomination of Sean Duffy to become the next secretary of the Department of Transportation. […]
The Trump administration is moving to put on administrative leave all Federal employees who have been working in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility offices since Election Day, with a deadline for 5 p.m. today for layoffs to get underway. […]
From overturning numerous Federal workforce policy pillars to canceling a well-regarded executive order about how the government should approach artificial intelligence technologies, the new Trump administration has been issuing a small blizzard of more than two dozen executive orders since taking office on Monday that are sweeping away numerous orders issued by President Biden during his term in office. […]
Melvin Brown II has been replaced as chief information officer (CIO) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), just a week after starting the new role and on the second day of the Trump administration, according to his LinkedIn. […]
President Donald Trump, after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. president on Monday, unveiled an ambitious vision for the nation’s future in space – “to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.” […]
Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, said during her nomination hearing today that she plans to cut back and “refocus” the mission of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if she is confirmed to lead DHS. […]
President-elect Trump announced on Jan. 16 that he will nominate Darío Gil, senior vice president at IBM Research, to become the Department of Energy’s undersecretary for science and innovation. […]
Brian Bordelon has left his role as the deputy chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Education to join the Department of Commerce as the agency’s chief technology officer (CTO) and deputy CIO. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Jan. 16 that Microsoft and GSA’s IT Vendor Management Office (ITVMO) have struck a preliminary agreement that the agency said will help streamline IT acquisition processes and bolster cybersecurity across Federal agencies. […]
Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Transportation (DoT), told lawmakers on Wednesday that he will prioritize safety and innovation in emerging transportation-related technologies if confirmed to head the agency. […]
The Senate held a pre-nomination hearing on Wednesday for Chris Wright – Trump’s nominee for Department of Energy secretary – in which Wright outlined his plans for expanding nuclear energy technology, AI development, and quantum technology. […]
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. […]