The White House science and technology chief offered few details about what Congress can expect from the Trump administration’s national artificial intelligence (AI) framework, while also facing scrutiny from lawmakers over the administration’s use of a controversial AI tool. […]
Witnesses representing industry, policy, and labor groups urged lawmakers Tuesday to strengthen and better coordinate U.S. digital trade policy, warning that shortcomings in patent law, trade rules, and worker protections could weaken American innovation and competitiveness. […]
President Donald Trump renominated Sean Plankey to be the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday, after Plankey failed to receive Senate confirmation by the end of 2025. […]
A new Senate bill would direct the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide a range of help to small businesses that are looking to implement artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. […]
Calls to create a stand-alone U.S. cyber force gained momentum Tuesday as industry experts warned Congress that America’s cyber deterrence has eroded, leaving adversaries free to penetrate networks and critical infrastructure with little fear of consequences. […]
A new bill from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., would let artificial intelligence (AI) data center companies bypass federal electricity regulations by building their own independent energy infrastructure. […]
A bipartisan group of senators is taking another stab at the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization under a new version of the legislation introduced Thursday. […]
Congressional appropriators on Monday released a bipartisan, bicameral $180 billion funding package to finance key federal agencies for fiscal year (FY) 2026, taking a major step toward averting a partial government shutdown later this month. […]
As 2026 begins and Congress prepares to return from its holiday break, the federal IT community finds itself at a critical inflection point. […]
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is calling on the national cyber director to spearhead investigations into adversarial influence in open-source software (OSS) used by the federal government. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Congress Wednesday it is expediting modernization of the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) systems, aiming to complete the overhaul by late 2028, and drawing skepticism from lawmakers over safety risks and staffing challenges. […]
The Senate today passed the fiscal year (FY) 2026 defense authorization bill, voting 77-20 to send the measure to President Donald Trump, who has said he will sign it. […]
A new legislative proposal introduced in the House and Senate would establish a tax credit for employers who invest in employee training on emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence. […]
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., said on Tuesday that Congress may need to do another short-term extension of a critical cybersecurity information-sharing law. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would be required to inventory and keep track of its software and digital services under legislation introduced in the House last week. […]
The House voted Monday to re-pass bipartisan legislation aimed at improving how the federal government purchases and uses software. […]
The conferenced version of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon’s UFO sleuths three specific mandates, including expanded briefings to Congress. […]
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House and Senate would direct the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to create a centralized artificial intelligence (AI) and technology talent hiring team to streamline federal tech-related hiring. […]
The Trump administration’s artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, Genesis Mission, is falling under House Democrats’ skepticism for its potential to increase energy costs and risks to data privacy. […]
House Democrats have launched a new commission to develop policy expertise on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and the innovation economy. […]
After months of negotiations, the compromise version of the annual defense policy bill is in – but it left out a proposed artificial intelligence (AI) moratorium and reauthorization of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), instead including major cybersecurity and AI amendments. […]
House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise on Sunday evening for the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a sweeping defense bill that makes a major push to reform defense acquisition while adding a slate of cybersecurity provisions, measures to advance military innovation, and a new joint drone program. […]
A pair of bipartisan senators are calling for immediate federal action after the first documented case of a successful cyberattack using artificial intelligence (AI) targeted 30 entities with minimal human intervention. […]
A group of Democrats are reviving legislation that would restrict the use of biased and discriminatory artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in making critical decisions in Americans’ lives. […]
A bill introduced in the House this week would task the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) with “formally” identifying foreign agencies, people, and other groups that are responsible for recent attacks against the United States and directs a separate effort to improve the current distribution of attack attribution data. […]
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are considering stronger export controls and increased investment in the U.S. workforce to combat China’s race against the United States for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance. […]
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act, sending it to the full House for further consideration. […]
The Senate Committee on Appropriations is looking to stabilize funding for key White House offices while boosting some funding for the federal courts system to tackle cybersecurity needs in fiscal year (FY) 2026. […]
Members of Congress and state lawmakers are urging congressional Republicans to drop their plans to add language to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would place a moratorium on state-level laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI). […]
New legislation would reduce artificial intelligence (AI) data centers’ impact on the environment by managing energy consumption and lowering infrastructure costs, according to a bipartisan pair of senators. […]