The State Department’s new playbook distills lessons from its enterprise AI rollout into a roadmap for federal agencies looking to securely deploy and scale generative AI. […]

The Hugging Face breach is prompting calls from federal officials and lawmakers for stronger AI security and faster cyber defenses. […]

The expanded White House pledge adds hundreds of utilities, states, and developers committed to preventing AI data center growth from driving up electricity rates. […]

The Energy Department selected 278 projects for its AI-driven Genesis Mission, marking the first wave of research under the administration’s flagship scientific discovery initiative. […]

White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios says more than 15 federal agencies will use the initiative to accelerate AI-driven scientific research across health care, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, and national security. […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration is weighing sanctions against Chinese AI firms over allegations they distilled U.S. models, signaling a tougher approach ahead of bilateral AI talks. […]

Staff Sgt. Star now serves about 12,000 authorized users and could support up to 28,000 as early as November as the Army adds capabilities. […]

After suspending CMMC Phase 2 requirements, the DOD is asking defense contractors for practical recommendations to reduce compliance costs, streamline cybersecurity requirements, and strengthen cyber resilience. […]

As defense contractors await a Pentagon review, cybersecurity leaders debate whether CMMC should preserve its certification model or place greater emphasis on security outcomes. […]

A GAO report reveals that only eight federal employees participated in the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce program, an effort OPM has effectively halted. […]

DOE recently unveiled Joulix and Quanta, two AI tools that officials said are advancing mission delivery and could generate $74 million in annual operational savings. […]

OMB says agencies should justify cyber investments through performance, move beyond compliance-driven metrics, consolidate overlapping tools, and prioritize spending based on risk. […]

The new AI-powered platform fulfills a key directive in President Trump’s June executive order to strengthen U.S. cyber defenses against emerging AI threats. […]

Matheus Passos, the acting CTO at the Commerce Department, is empowering employees to build AI tools that can scale across the department. […]

The OpenAI executive said that the next wave of federal AI adoption will come from employees creating solutions tailored to their own work and knowledge. […]

Federal technology leaders said procurement modernization efforts are shifting agencies toward enterprise buying, AI-assisted acquisition, and faster mission delivery. […]

USMC AI lead says workforce training, leadership engagement, and practical use cases will determine the broader adoption of DOD’s GenAI.mil. […]

The GSA OIG CIO and CAIO says AI is changing too quickly for static security reviews. He called for ongoing governance and shared responsibility across agencies. […]

NGA wants innovative AI and computer vision capabilities to improve worldwide geospatial change detection and reduce analyst workload. […]

After a contractor exposed sensitive credentials in a public GitHub repository earlier this year, CISA is outlining how it responded and the security changes it says are needed to prevent similar incidents. […]

The legislation seeks to expand Export-Import Bank financing beyond quantum computing to include quantum sensing, communications, and other emerging technologies. […]

NSF says the effort will help transition quantum technologies from laboratory research to operational capabilities across government and industry. […]

Taps A Lister’s proven AWS magic to power AI revolution […]

The 12-month paid cyber apprenticeship pilot accepts applications through July 17 and offers skills-based pathways into civilian cyber roles. […]

As federal agencies shift from AI pilots to production, Dell CTO John Roese says strong governance, focused mission priorities, and data accessibility – not just better models – will determine who succeeds in the emerging era of agentic AI. […]

The decision restores global access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after Anthropic agreed to strengthen cybersecurity safeguards and expand cooperation with the U.S. government. […]

Cleared defense contractors and other authorized organizations can run contractor-owned classified workloads in AWS Secret Cloud. Two new AWS funds support workload migration to AWS. […]

The new cloud environment will host the agency’s Genesis Mission workloads and connect nuclear weapons enterprise sites with secure, shared tools. […]

Brian Peltier said SSA is preparing to expand mission use of agentic AI through continuous testing, multidisciplinary oversight, and years of technology modernization. […]

The CLEAR Act would require DHS to report to Congress within 180 days on what it needs to fix gaps in the department’s event logging. […]