The demand for reliable and affordable broadband service has skyrocketed in the last year as Americans began relying on the internet for telework, distancing learning, and telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many Americans – both urban and rural – have lacked either access or sufficient connection strength during the health crisis. […]

Officials from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and VMware recently detailed key advantages of the integration of VMware’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology into the milCloud 2.0 environment that GDIT manages for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). […]

The Biden administration is still hashing through its consideration of who to appoint as National Cyber Director, but is due to conclude a review of how it should proceed on the position in the next several weeks. […]

The Federal government has made swift progress in ramping up the use of robotic process automation (RPA) technologies over the past year-plus, and has set the stage to rapidly increase RPA adoption going forward, a senior General Services Administration (GSA) official said today. […]

The Department of Labor (DOL) must clarify whether plan administrators are responsible for mitigating cybersecurity risks and set minimum expectations for protecting personally identifiable information (PII), a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said. […]

To improve the care of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) furry employees, the Defense Health Agency (DHA) is looking to modernize its current cloud-based veterinary electronic health record (VEHR) solution. […]

Data will win out for the United States in establishing domain awareness – not just in cyberspace, but in other combat spaces as well – top-level military commanders said today during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. […]

A recent report from the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) – which is run by the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Transformation Services organization – says Federal agencies need to deliver better digital services to provide reliable, user-friendly services and build public trust in the government. […]

Sonny Bhagowalia recently became the new permanent CIO at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but the title change was more of a formality. Bhagowalia became acting CIO last June, and with three years in top tech leadership at the agency, he already comes equipped with a clear strategic vision for the agency’s IT and cybersecurity. […]

The nine Federal agencies whose networks were compromised in the Russia-backed hack via SolarWinds Orion products are close to finishing their remediation reviews, and the government is planning new deployments of unspecified security and IT modernization technologies to avoid a repeat of the intrusions, a senior Biden administration official said during a background briefing on March 12. […]

A bipartisan group of legislators introduced has the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Industrial Control Systems Enhancement Act of 2021. The legislation will solidify the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) lead role in protecting critical infrastructure – particularly industrial control systems (ICS) – from cyber threats. […]

Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Bobby Rush, D-Ill., the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and chair of the Energy Subcommittee, respectively, sent a letter on March 12 to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the department to address the country’s need for increased leadership in the innovation and deployment of emerging technologies. […]

The Board of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) awarded $9.6 million in funding to the Department of Labor (DOL) for the agency to modernize its enterprise data infrastructure. […]

In a press release, IBM announced that it would be working with companies from the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), Electronic Design Automation (EDA) suppliers, Non-Traditional Defense Contractors (NTDC), and academic partners to develop state-of-the-art (SOTA) microelectronics for Defense Department (DoD) use. […]

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is calling for health data collected by devices such as smartwatches or a personal computer to be treated as if it were “protected health information.” […]

Two House panels joined together today to explore the findings of the National Security Commission on AI Report, which found the United States needs to invest more than $200 billion to win the AI race. […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate a firm-fixed priced purchase order for collaborative governmentwide blockchain research support services. […]

Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced a $94 billion Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act in the House and Senate, respectively. The bill also has the support of Clyburn’s Rural Broadband Task Force, composed of 27 House Democrats. […]

The Chicago-based Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS), according to a request for information (RFI) on Beta.Sam.gov. […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeing cloud service play a big role in helping the agency drive costs back to business centers and programs, while working with customer experience officers (CXO) to help manage IT as a business, the agency’s top IT official said today. […]

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., reintroduced the Information Privacy and Data Transparency Act that would adapt state privacy laws and proposals into a national standard for data privacy. She introduced a similar version of the legislation in 2019, but it ultimately did not gain traction. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) needs to update its milestones and fully implement its plans related to CISA Act of 2018 in order to provide more effective cybersecurity for the United States, the Federal government’s chief watchdog agency said. […]

As IT modernization has become essential for Federal agencies to meet their mission needs, agency leaders described digital modernization plans and shared some insight on how to modernize effectively and efficiently. […]

A newly introduced bill in the House of Representatives would give Americans the ability to make claims in Federal or state courts against foreign states that engage in cyberattacks against U.S. citizens. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the adoption of AI technologies to accelerate, but a recent report shows industry leaders and government decision-makers say it may be moving too fast for comfort, especially when considering security risks. Nonetheless, government decision-makers remain confident in AI’s ability to improve bureaucratic efficiency. […]

Fear not, 5G skeptics. An expert from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) says there is no evidence that 5G links to cancer or other health issues. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it will begin overseeing the .gov top-level domain (TLD) in April 2021, with a mandate to enhance security for the domain which is considered critical infrastructure. […]

The Department of Justice (DoJ) is warning of fake unemployment websites after receiving reports that scammers created the websites to obtain consumer’s personal information and other sensitive data. […]

Industry leaders showcased how enterprise workflow management is solving government’s toughest challenges and making an impact beyond IT at ServiceNow’s 2021 Federal Forum kick-off. […]

IT leaders shared lessons learned from navigating one of the most challenging and important efforts in recent history – managing COVID-19 vaccine distribution and development – at the ServiceNow 2021 Federal Forum. […]