The Federal government must invest in the emerging generation of cybersecurity and technology leaders to ensure the United States is prepared to participate in the changing digital landscape, a leading Federal security official and educator said this week. […]
Congress’s failure to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget has hindered the Department of Defense’s (DoD) mission in national defense and global security, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told reporters today during a live Pentagon press briefing. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Saturday that it has officially deployed its Oracle Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) near Chicago – the only healthcare facility to serve both Department of Defense (DoD) and VA patients. […]
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their first package of fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills on Sunday including a bill that provides over $6 billion in IT funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with a cut in the White House’s request for money to fund VA’s electronic health records program. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the FBI and international partners, released a cybersecurity advisory (CSA) today to warn about the ongoing exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities within the Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has named Marcela Escobar-Alava as the agency’s new chief information officer, with a start date of March 4. […]
In response to President Biden’s AI executive order (EO), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DoE) have officially established a Research Coordination Network (RCN) dedicated to advancing privacy research. […]
Generative AI is a transformative tool that can overcome challenges with the increasing amount of data that government agencies experience. However, many people are still understandably concerned about the technology. Learn how generative AI can deliver positive mission outcomes while maintaining transparency and building trust. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Cornelia Davis, technology fellow and vice president of product at Spectro Cloud; Tommy Scherer, principal architect at Spectro Cloud Government; and Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, to discuss accelerating edge innovation and securely managing edge computing environments. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs needs to take a measured approach to adopting and scaling artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to improve health care of veterans, and inform veterans about how their health information is being used in connection with AI tech, lawmakers said during a Feb. 15 House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee oversight hearing. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is looking to “automate and elevate” its data in order to better adapt to a dynamic cyber environment, according to Darrell Fountain, chief of the Cyber Security Services Provider (CSSP) Program at DISA. […]
The U.S. government’s Zero Trust progress is paying off as organizations across the public and private sectors address Ivanti security breach risks. […]
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) component has awarded its final grant totaling $42 million from the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund’s first Notice of Funding Opportunity this week – boosting the funding total thus far to $140 million. […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has tapped Juliane Gallina to serve as the agency’s new deputy director for digital innovation. […]
As the U.S. Navy is integrating disruptive and emerging technologies, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti stressed today that “speed matters” in order to keep up with our nation’s global adversaries. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) said in a report released this week that it’s taking steps toward its next iteration – dubbed DIU 3.0 – that involves shifts in focus, action, and resourcing to accelerate the development and deployment of military technology. […]
Watch: A Culture of Collaboration Listen: Enabling Federal Technical, Cultural Transformation Federal IT is experiencing an explosion of complexity. At the same time, government is being asked to innovate and move faster. To meet these requirements and reduce complexity, agencies must change the way they work – both technically and culturally. In this episode […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it is looking to update its Privacy Framework to Version 1.1, four years after the release of its original framework in January 2020. […]
Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into data and applications at the edge has the potential to transform operations at Federal civilian agencies and in national defense. But edge environments can be challenging to manage and come with their own set of security risks. […]
The Federal Chief Data Officers Council (CDO Council) has appointed Kirsten Dalboe as council chair and Robert King as vice-chair, according to a Jan. 25 LinkedIn post. […]
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting public input on how privacy impact assessments (PIAs) may be more effective at mitigating privacy risks that are further exacerbated by AI technologies. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) partnered with the United States Indo-Pacific Command and the Army I Corps to further integrate zero trust technology at the tactical edge during the December 2023 Yama Sakura exercises in Japan. […]
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., met with Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro on Jan. 24 to discuss how to improve oversight and accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on several fronts including the agency’s electronic health records program. […]
Coinciding with Data Privacy Week, MeriTalk sat down with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Chief Privacy Officer Kirsten Moncada to discuss how data privacy efforts are working to build trust in government, and the importance of teamwork in data governance. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said it has finalized authorizations for electric vehicle supply equipment (ESVE) vendors Chargie and Chargepoint to operate inside government systems, which will allow the two companies to become authorized under GSA’s FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) program. […]
Jonathan Finch, acting director for digital experience in the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Federal CIO office, said today that OMB is evaluating the utility of artificial intelligence technologies as it looks to execute on multiple directives to improve how the government provides digital services to citizens. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced the launch of Track 3 of the Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration (RIVTD), in which remote identity validation systems will showcase their ability to differentiate between real users and attackers attempting to impersonate other users. […]
Top Pentagon officials began a three-week tour across the nation this week to connect with the Defense Department’s (DoD) Microelectronics Commons Hubs sites, as well as local government leaders, and experts from industry and academia. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive today requiring agencies to mitigate “widespread and active exploitation” of vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure network access control appliances. […]
While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made progress in ensuring its website and IT systems are accessible to all, a new report from the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that there are still areas for improvement. […]