The Department of Labor (DOL) is offering Americans free training in artificial intelligence (AI) – so we signed up. Over seven days, we examined how the Trump administration is working to prepare the workforce for an AI-driven future.  […]

Legislation reintroduced in the House, and filed in the Senate, on March 31 would direct the Labor Department (DOL) to create a dedicated grant program to increase access to registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity. […]

Fresh off a $145 million push to expand federal registered apprenticeships and close skills gaps, the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) chief innovation officer has a message for young workers: embrace artificial intelligence (AI).  […]

The Trump administration has cancelled funding for a Department of Labor (DoL) grant program that was used to fund modernization efforts for states’ unemployment insurance (UI) systems that were overwhelmed with claims during the coronavirus pandemic.   […]

A Federal court judge in Maryland handed down a decision on April 17 that restricts the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ability to access some types of citizen data held by the Social Security Administration (SSA), while a second judge in Washington, D.C., on April 16 cleared the way for plaintiffs to pursue action against DOGE and its work at several Federal agencies.    […]

President Donald Trump’s blizzard of 18 Biden-era executive order cancellations on March 14 includes orders that had raised the minimum wage for Federal contractors to $15 per hour, and created registered apprenticeship opportunities within the Federal government including for cybersecurity positions.   […]

The Department of Labor (DoL) today released a set of principles that provide employers with guidance for implementing AI technologies in ways that enhance job quality and protect workers rights. […]

The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) announced two new investments today totaling over $47 million that will help NASA and the Department of Labor (DoL) address security vulnerabilities and update legacy technology. […]

The Labor Department (DoL) went public last week with its latest plans to modernize unemployment insurance (UI) programs that it operates with state government partners, and requested that Congress do its part by funding the plan.  […]

Four months have passed since the Biden-Harris administration unveiled its AI executive order (EO), tasking more than 50 Federal entities to take more than 100 specific actions to implement guidance covering eight broad areas of policy. […]

As government officials are whipping up their digital transformation recipes, some Federal technology experts – or should we say chefs – shared their secret ingredients at the Digital Transformation Summit hosted by ACT-IAC and Carahsoft on Feb. 22. […]

President Biden this week hit the refresh button on dozens of nominations left over from 2023, including several for officials that may have big impacts on the Federal technology and workforce fronts within the Department of Defense (DoD) if their nominations are cleared by the U.S. Senate.  […]

The Department of Labor (DoL) has tapped its Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) Louis Charlier to serve in the dual-hatted role of chief AI officer (CAIO), a department spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]

The Department of Labor (DoL) recently announced plans to partner with state agencies to strengthen the nationwide unemployment insurance (UI) system, “with a focus on how modern technology and digital practices can make state systems more accessible, resilient, and secure.” […]

The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) announced a new investment today at the Department of Labor (DoL) totaling nearly $3.5 million that will help American employees find their lost retirement benefits and savings. […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working with the Department of Labor (DOL) to develop a set of guidelines and applications for using AI technology to improve the government’s hiring processes. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is estimating that unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic reached a range of $100 billion to $135 billion – way up from the $60 billion the watchdog agency previously estimated earlier this year. […]

As policymakers continue to push Federal agencies to modernize their IT systems, top technology officials at four prominent government departments and organizations this week explained the progress they are making in legacy IT modernization and innovation. […]

The Department of Labor (DoL) is rolling out a new plan to deploy its remaining unemployment insurance (UI) modernization funding to strengthen state UI systems and prevent fraud after Congress slashed the program’s funding in June. […]

The Inspector General (IG) at the Department of Labor is warning in a new report about serious equity and security concerns with the use of facial recognition software in unemployment insurance (UI) programs and says that those concerns need to be addressed immediately. […]

The Department of Labor (DOL) – which provides funding and assistance to states to run their unemployment insurance (UI) programs – remains in need of a better strategy to help prevent UI fraud in light of large-scale fraud in the program during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

Federal agency tech leaders this week identified issues of cost and culture when it comes to the biggest challenges to implementing zero trust security architectures. […]

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Directorate of Technology, Innovation, and Engineering has made great strides to develop some important aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) through the creation of a new branch that looks at emerging technologies, according to a DOL official. […]

The Department of Labor (DoL) is placing a heavy focus on customer experience (CX) and the end-user experience to convert the agency’s modernization efforts into digital transformation, according to CIO Gundeep Ahluwalia. […]

The Department of Labor’s (DoL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the agency – along with state workforce agencies – has paid more than $45 billion in unemployment insurance (UI) pandemic benefits to fraudsters, according to an alert memorandum published on Sept. 21. […]

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (OWCP) is well underway with efforts to improve customer-centric services by modernizing and transforming its claimant process. […]

The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) today announced over $26 million of new project funding to the Department of Labor (DoL), AmeriCorps, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). […]

The Department of Labor (DOL) is looking for a new Director of Digital Transformation who can focus on improving technology products and driving customer experience gains.  Applicants need to apply to the job posting by July 14. […]

Chief technology officers (CTOs) from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Labor (DoL), U.S. Marshals Service, and the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) this week shared what their top priorities are going forward to ensure technology in government continues to evolve. […]

President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2023 is seeking $3.4 billion for the Labor Department (DoL) to help modernize unemployment insurance (UI) systems run by states and territories – many of which were overwhelmed with demand during the coronavirus pandemic. […]