2022 Review: Techiest EOs from the White House Dec 23, 2022 | 9:00 am MeriTalk is looking back at the year in review for the techiest EOs to come out of the White House this year, how agencies have responded, and what further steps Feds must still take in 2023 to implement the orders. […]
Biden Signs $768 Billion FY2022 NDAA Jan 3, 2022 | 12:45 pm President Biden signed the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 into law on Dec. 27, the White House announced. […]
Biden Makes 2.7 Percent Federal Pay Raise Official Dec 23, 2021 | 11:32 am President Biden signed an executive order on Dec. 22 making the 2.7 percent Federal pay raise official for 2022, consistent with his fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget. […]
White House Looks to Increase NITRD R&D Budget in FY22 Dec 7, 2021 | 9:00 am The White House has released a supplement to President Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget that looks to increase funding for research and development (R&D) projects conducted under the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. […]
Biden Signs CR, Work on NDAA to Continue Next Week Dec 3, 2021 | 2:09 pm The Federal government avoided a costly shutdown, after the House and Senate both passed a continuing resolution Dec. 2 to keep the government funded until Feb. 18, 2022. President Biden signed the CR today, the White House announced. […]
Senate Appropriators Tacitly Back 2.7 Percent Federal Pay Raise for 2022 Oct 20, 2021 | 12:51 pm The Senate Appropriations Committee is lending its tacit support for President Biden’s proposed 2.7 percent pay increase for Federal employees in 2022, according to appropriations legislation released by the committee this week. […]
Austin: DoD to Invest $1.5 Billion in DARPA AI Projects Over Five Years Jul 14, 2021 | 2:12 pm The Department of Defense is making investments in artificial intelligence (AI) a “top priority” and will invest around $1.5 billion in AI projects at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) over the next five years, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said July 13. […]
Federal Civilian Cyber Spending Jumps 14% in FY2022 Budget, to $9.8B May 28, 2021 | 4:46 pm President Biden’s FY2022 budget document released today proposes a 14 percent increase from the estimated cybersecurity funding level for last year, to a total of $9.8 billion in Federal civilian cybersecurity funding. […]
Biden FY2022 Budget Tops $6 Trillion; IT, Cyber Get Boosts May 28, 2021 | 4:34 pm President Biden’s FY2022 budget proposal published today envisions an eye-popping $6.01 trillion of Federal spending – up 36 percent from last year’s approved FY2021 budget – with a budget deficit of about $1.8 trillion. […]