The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking to implement a new risk assessment framework that will bring standardization and consistency to authorization decisions. […]
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is in the very early stages of utilizing generative AI technologies to advance the agency’s mission and bring better health services to the public, according to an agency official. […]
Federal agencies have been tasked with implementing zero trust architectures to protect valuable systems, networks, and data from cyber threats. However, there is no one size fits all zero trust implementation plan, as Federal officials showed in discussing their agencies’ progress during a June 8 webinar hosted by ATARC. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), in partnership with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, launched the sixth iteration of its second Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE). The sixth iteration -GIDE 6 – began June 5 and will conclude July 26. […]
The Department of Interior (DoI) announced on June 14 that is has awarded its $1 billion Wide Cloud Hosting Solutions III contract to Peraton. […]
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years, by a unanimous 63-0 vote. […]
The IRS has tapped Kaschit Pandya, the chief technology officer (CTO) at the IRS, to take on the additional role of acting chief information officer (CIO), a knowledgeable source confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
As cyberattacks continue to be on the rise, information sharing between the public and private sectors is even more crucial, especially with Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies, according to a cybersecurity official at the National Security Agency (NSA). […]
With its new National Cybersecurity Strategy, the Biden administration is doubling down on moving the Federal government to a zero trust security architecture, following last year’s mandate to set specific zero trust goals by the end of fiscal year 2024. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working on implementing more data tagging as a solution when it comes to maturing the agency’s identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) capabilities, a Pentagon official said this week. […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 14 voted to approve the Transparent Automated Governance Act, which would require Federal agencies to notify people when they are interacting with – or subject to critical decisions made using – artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated systems. […]
Lawmakers including Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., along with policy experts issued a call this week at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing for a comprehensive Federal online privacy law as the first step in mitigating risks and harms that artificial intelligence (AI) may pose to the American people. […]
In the new era of “great power competition” the United States cannot afford to fall behind, especially in the science and tech arena. However, adopting a risk-tolerant approach to science and technology experimentation will ensure that the U.S. makes significant scientific breakthroughs, according to the Air Force Research Lab’s (AFRL) chief technologist. […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted today to approve several cybersecurity-related bills, including the Cybersecurity Awareness Act of 2023, and the DHS International Cyber Partner Act of 2023. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, and a host of overseas cybersecurity authorities today published a joint cybersecurity advisory on the threat posed by LockBit ransomware. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to improve reporting of operational performance metrics data and development planning of fiscal year (FY) 2023 IT projects and funding. […]
As veterans continue to face lapses in receiving medical care, officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are looking to technology as a solution to improve patient care coordination. […]
Officials from the Justice Department (DoJ) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week rated the chances that of government organizations moving to single identity credentials, and what further steps need to be taken to get there. […]
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have taken the news cycle by a storm over the last several months, and it’s time for lawmakers to begin considering Federal privacy laws to protect sensitive information collected by generative AI systems. […]
President Biden officially nominated Nancy Anderson Speight this week to serve as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), a move that could restore the three-member FLRA to its full roster. […]
The Biden Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have announced $714 million in grant funding aimed at connecting thousands of rural residents across the U.S. with broadband technology. […]
The House Armed Services Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation subcommittee voted unanimously today to approve a tech-and cyber-focused legislative proposal within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]
Congress is gearing up to expand a bipartisan quantum research and development effort aimed at boosting U.S. national security – and beating China in the quantum tech race. […]
A senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official offered his look toward the enduring nature of identity-based network security technologies during a discussion today at the Okta City Tour and Gov Identity Summit in Washington. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a binding operational directive today that requires Federal civilian agencies to take action to protect network management interfaces from the public-facing internet. […]
A new progress report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that despite several years of efforts, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its contractors are still in the “early stages” of addressing cybersecurity threats at the system level in operational technology (OT) and nuclear weapons IT environments. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is lacking in consistently implementing agile and modular contracting on a consistent basis, according to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) “Weapon Systems Annual Assessment” published on June 8. […]
In this MeriTalking podcast, MeriTalk’s Joe Franco is joined by Matt Lembright, director of Federal applications at Censys, which maintains a comprehensive internet map used for threat hunting. We’ll discuss the findings in Censys’s 2023 State of the Internet Report, the security vulnerabilities it uncovered, how Federal organizations can adapt – and how using data […]
While discussing the threat that the Chinese government poses to America when it comes to cybersecurity, one congressman said today that our nation should look to implementing a Cyber National Guard Corps. […]
The State Department is saying goodbye to its first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO), Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley. […]