Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., have introduced new legislation that aims to make artificial intelligence models more transparent by requiring the creators of these models to make certain information publicly available to consumers. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it has tapped Terry Carpenter to serve as the agency’s new chief information officer (CIO) and chief technology officer (CTO), as part of a broader IT reorganization marked by the establishment of an independent Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). […]
Sonny Hashmi, who stepped down last month as the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) commissioner, has landed his next position at codeless development platform provider Unqork. […]
A recent report from the General Services Administration (GSA) finds that Federal agencies’ IT products and services – including websites, software, documents, and digital content – are largely not meeting digital accessibility standards. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking for information that will support the agency’s Advanced Analytics Platform For Machine Learning (CAP-M) Project – a program under development at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – to support new software and tools in a multi-tenant cloud environment. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving to reestablish a new version of its Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) advisory committee to take a look at how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies can boost communications network security. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has published the first iteration of its Plum Book website in an effort to increase the transparency of senior Federal government leadership. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has named Eric Mill executive director for cloud strategy at GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) organization. […]
After two years of serving as chief data officer (CDO) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Dr. Theodore Kaouk has moved to the new position of CDO and director of the Data Division at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – an independent agency that oversees regulation of the U.S. derivatives markets – according to his LinkedIn account. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is looking for feedback on the updated draft of its ASCEND cloud services blanket purchase agreement (BPA), which looks to set up the agency as a prime destination for cloud solutions for agencies throughout the government. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has authorized a government-wide direct hire authority for artificial intelligence (AI) positions, in an effort to help with the AI hiring surge following President Biden’s recent AI executive order (EO). […]
Nikolaos Ipiotis has been tapped to serve as the new chief information officer (CIO) at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) – an independent agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that supports research in the biomedical and health breakthrough – according to his LinkedIn account. […]
The Defense Department (DoD) on Dec. 26 published its latest proposed overhaul of the agency’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 program that would set three levels of cybersecurity compliance for defense industrial base (DIB) contractors, and allow for contractors to perform security self-assessments at some of the lower requirement levels. […]
A sampling of execs from some of the Federal government’s top IT and service vendors is showing consensus that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will continue to be a major hot-button issue in government tech circles in 2024, with cybersecurity and workforce development also making strong showings in the new year. […]
With the new year upon us, here’s a round-up of some of the biggest tech and cybersecurity policy moves at the Department of Defense (DoD) in 2023 that have set the stage for the Pentagon’s IT priorities in 2024. […]
Federal civilian employees can expect to officially receive a sizable pay raise in 2024 after President Biden signed an executive order implementing the increases. […]
2023 was the year of artificial intelligence (AI), and MeriTalk can say without a shadow of a doubt that 2024 will be just as action-packed with Federal AI goodies. […]
From implementing the National Cybersecurity Strategy to issuing broad-sweeping software security guidelines, boosting the nation’s cyber posture was top of mind for the Biden administration in 2023. […]
With the holiday season upon us, we at MeriTalk wanted to spread some holiday cheer. We’ve gathered up photos of our furry friends dressed in festive attire, meeting Santa, or just enjoying some winter weather. […]
In the first update to the guidance in a decade, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today issued marching orders to agencies that aim to “advance digital accessibility by maintaining an accessible Federal technology environment, promoting accessible digital experiences, and continuing the implementation of accessibility standards.” […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to update their five-year-old arrangement to cooperate on improving medical device cybersecurity. […]
As the IRS moves toward testing out its new direct file system pilot in the coming tax season, the agency said it will be use ID.me identity verification technology to help identify participants in the pilot program, according to an IRS blog post. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released two preliminary draft practice guides “to share insights and findings to ease migration from current public-key cryptographic algorithms to soon-to-be standardized” post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms. […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking for feedback on the responsibilities that it’s undertaking as part of President Biden’s recent artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO). […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) published its 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review this week to share its recent cybersecurity successes, including the agency’s work to enhance national security through artificial intelligence, strategic competition, and more. […]
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed it will once again track Santa’s Christmas journey this year, marking its 68th anniversary of tracking Santa’s whereabouts as he and his reindeer travel around the globe on Dec. 24. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Dec. 15 released the results of a January 2023 Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA) performed on an unidentified organization in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector that found exploitable misconfigurations and the use of weak passwords, among other cybersecurity weaknesses. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced the appointment of Tess deBlanc-Knowles to the position of special assistant to the director for AI, effective on Dec. 12. […]
Federal agencies will increasingly use emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) to augment their work in 2024 and beyond, according to a new Deloitte report on government technology trends. […]
The Senate on Tuesday night unanimously confirmed by voice vote Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to head both the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) after a months-long blockade to his and other Pentagon nominations. […]