The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) aims to consolidate all Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions across unclassified networks for all military services into a unified hub by the end of fiscal year (FY) 2025 which ends on Sept. 30. […]
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering expanding a ban on preventing all foreign-born nationals from adversarial nations from working in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) 17 national labs, citing risks of espionage. […]
As Federal agencies grapple with increasingly complex IT environments, AI Ops – which applies AI to automate IT operations – is a growing approach for organizations to identify and resolve system problems faster, experts from GDIT and ServiceNow said in a recent conversation. […]
Tech officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts said on Feb. 13 that AI integration throughout the Federal workforce should start with a focus on automating any processes involving words, images, numbers, and sounds – or a “WINS” – approach. […]
The Trump administration is seeking feedback on its artificial intelligence action plan while Congress plans its next move in AI regulation – which may include propping up a new AI task force and codifying the AI Safety Institute. […]
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Command (NAVSEA) has a short window – two years – to ensure that the organization’s warfare centers are positioned to deliver ships on time and ready for tasking, an agency official said today. […]
Lawmakers and tax experts today emphasized the compelling need to upgrade outdated IT systems at the IRS and leverage emerging technologies like AI to enhance the taxpayer experience. […]
A group of Democratic state attorneys general is asking a Federal district court judge in Rhode Island to fully enforce the court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) issued on Jan. 31 that blocked President Trump’s attempted freeze of most Federal grant and loan funding. […]
In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Bryan Thomas, vice president of U.S. public sector at Pure Storage, shares practical and actionable strategies to help agencies overcome obstacles and utilize their data for impactful mission outcomes. […]
The U.S. Air Force is getting a digital boost in safety reporting with the launch of its new SAFEREP App. SAFEREP was launched by the Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) safety office to replace the Airman Safety App as DAF’s new digital safety reporting tool. […]
Federal agencies across the government are increasingly adapting new uses of artificial intelligence to streamline processes, aggregate data, and even complete tasks designed for human resources staff. And while some have openly embraced AI and its uses, others still don’t believe it can be trusted for operations in nuclear controls. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) declared an abrupt reversal today of its Jan. 27 order to freeze trillions of dollars worth of Federal grant and loan program payments after the short-lived order created nearly universal confusion over and drew opposition from several states who successfully petitioned a Federal judge to block the order from taking effect. […]
Chief data officers (CDOs) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said they are modernizing their agencies’ use of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. […]
Leidos – a Reston, Va., based innovation company – has won a follow-on checkpoint sustainment contract worth up to $2.6 billion to provide integrated logistics support and maintenance of 12,000 units of Transportation Security Equipment (TSE) at more than 430 airport locations. […]
Join us and Federal Chief AI Officers (CAIO) as we unveil fresh research on Fed CAIO progress and priorities at MeriTalk Tech Tonic on March 13th at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. […]
President Trump pledged on Jan. 21 to help facilitate electric power and other assistance to a consortium of artificial intelligence (AI) tech firms who said this week they plan to invest $100 billion in AI infrastructure as part of what they are calling The Stargate Project. […]
President Trump’s slew of energy-related executive orders issued on Monday have declared a national energy emergency that aims in part to juice the United States’ natural energy supplies to help meet power demands required to support emerging technologies. […]
The Trump administration has fulfilled its promise of revoking the Biden-era executive order on artificial intelligence which has served as a framework for Federal agencies approach to the emerging technology for over a year now. […]
After taking office today, President Donald Trump announced that his top priorities include bolstering the nation’s energy sector – which could help boost the power grid’s capacity for artificial intelligence. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with David Smith, Senior Director, Americas Public Sector, and Gary Pentecost, Senior Director Public Sector Account Technical Strategy, from Citrix, which provides mission-critical software solutions, to discuss what is needed to enable hybrid multi-cloud in the Federal environment. […]
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., are backing the conclusions from a new report the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Federal Cloud Policy published on Jan. 16 that highlights the critical need for Federal agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud technologies. […]
President Biden’s latest cybersecurity-themed executive order issued today aims to engineer security improvements in at least a dozen major areas, with Federal agency systems, cloud services, and software emerging as prominent topics on an exhaustive list of security policy items. […]
The Biden administration on Jan. 15 released guidance to Federal agencies on implementing the OPEN Government Data Act – six years after the law went into effect. […]
Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Transportation (DoT), told lawmakers on Wednesday that he will prioritize safety and innovation in emerging transportation-related technologies if confirmed to head the agency. […]
Increasing numbers of spyware firms are popping up around the globe and more nations are turning to their cyber tools, warned National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Director Michael Casey. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a nearly 200-page artificial intelligence plan, laying out its roadmap for how the department will oversee the emerging technology’s incorporation into the health sector. […]
President Biden today issued an executive order that directs the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Energy (DoE) to lease Federal government sites and allow private sector companies to use them in order to “build frontier AI infrastructure at speed and scale” all while powering those facilities with new clean energy sources. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is restocking some of its top technology leadership positions following an organizational reshuffling last year. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has named Melvin Brown permanent chief information officer (CIO) after serving as deputy CIO for the past four years. […]