Madhu Gottumukkala has been named the new deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency spokesperson confirmed today. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modernizing its finance and acquisition systems by implementing the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS), but a new watchdog report reveals major gaps in usability testing that could jeopardize future implementation. […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan announced his resignation on Thursday after five years in the role. […]
A new modernized system to alert pilots of airspace restrictions and obstructions is set for roll-out later this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in an announcement on April 21. […]
The first few months of the Trump administration have brought major changes to Federal contracting including numerous contract terminations. But what actually happens when the Federal government decides to end a contract? […]
Officials from the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) joined Apptio’s 2025 Public Sector Summit today to share how implementing Technology Business Management (TBM) principles has enabled a comprehensive view of their IT spending. […]
Two top officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who helped lead the agency’s Secure by Design initiative are leaving the agency. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on Friday that it is terminating awards and funding opportunities that do not align with the agency’s research priorities under the Trump administration, including research on misinformation and disinformation. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will kick off a public proceeding later this week aimed at implementing the reclassification of an estimated 50,000 Federal government employees deemed to be in “policy making” positions into a new ‘Policy/Career’ personnel schedule. […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of late last year lacked the controls needed to comprehensively track its information systems and software assets, according to a watchdog report that uncovered nearly $6 million in potentially unaccounted-for software licenses. […]
Chris Krebs, who formerly led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said he is leaving SentinelOne to face President Donald Trump’s accusations against him. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly is calling for an immediate investigation into what he says are chaotic and dangerous efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to overhaul the Social Security Administration (SSA) and its technology systems, warning that those actions are “putting SSA benefits and Americans’ sensitive data at risk.” […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) is headed into uncharted territory in its latest efforts in quantum tech – it’s headed to space in collaboration with a growing list of Federal agencies and goals, a top agency official said on Wednesday. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a $919 million contract to Fortress Government Solutions to fortify the Federal government’s supply chains using artificial intelligence-powered solutions. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) extended its contract for the agency’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program late Tuesday night after MITRE – the non-profit organization that operates the program – alerted stakeholders to a looming cutoff of Federal funding for the program. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a draft update of its Privacy Framework (PFW) on Monday to allow organizations to use it seamlessly with the agency’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0. […]
Luis Cano, the chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Census Bureau, is set to retire on April 30. […]
A Federal judge in New York has relaxed a ban on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and is allowing one DOGE employee to have access to sensitive payment systems at the Treasury Department. […]
Darío Gil, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next Energy Department Undersecretary for Science and Innovation, told lawmakers on April 10 that the United States must win the race to build a quantum supercomputer by the end of the decade. […]
Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to become the next NASA director, told lawmakers this week that the agency should aim to both return humans to Earth’s moon and make the first manned visit to Mars – marking a subtle shift from the President’s “Plant the Stars and Stripes” goal for a Mars landing. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) may have to run for a while without the services of Sean Plankey as director of the agency after Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said on Wednesday that he will place a hold on the nomination made by the White House last month for Plankey to head the agency. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is looking for a 15 percent year-over-year budget increase for fiscal year (FY) 2026 and plans to use the higher funding to restore depleted agency staffing levels and to pursue several major lines of work including in the areas of science and technology, fraud prevention, and cybersecurity. […]
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers in requesting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) submit an updated schedule and cost estimate to Congress for the agency’s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. […]
The Trump administration has identified 16 sites on land owned by the Department of Energy (DoE) that would be suitable to build artificial intelligence data centers, and is calling for input about industry’s interest in operating on those sites. […]
Puesh Kumar stepped down as director of the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) on Wednesday. […]
Cyber threat actors are using a new cyber technique to evade detection and maintain resilient operations, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint cybersecurity advisory issued on Thursday. […]
Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland Security have said that while the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) isn’t going anywhere despite Federal funding and workforce cuts, the agency needs to get back to its “core mission.” […]
Scott Kupor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and Eric Ueland, the nominee for deputy director for management (DDM) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), both told lawmakers today that, if confirmed, each will make data privacy a priority. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in the middle of modernizing a data system responsible for tracking diseases across the nation, but recent layoffs and contract uncertainty have put the future of the critical system in jeopardy. […]
A wave of top cybersecurity and IT Federal officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its component agencies have announced their terminations as HHS follows through on the restructuring plan it announced last week. […]