As the proliferation of AI technologies across the private and government sectors continues to pick up steam, the top technology official at the Department of Energy (DoE) pointed this week to several areas that are presenting challenges to integrating AI within zero trust architectures moving forward. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is leveraging the savings it generates from its transition to the cloud services to fund AI technology pilots, the agency’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Acting Chief AI Officer (CAIO) Guy Cavallo said Thursday. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued guidance on Thursday that aims to help Federal agencies meet requirements related to the encryption of Domain Name System (DNS) traffic and bolster the cybersecurity of their IT networks. […]
Eric Goldstein, the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is stepping down from his role next month. […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan urged Congress today to ramp up its investments in critical and emerging technologies, saying he is “extremely worried” the United States is slipping in the global race for technological leadership. […]
The Department of Labor (DoL) today released a set of principles that provide employers with guidance for implementing AI technologies in ways that enhance job quality and protect workers rights. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released newly updated guidelines for Federal agencies on how to protect their controlled unclassified information (CUI) when it resides on private-sector systems. […]
Top lawmakers on the House and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs introduced new legislation this week that aims to put an end to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program within two years unless improvements are made. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Tuesday that the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025 is a “challenging” one with many significant cuts, but defended its funding increase to support the VA’s Special Salary Rate (SSR). […]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is giving Federal agencies instructions on how to review, identify, and organize records in their custody relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) – or UFOs as they are more commonly known. […]
The head of the General Services Administration (GSA) said at the agency’s Federal Digital Experience Summit on Tuesday that GSA is working hard on numerous initiatives to improve digital services across the Federal government, and to become “better partners” to companies that do business with the government. […]
Nearly three years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) embarked on its official journey towards zero trust architecture (ZTA), helped by a $29.8 million Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) award. GSA’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bo Berlas – who is spearheading the agency’s ZTA journey with the CIO shop – told MeriTalk in an exclusive interview that the Federal procurement agency has notched significant progress for ZTA in its initial three areas of focus: users; devices; and networks. […]
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is calling on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to provide more details on a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor – known as Volt Typhoon – which he says poses a national security threat. […]
NASA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) David Salvagnini will now also serve as the space agency’s first Chief AI Officer (CAIO), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. […]
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the U.S. Navy needs to address the accuracy of its workforce data in order to strengthen the service branch’s cybersecurity workforce. […]
The Department of Commerce announced today that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Polar Semiconductor to provide the company with $120 million under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota. […]
The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that her team has plans to unveil its own international cyber strategy on the heels of the State Department’s release of its International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy during the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. […]
Three Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to push for stronger accountability provisions in its ongoing contract negotiations with Oracle Cerner on the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is claiming that the agency generated a $70.4 billion return on investment during fiscal year 2023 as a result of its oversight work. […]
Dustin Brown had been tapped to serve as chief operating officer (COO) and acting chief of staff for the Social Security Administration (SSA), according to a recent update on the SSA commissioner’s website. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has named Lawrence Hale chairman of the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC) that it launched in early 2023 to follow through on legislation approved by Congress in 2022 to codify the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) into law. […]
A total of 68 tech firms have signed onto the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Secure by Design pledge under which they will use best efforts over the next year to build better security into their products. […]
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly said her agency is due to reveal later on Wednesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco that 60 tech companies will be signing onto a voluntary secure-by-design pledge to make their technology products more secure against ransomware and other forms of cyberattacks. […]
With the 2024 U.S. elections around the corner, a paramount goal at the Department of Justice (DoJ) is to safeguard the integrity of election infrastructure against cybercriminals and foreign adversaries willing to use AI and cyber tools to undermine the elections, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Tuesday. […]
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel wants to expand agency’s programs that allow taxpayers to file their tax returns with the government for free, following on the agency’s Free File and Direct File pilots. […]
A top Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said on Tuesday that the emergence of AI technology is helping to bring data security “to new heights” in the Federal government. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) said today it has charged the alleged mastermind of the LockBit ransomware group – regarded by U.S. authorities as among the most prolific attackers worldwide since 2022 – with more than two dozen Federal crimes. […]
As National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan looks to the future of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot, he wants to ensure that a lack of resources doesn’t become a roadblock to AI innovation. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is adding four new members to the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2022 to review and assess major cybersecurity events, including former CISA Director Chris Krebs. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is creating a new CHIPS Manufacturing USA institute that will use digital twins approaches to greatly speed the development and validation of next-generation semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, assembly, and test processes. […]