The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled its “lightweight cryptography” standard for small network devices after years of review. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) today unveiled its USAi platform, created to offer government agencies the ability to experiment with artificial intelligence technologies and inform their decisions to put the tech to work. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) on Wednesday announced a new OneGov agreement with Box, the leading Intelligent Content Management (ICM) platform, to provide Federal agencies with discounted pricing on AI tools. […]
Dorothy Aronson, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) former chief data officer (CDO) and chief AI officer (CAIO), has left the agency, an NSF spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is wrapping Anthropic’s Claude generative AI services into its OneGov portfolio of services for government agencies – at $1 per agency – similar to the pricing levels set by GSA last week under a similar deal announced with OpenAI for its ChatGPT GenAI service. […]
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has a suite of space technologies – including artificial intelligence and rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) technology – that could support the Department of Defense’s (DoD) development of the Golden Dome missile defense system, according to a NASA official. […]
A new report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that community care staff did not always import records into veterans’ electronic health records (EHRs), due in part to technology limitations. […]
Deborah Stephens is the new acting chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) following the departure of former CIO Jamie Holcombe earlier this week. […]
Newly proposed rules from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would require, if adopted, that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – also known as drones – undergo new cybersecurity screening processes to prevent security breaches and unauthorized access. […]
While previous administrations have pledged to restructure the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), a top official from the General Services Administration (GSA) said on Thursday that “this time is different” due in part to advances in technology. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) unveiled its latest OneGov agreement today, this time a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which GSA said will feature up to $1 billion of direct incentive credits from AWS that can be utilized by government agencies. […]
What happens if you run into medical issues in space and can’t get in touch with Houston? NASA and Google say their new artificial intelligence system might help the next time you’re stuck in Earth’s orbit and need some help. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new funding opportunity this week that aims to invest up to $100 million to support a network of “programmable cloud laboratories,” enabled by AI. […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is ramping up its internal generative AI tools and is preparing to roll out an AI training portal “very soon” to help the workforce become more comfortable using GenAI. […]
After four years of work, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the long-awaited update to its digital identity guidelines. […]
Jamie Holcombe, the chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is retiring from Federal service. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today it has reached terms of an agreement with OpenAI to provide Federal agencies with the company’s ChatGPT generative AI service at a deep pricing discount. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is asking Congress to address a patchwork of varying cybersecurity regulations and requirements across critical infrastructure sectors, saying that while cybersecurity has evolved, standardizing related regulations has not. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced today that it has added three prominent generative AI services to the agency’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), and is open to adding additional services. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $54 million contract to MetTel to modernize the VA’s telecom infrastructure, which includes 15,000 telephone landlines across 1,875 locations. […]
A new consortium devoted to secure software development and led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its draft guide for public comment that responds to instructions in a cybersecurity order from the White House earlier this summer. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on August 1 that it is offering $103.8 million of grant funding to state, local, and tribal governments to “strengthen community cybersecurity.” […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking to dive deep into the full artificial intelligence tech stack in its forthcoming “Community Profile” that aims to give organizations a framework for securing artificial intelligence systems and using them for defense. […]
President Donald Trump has nominated long-time Wall Street executive Edward Forst to lead the General Services Administration (GSA) as its next administrator. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released official guidance on July 29 for agencies to follow as they implement President Donald Trump’s July 17 executive order that created a new Schedule G for Federal employees – including requirements for review by the White House of any appointments under the new schedule. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is looking to expand the scope of GSAi – the agency’s internal generative AI tool – to support other Federal agencies facing the same GenAI problem set. […]
The White House and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled sweeping data initiatives on Wednesday with the launch of a program to let Americans share medical records across privately-owned apps while consolidating HHS data into a single database. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today that it reached terms with Docusign for steep price discounts to Federal agencies on two of the firm’s product plans under GSA’s OneGov initiative. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an Eviction Strategies Tool on July 30 to help cyber defenders better respond to cyber incidents. […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted today to approve the nomination of Sean Plankey to become the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]