The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it has awarded 30 contractors a spot on its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) contract to provide a range of IT services. […]
The Biden-Harris administration announced today that the Department of Commerce, through its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) component, will establish the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI). […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a request for comment, looking for public comments on its latest white paper on software identification ecosystems. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched an Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint on Tuesday, encouraging technologists across the country to develop AI-enabled tools that will reduce the burnout of healthcare workers. […]
With ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks against American infrastructure, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called on Congress today to reauthorize key DHS authorities to reinforce the agency’s ability to protect against foreign cyberattacks. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced Logging Made Easy (LME), a new Windows-based, free and open log management toolset designed to help organizations better use security data. […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is planning for a major IT contract that will support systems used by its Cargo Systems Program Directorate (CSPD). […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is getting close to releasing a proposal that would offer “equity around pay and flexibilities in the workplace” for Federal government tech and cybersecurity personnel, OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said today. […]
To continue a 46-year-old mission, engineers on NASA’s Voyager team beamed up a software patch that would prevent the recurrence of a data glitch that arose last year, the space agency announced last week. […]
The White House is asking Congress for an additional $9.1 billion to support the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including $6 billion to help fund its Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and $3.1 billion for the FCC to fund the removal of outdated communications infrastructure operated by providers. […]
Leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and members of VA unions expressed their opposition on Wednesday to pending legislation known as the Restore VA Accountability Act, which would make it easier to fire poor-performing VA employees. […]
A top Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official said this week that the House Republicans’ proposed 25 percent budget cut to the cyber agency would have “catastrophic” effects on CISA’s programs – like the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program. […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $450 million contract to continue to operate and modernize the agency’s integrated accounting system. […]
The IRS is looking to implement and test new modernized technology to run parallel with legacy technology after the 2024 filing season, which a top IRS official this week said will eventually replace the legacy systems. […]
Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 15-6 today to advance the nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). […]
A top official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said today that he is worried about an uptick in the adversarial use of artificial intelligence technologies, which have the potential to cause harms to U.S. critical infrastructure. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report on Oct. 19, detailing the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) current efforts to lower the potential possibilities of discrimination against certain minority groups while simultaneously working to ensure TSA meets tech requirements. […]
The Biden-Harris administration, through the Department of Commerce’s (DoC) Economic Development Administration (EDA), today announced the designation of 31 technology hubs across the country as part of the first phase of the new Tech Hubs program. […]
A new report out today from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) focuses on the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) growth and mission needs, and offers a range of findings and recommendations that go beyond basic funding needs to bolster CISA’s ability to defend the nation’s cyberspace and the security of Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies (FCEB). […]
Maria Persaud-Thompson is starting a new job as chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), according to her LinkedIn account. […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is in charge of a $1 billion grant program to improve middle-mile broadband infrastructure, but a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals that the NTIA has not established measurable goals for the program. […]
The General Services Administration’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (GSA FEDSIM) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. a multi-year contract worth $522.6 million on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help modernize and support EPA’s technology systems. […]
Login.gov will begin deploying facial recognition technology next year as a way for people to verify their identities and securely access vital government benefits and services, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced Wednesday. […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is moving forward with piloting its Direct File tool in 13 states that will allow people to directly file their taxes next year by only using the online tool if they meet certain criteria. […]
The Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) is making some major changes to how it manages the infrastructure behind official government websites. The next change, CISA said, is launching a new .gov registrar. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) are keeping people and end users at the center of new technology initiatives, top officials from those agencies said on Tuesday. […]
With Cybersecurity Career Week in full swing, new data from a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tool has indicated that from Sept. 2022?through?Aug.?2023, there were only 72 cybersecurity workers available for every 100 cybersecurity jobs demanded by employers, leaving a need for approximately 315,000 personnel to cover those positions. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and 17 international partners rolled out the first new batch of updates to its “secure-by-design” guidance document Monday. […]
The National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) has selected its new board of trustees from industry and academia – including Intel, Stanford, and IBM – that will focus on overseeing the research and advancement of semiconductor research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is looking to use robotics in airport security screening lines to streamline efficiency and speed up inspections for travelers. […]