The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) issued a Fraud Prevention Alert this week that argues the Federal government could have saved an estimated $79 billion if it had implemented data analytics to prevent pandemic-related fraud. […]
A small but significant slice of lawmakers – including several Republican members of the House and Senate – are getting cold feet over supporting the Trump administration’s reconciliation funding bill because it includes a House-approved provision that would impose a 10-year moratorium on state-level artificial intelligence regulation. […]
Lawmakers from both parties grilled top Pentagon brass on June 5 about delays to the fiscal year (FY) 2026 defense budget and proposed cuts to U.S. Space Force funding despite the force’s importance in building out the Golden Dome missile defense program. […]
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats moved to subpoena Elon Musk – former White House senior advisor and public face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – ahead of a hearing today on artificial intelligence and data, where lawmakers were warned that DOGE’s push to dismantle agency data silos could endanger national cybersecurity. […]
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced legislation that aims to streamline software purchasing across the Federal government with a goal of reducing unnecessary costs. […]
Sean Cairncross, the White House’s nominee to serve as national cyber director, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that interagency and public-private partnerships will be a top priority for him if his nomination wins full Senate approval. […]
Even as Elon Musk heads out of town, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will become more institutionalized within Federal agencies going forward, according to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought. […]
The nation’s airspace is getting more crowded, and technology – and the funding necessary to put it to work – doesn’t appear to be keeping up. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) reported almost $11 billion in confirmed fraud between 2017 and 2024, and lawmakers and government watchdogs argued today that the Pentagon is not taking its rampant procurement fraud problem seriously enough. […]
Four Senate Democrats are asking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to revive the agency’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) that was disbanded at the beginning of the second Trump administration. […]
As cyber threats grow more advanced and pervasive, lawmakers and industry leaders are considering ways to shift cybersecurity burdens from victims to software providers, while at the same time deepening public-private partnerships to counter national security risks. […]
Bipartisan legislation that would establish an interagency committee to harmonize cybersecurity regulations is getting a second attempt at being signed into law after two senators reintroduced the bill on May 22. […]
While he admits that “not much has gotten done in the first four months of this Congress,” Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., is hopeful that the 119th Congress will be able to pass some meaningful AI legislation. […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and James Lankford, R-Okla., on May 23 reintroduced the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act, a bill that would require Federal government contractors to implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs). […]
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill clashed this week over who should police artificial intelligence technologies – the Federal government or states – and on what AI regulation should look like no matter which level of government has the upper hand. […]
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., introduced a new bill this week that would instruct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pilot a cloud-based inventory management system to better track medical devices and equipment. […]
The White House’s proposed fiscal year 2026 cut to the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) budget will eliminate worker roles and make more room for deployment of advanced technologies provided by private companies, TSA’s acting administrator told lawmakers on Tuesday. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., died today at age 75 following a bout with esophageal cancer. […]
A bipartisan pair of House members are looking to bolster the Federal government’s cyber workforce with new legislation introduced last week that would create a centralized Federal cybersecurity resource and training center. […]
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem told Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs members today that she supports reauthorizing legislation that encourages industry to share cyber threat information with the Federal government, citing concerns with agencies’ ability to address cyber threats absent that kind of cooperation. […]
Two Senate Democrats are aiming to bring back to life a prestigious Federal fellowship program for recent graduate students that was cancelled by the Trump administration earlier this year. […]
A bipartisan group of senators introduced new legislation on May 14 that would block artificial intelligence technology firms from retaliating against employees who leak information about AI security lapses to the Federal government, with a companion bill set to be introduced in the House. […]
Witnesses at a House hearing on May 15 warned lawmakers that any lapse in the existing Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 15) would weaken the United States’ cybersecurity posture and undermine efforts to share information between the public and private sectors. […]
The final price tag for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) “Golden Dome” next-generation missile defense system remains uncertain, but a first glimpse into the potential cost of the project will be revealed in the Pentagon’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request, according to a senior Space Force official. […]
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem had little new to say today in response to questioning from a top House Republican on what the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts for fiscal year 2026 would eliminate at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA). […]
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill late last week that looks to protect advanced AI chips from falling into the hands of U.S. adversaries through stricter oversight of chips – and research into potential chip security mechanisms. […]
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., is pushing to give the Commerce Department an extra $500 million for artificial intelligence (AI) tech capabilities – and to block state AI regulations – through the budget reconciliation process that is kicking off in Congress this week. […]
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced the Testing and Evaluation Systems for Trusted Artificial Intelligence (TEST) AI Act of 2025 to strengthen the Federal government’s ability to test and evaluate AI systems. […]
Witnesses at a Capitol Hill hearing today called for increased investment in quantum technology by the Federal government amid concerns about recent government science and technology cuts and the future of the National Quantum Initiative Act. […]
A bipartisan pair of senators have introduced legislation that would provide Federal funding to bolster community water systems against cyber threats and extend an existing program to boost resilience of water systems. […]