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. […]
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. […]
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 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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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). […]
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 proposed reorganization of the State Department would undermine its Bureau of Cybersecurity and Digital Policy’s (CDP) cybersecurity efforts, experts and lawmakers warned during a House panel hearing on Tuesday. […]
A panel of Federal government technology experts urged Congress today to support a coordinated, enterprise-wide overhaul of outdated government IT systems and emphasized the critical role of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) and senior agency leadership support in driving IT modernization progress. […]
Representatives on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations unveiled a new fraud prevention section of a scorecard used to track the Department of Defense’s (DoD) progress toward a clean financial audit, which continues to remain elusive. […]
As the Trump administration prepares to unleash Federal civilian agency reorganization plans that will leave many of them significantly smaller in size and more focused on accomplishing administration aims, the House Oversight and Reform Committee is lining up a panel of former Federal chief information officers (CIOs) for a hearing next week to dig into how to further improve government efficiency through IT modernization. […]
Two top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are pressing for hard numbers on how many Federal workers have been let go since the start of the second Trump administration in January. […]
A group of Senate Democrats is pressing the Trump administration for information on pending Federal agency layoffs and warning of possible “catastrophic” consequences from what they called the administration’s “strategic hollowing out” of the government workforce. […]
As the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) prepares to make cuts to its workforce, the agency needs to brief Congress on those decisions and their impact, according to a top House Democrat on security issues. […]
Lawmakers and expert witnesses brainstormed applications for artificial intelligence to streamline overall government efficiency in a House-Senate Joint Economic Committee hearing on April 9, highlighting aims to harness the technology in the fight against fraud and waste in government programs. […]
Senate Democrats are demanding answers from President Donald Trump after he fired top officials at the National Security Agency (NSA) last week, warning that the administration’s actions “severely compromise our ability to keep Americans safe.” […]
As the United States gears up to host massive global sporting events, lawmakers and witnesses during a House hearing on April 8 sounded the alarm on outdated travel technology and slow visa processing systems that may struggle to keep pace with the expected influx of millions of visitors. […]
House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats are demanding answers over what they say is a troubling entanglement of politics and profit – the Trump administration’s rollout of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications service across key Federal agencies and the White House. […]
Witnesses urged lawmakers at a House Homeland Security joint subcommittee hearing on April 1 to implement legislation that ensures drone aircraft technology evolves within safe and adaptable guidelines that keep pace with growing innovation. […]
Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee clashed over methods of meeting the increasing power demands for artificial intelligence data centers during a Tuesday hearing on the topic. […]
Arielle Roth, the Trump administration’s pick to lead the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), pledged to implement Biden-era bipartisan broadband expansion plans while vowing not to favor White House advisor Elon Musk’s Starlink as part of that process. […]
Federal inspectors general (IG) – who serve as agency watchdogs – saved $71.1 billion in cost efficiency improvements in fiscal year (FY) 2024, according to a March 19 report from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). […]
Senate Democrats are asking officials at the IRS for details after the agency denied access to private taxpayer information following requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). […]
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., is pressing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for answers on the government’s efforts taken to address cyber threats emanating from China, and demanding proof of action as concerns mount over Beijing-linked hackers infiltrating U.S. infrastructure and networks. […]
Two prominent House Democrats said today they are using a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in their continuing battle to drill down into how the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) is operating across Federal government agencies. […]
Deploying artificial intelligence tools and improving agency data management and sharing could work to prevent fraudulent and improper payments made by the Federal government but reaching that goal also requires better agency accountability measures, witnesses told members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations on March 11. […]