Smarter Gov Tech, Stronger MerITocracy

Bipartisan legislation reintroduced in the House on March 31 would make permanent the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot in an effort to bolster AI research in the United States and promote responsible use of the technology.   […]

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is asking 24 Federal agencies to explain how and whether the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and DOGE-affiliated individuals have accessed and used data in Federal IT systems. […]

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.   […]

Democratic leaders on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are launching their own investigation into the use of the Signal communications app by high-ranking Trump administration officials and are putting those officials on notice to preserve a long list of records that may be requested as part of the committee’s work. […]

Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee clashed during a lengthy markup session on Tuesday over several pieces of legislation, including bills that would expand the Trump administration’s ability to reorganize the Federal government and terminate collective bargaining agreements. […]

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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). […]

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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.   […]

Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to examine the structure of the agency’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) as it considers reconstituting the board, with an eye to increasing transparency of how its members are selected and which cybersecurity incidents the board chooses to investigate. […]

Two Senate committees voted on Wednesday afternoon to advance the nominations of Dan Bishop to serve as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Paul Lawrence to serve as the deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). […]

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U.S. military leaders from across the service branches told lawmakers at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing today that budget uncertainties are hindering their efforts to maintain military readiness. […]

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.   […]

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House Republicans unveiled a spending bill on Saturday that would fund Federal agencies through Sept. 30, setting up a vote on the bill to avoid a government shutdown. The six-month funding bill largely tracks with fiscal year 2024 spending levels, with some notable exceptions that impact technology and cybersecurity. […]

House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats are looking to find out more about top White House advisor Elon Musk and his potential conflicts of interest while guiding the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) actions to root out what the Trump administration has called widespread government waste and corruption.  […]

Members of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development met Wednesday to discuss updating the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to include digital literacy training, AI implementations, and improved data management. […]

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Members of the House Homeland Security Committee fielded recommendations on March 4 from witnesses on how to combat online radicalization – including one national security expert who said Congress should consider creating regulations of social media platforms. […]

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced several cybersecurity and technology bills during a Tuesday afternoon markup, sending the legislation to the full House for further consideration. […]

A group of Democratic lawmakers joined members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and community activists on Tuesday in rallying to evict Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]

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The House voted on March 3 to approve a bill requiring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to take steps to prevent cybersecurity vulnerabilities posed by Federal contractors. […]

Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., who co-chaired the prior Congress’s House AI Task Force, said on Wednesday that he is “really optimistic” about Congress’s ability to pass substantial AI legislation and plans to reintroduce the Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with AI Act (CREATE AI Act). […]

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Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee said today they are pulling their support for legislation that aims to build the cybersecurity workforce, citing their opposition to widespread Federal employee layoffs being instituted by the Trump administration.   […]

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