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Several senior House Oversight and Accountability Committee members this week asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for details on the degree to which the Federal government is living up to its legal requirements for outsourcing government work to the private sector as a way to generate cost savings. […]

During the final day of the Summit for Democracy held last week, the White House launched a roadmap for both public and private sector entities to navigate the use of privacy enhancing technologies for user data. […]

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During the United States’ second Summit for Democracy held in Washington, D.C. this week, the White House highlighted key steps the Biden-Harris administration has taken to advance innovation in emerging technologies, as well as unveiled a slew of new initiatives to continue to build on its work. […]

The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) and the National Space Council convened government and industry leaders this week to discuss bolstering cybersecurity in the space systems ecosystem, and the White House tasked several Federal agencies with new marching orders to start pushing toward that goal. […]

The White House is targeting June to release its implementation plan for the National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) unveiled earlier this month, an Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk.  […]

President Biden signed an executive order today that prohibits Federal agencies from using – on an operational basis – commercial spyware technology if the use of that technology would pose risks to U.S. national security, or if the technology “has been misused by foreign actors to enable human rights abuses around the world.” […]

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The Director for Cyber Policy and Programs at the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) said this week to be on the lookout in the coming weeks for ONCD’s formal implementation plan on the National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS). […]

While the widespread advent of quantum computing – and the concerns that it poses especially to current day cryptography and the cybersecurity technologies that rely upon it – may still be years away, a top Federal cybersecurity expert is mapping out three steps that organizations should be taking now to prepare. […]

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The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) is calling for mandatory cybersecurity standards for the security and resilience of critical infrastructure assets, on the heels of the Biden administration’s release earlier this month of its national cybersecurity strategy that tacks in a similar direction. […]

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The Biden administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request includes a total of $74 billion of IT spending for Federal civilian agencies and $12.7 billion for cybersecurity spending, according to a budget appendix released by the White House on March 13. […]

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The Biden administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request issued today by the White House features a proposed $200 million addition to the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), and a 4.9 percent annual budget increase for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]

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President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 released today aims to strengthen U.S. leadership in emerging technologies by offering $25 billion for CHIPS and Science Act authorized activities – an increase of about $6.5 billion from the 2023 enacted level. […]

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As the development and use of artificial intelligence technologies continues along a rapid growth trajectory, the need for government to attract AI experts in a variety of fields is becoming more important than ever. […]

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The Biden-Harris administration released a three-part proposal on March 2 asking Congress for $1.6 billion to help provide Federal agencies and local governments with more funding to handle pandemic-related fraud claims, modernize identity verification systems, and support victims of identity theft. […]

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The Biden-Harris administration has named University of California (UC) Berkeley law professor Deirdre Mulligan deputy U.S. chief technology officer for policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). […]

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is requesting public input on how to improve the collection, use, and transparency of criminal justice data at the state, local, Tribal, and territorial (SLTT) level. […]

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President Biden issued an executive order (EO) today that largely tracks existing administration policy aimed at advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities in the U.S., but also features several technology, data, and contracting-related mandates. […]

The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has released specific instructions to Federal agencies on inventorying their cryptographic systems as they prepare to transition to the era of quantum-resistant cryptography, per the White House’s National Security Memorandum 10 (NSM-10). […]

President Biden has nominated Ann Carlson to become administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which oversees vehicle safety regulation in an era of rapid new-technology adoption. […]

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