The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has appointed Sharon Woods to lead the J6 Endpoint Services and Global Service Center, according to a announcement on LinkedIn. […]
The Senate Rules Committee passed three bills today aimed at protecting the nation’s upcoming Federal elections from artificial intelligence’s possible negative impact – including through deepfakes of candidates. […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers today in unveiling a long-awaited roadmap for AI policy in the Senate. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kurt DelBene told lawmakers on Tuesday that the VA’s Office of Information and Technology (OIT) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025 is a “challenging” one with many significant cuts, but defended its funding increase to support the VA’s Special Salary Rate (SSR). […]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is giving Federal agencies instructions on how to review, identify, and organize records in their custody relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) – or UFOs as they are more commonly known. […]
The head of the General Services Administration (GSA) said at the agency’s Federal Digital Experience Summit on Tuesday that GSA is working hard on numerous initiatives to improve digital services across the Federal government, and to become “better partners” to companies that do business with the government. […]
Nearly three years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) embarked on its official journey towards zero trust architecture (ZTA), helped by a $29.8 million Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) award. GSA’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bo Berlas – who is spearheading the agency’s ZTA journey with the CIO shop – told MeriTalk in an exclusive interview that the Federal procurement agency has notched significant progress for ZTA in its initial three areas of focus: users; devices; and networks. […]
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is calling on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to provide more details on a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor – known as Volt Typhoon – which he says poses a national security threat. […]
NASA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) David Salvagnini will now also serve as the space agency’s first Chief AI Officer (CAIO), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. […]
The House Armed Services Committee has released its version of the fiscal year (FY) 2025 defense policy bill on Monday which includes numerous provisions that aim to advance cyber capabilities, bolster innovative research and development, and speed investments into critical technology across the Pentagon. […]
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a circular today that aims to drive a new acquisition data management strategy to improve the contracting process for Federal agencies. […]
Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Deputy National Cyber Director (NCD) Chris DeRusha is leaving his post after nearly three and a half years, two White House spokespeople confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) today unveiled the roster of its newly created governing board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) that provides a government-wide approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services used by Federal government agencies. […]
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the U.S. Navy needs to address the accuracy of its workforce data in order to strengthen the service branch’s cybersecurity workforce. […]
UnitedHealth Group did not have basic cybersecurity requirements in place that would have protected it against the recent attack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary, according to White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Tech Anne Neuberger. […]
Making the Federal government workforce flourish is at the very top of the President Biden’s management agenda, and the wheels are in motion on Capitol Hill, at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and at Federal agencies to execute on the vision of restocking the government with top-notch talent. […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking to purchase commercially made tools built for spotting, surveilling, and tracking illicit maritime activities in the Indo-Pacific, according to a commercial solution opening (CSO) solicitation posted to SAM.gov last week. […]
The Department of Commerce announced today that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Polar Semiconductor to provide the company with $120 million under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota. […]
The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that her team has plans to unveil its own international cyber strategy on the heels of the State Department’s release of its International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy during the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract worth $789 million to Accenture Federal Services to deliver defensive cyberspace operations analytics across Navy and Marine Corps networks. […]
Three Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to push for stronger accountability provisions in its ongoing contract negotiations with Oracle Cerner on the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) launched the first solicitation under its new emerging technology portfolio on May 9, focusing the first lines of effort on quantum sensing tech and hypersonics. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is claiming that the agency generated a $70.4 billion return on investment during fiscal year 2023 as a result of its oversight work. […]
Tech Tonic – the happiest hour in Gov IT – is thrilled to confirm our blue-chip speaker lineup for the May 16 celebration of Women in Technology in Old Town Alexandria. […]
A new House bill aims to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin the process of updating its two legacy IT systems that manage and report on air quality data throughout the country. […]
New research from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) that tracks progress of Federal government agencies in their adoption of artificial intelligence technologies is finding that successful AI project completion timelines are narrowing, and that future demand for AI projects appears to be building around chat and coding-related functions. […]
The United States Digital Service (USDS) received over 100 requests from government agencies for help with technology projects in fiscal year (FY) 2023 – a demand level that USDS said greatly exceeds its current resources. […]
Rear Adm. Michael Vernazza has been nominated by President Biden to be the U.S. Navy’s next information boss, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on May 9. […]
The U.S. Army is continuing to pursue changes in the way it approaches software development. […]
The Departments of Labor (DoL) and Treasury announced a partnership to expand unemployment insurance (UI) fraud fighting tools to states through a data-matching system. […]