The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is betting that a strong cloud foundation will accelerate adoption of generative AI across the agency, with its in-house GenAI tool “Scout” now rolled out agencywide, acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) Debbie Stephens said on Thursday. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has gone public with several new funding awards to U.S.-based small businesses developing artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors, and other technologies. […]
Six states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are now fully approved under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Arielle Roth announced on Monday. […]
The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office on Monday announced it signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with USA Rare Earth (USAR) that could provide up to $277 million in direct funding and up to $1.3 billion in a senior secured loan to bolster domestic semiconductor supply chains. […]
Since 2021, the National Weather Service (NWS) has experimented with artificial intelligence (AI) to translate weather warnings into multiple languages, cutting translation times to about a minute – but recent contract lapses and budget constraints have forced the agency to scale back. […]
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) laid out plans Wednesday to study identity and authorization for software agents and improve operational technology (OT) cybersecurity asset management, according to a new planning document. […]
Taiwan will commit at least $500 billion in combined direct investment and credit guarantees to expand semiconductor and advanced technology manufacturing in the United States under a new trade agreement signed Thursday. […]
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said on Jan. 13 that it has revised its licensing policy for U.S. semiconductor exports to China, and specifically flagged security reviews for products made by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). […]
A senior official with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said the agency expects to announce new funding opportunities under its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants more information on how it can develop agentic artificial intelligence (AI) guidelines and evaluation methods to address exploitation threats. […]
A federal watchdog warned on Monday that the Department of Commerce must strengthen its oversight and fraud risk management for the CHIPS for America Fund, as the program continues to distribute billions in federal awards to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing. […]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) broke the law when it overstepped Congress in implementing changes to a key national broadband program last summer, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found. […]
The federal government’s premier weather-focused science agency has launched an array of new artificial intelligence-powered weather models that the agency said marks the first-ever deployment of a “hybrid physical-AI ensemble system” for weather forecasting. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an initial public draft for Rev 5 of the agency’s National Checklist Program (NCP) that facilitates the generation of security checklists from authoritative sources, centralizes the location of checklists, and makes checklists broadly accessible. […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rescinded Biden-era guidance on artificial intelligence (AI) inventorship laws, deeming that because AI is not human, it can no longer be considered as a factor in patent law. […]
The Commerce Department has established a vulnerability disclosure program to help protect its public-facing IT systems, but a new report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that the program is “not fully effective.” […]
This week, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved final proposals from 18 states and territories to deliver universal broadband access through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is now hiring for a new chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO), after Jerry Ma stepped down from the role in May. […]
The Commerce Department on Tuesday launched its artificial intelligence (AI) export program, which aims for global purchase and adoption of the full American AI stack. […]
President Donald Trump has nominated Arvind Raman to be the next director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the under secretary of commerce for standards and technology. […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) wants help as it tests a new automated search program that will give inventors a look at similar ideas to speed patent reviews and boost their quality. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is awarding over $3.3 million in cooperative agreements to educational and community organizations to build the nation’s dwindling cyber workforce. […]
Oliver Wise, the chief data officer (CDO) at the Commerce Department, announced that he is stepping down from that role. His last day on the job is Friday. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized updates to its catalog of security and privacy safeguards, a move aimed at helping both software developers who release patches and the organizations that implement them. […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the agency on Monday will take over $7.4 billion in funds for semiconductor research overseen by a nonprofit established under the Biden administration after claiming the organization was created “illegally.” […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans create five artificial intelligence use cases for security control overlays that will address risks with the use and development of AI systems. […]
The Department of Commerce has appointed Bill Frauenhofer director of the agency’s CHIPS Program Office. […]
Deborah Stephens is the new acting chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) following the departure of former CIO Jamie Holcombe earlier this week. […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is ramping up its internal generative AI tools and is preparing to roll out an AI training portal “very soon” to help the workforce become more comfortable using GenAI. […]
Jamie Holcombe, the chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is retiring from Federal service. […]