The White House Office of the National Cyber Director released its long-awaited national cybersecurity strategy on Friday, outlining a six-pillar framework intended to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity. […]
Seven of the nation’s largest tech companies signed President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge on Wednesday, agreeing to cover the cost of all power needed to fuel their data centers. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a new rule that would make federal employee performance – not seniority – the key factor in determining who stays or goes during future layoffs. […]
President Donald Trump sent two names to the Senate on Monday for his picks to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF) and fill the role of ambassador at large for the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the State Department. […]
The Trump administration unveiled a slate of initiatives on Friday aimed at expanding the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) full stack globally, announcing new export, standards, support, and financing efforts at the India AI Impact Summit. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is looking to take a more assertive role in federal IT oversight, deepening its partnership with federal agencies while empowering chief information officers (CIOs), an OMB official said Wednesday. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is hiring for a deputy federal chief information officer (CIO). […]
While the United States develops its own artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework, it’s encouraging other countries to take up similar performance-based approaches to AI governance instead of pursuing centralized global regulation, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein said Tuesday. […]
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross on Tuesday outlined six core pillars of the forthcoming national cybersecurity strategy, signaling a streamlined approach aimed at better aligning cyber policy and resources across the federal government. […]
Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Greg Barbaccia said Friday that the federal government is at a major “inflection point” for service delivery, arguing that agencies must move beyond incremental fixes and overhaul how they serve the public. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Jan. 23 formally rescinded two Biden-era memoranda that required federal agencies to obtain software security attestations from software producers before deploying their products. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is preparing to release new federal cybersecurity and IT policy updates that could significantly reshape how agencies defend networks and comply with security requirements, according to a senior OMB cyber official. […]
President Donald Trump officially secured the 25% share of profits made on advanced Nvidia and AMD semiconductors shipped abroad through a proclamation he signed Wednesday afternoon. […]
Under a newly proposed rule, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) would take over authority to decide appeals by probationary federal employees who allege unfair termination, stripping that power from an independent hiring agency. […]
The Trump administration is withdrawing the United States from its longstanding participation in the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE). […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is doubling down on its return-to-work order, offering few exemptions from in-person directives, according to updated guidance. […]
The Trump administration will deliver a national artificial intelligence (AI) legislative framework to Congress this year to protect innovation and maintain children’s safety, the White House science and technology director said Wednesday. […]
In his first year back in the White House, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) shaping federal technology policy across artificial intelligence (AI), digital finance, cybersecurity, and drones. […]
Some of the most dramatic federal government reorganization efforts in recent history began under the second Trump administration this year. From the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) modernization initiatives to mass federal employee layoffs, MeriTalk rounded up some of the biggest changes. […]
The Senate confirmed Ethan Klein as the U.S. chief technology officer (CTO) on Thursday evening, making the former White House policy advisor the first person to hold the role since 2021. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday afternoon that gives most federal employees off on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to finalize a 1% pay raise for civilian federal employees in 2026, aligning with his alternative pay plan from August. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is telling agencies they have until spring to ensure that their artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are “truthful” and don’t favor certain “ideological dogmas.” […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to undermine state laws on artificial intelligence (AI), calling instead for a “minimally burdensome” single framework to regulate the AI industry. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a joint memo to agency heads on Wednesday, sharing additional details on the planned single, modern Core Human Capital Management (Core HCM) platform. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the Trump administration’s President’s Management Agenda (PMA) on Monday, laying out plans to shrink the federal government and leverage technology to deliver faster services. […]
President Donald Trump’s national security priorities for his second term zero in on technological dominance and economic strength while growing the U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere. […]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is looking for public input on federal policy updates that can accelerate the American scientific enterprise and strengthen the science and technology (S&T) ecosystem. […]
The Trump administration exceeded its target for the number of federal worker departures this year, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor said, announcing nearly 317,000 employees left their agency jobs. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon to boost artificial intelligence (AI)-powered research and development by turning government data into scientific discoveries. […]