The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has tapped Kevin Stine to serve as the new director of its Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) – one of NIST’s six research laboratories. […]

The Commerce Department said today it has reached a non-binding and preliminary agreement with U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing giant Intel Corp. to provide the company with $8.5 billion of CHIPS and Science Act funding to support chip making projects in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon. […]

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently in the early stages of developing its artificial intelligence strategy and hopes to go public with the strategy in the coming months, an agency technology official said. […]

The IRS needs to work on improving how the agency tracks its modernization efforts, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released March 19. […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) first Chief AI Officer (CAIO) Eric Hysen said this week that he is aiming for DHS to be a national leader in AI technologies – not only for the rest of the Federal government but for industry as well. […]

In response to the evolving threat environment, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is looking to better coordinate cybersecurity operations across the Federal government through a newly released Federal Operational Cyber Alignment Plan, or FOCAL. […]

With wearable technologies – like VR headsets, smartwatches, and even exoskeleton tech – advancing rapidly, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is warning that data privacy and cybersecurity concerns may hinder the ability of those technologies to reach their full potential. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced on March 18 the availability of the Repository for Software Attestation and Artifacts that software developers can use to share software attestation forms and relevant artifacts. […]

The State Department has selected four scientists to serve as the agency’s 2024 U.S. Science Envoys to help develop international engagement on key science and technology issues. […]

NASA has pioneered many supercomputing technologies, but a new agency watchdog report reveals that the agency is in need of a “renewed commitment” to supercomputing in order to successfully launch future missions. […]

The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) component is well on its way to implementing the second phase of the agency’s migration to zero trust security architectures, ITA’s top technology official said. […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on March 14 to create a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless internet of things (IoT) devices including home security cameras, internet-connected appliances, fitness trackers, garage door openers, and baby monitors. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the finalists selected to move forward in its AI Tech Sprint competition on March 13, which targets the development of AI solutions to address burnout among healthcare workers. […]

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials told lawmakers this week that redirecting passenger security fees to help pay for critical security investments — such as further technology improvements at TSA airport checkpoints — would help greatly to accelerate the agency’s broader technology modernization efforts. […]

The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to launch a competition for a new Manufacturing USA institute focused on artificial intelligence, offering up about $70 million in Federal funds for the new institute over five years. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released new guidance to help deal with identity management capabilities when transitioning from on-premises enterprise networks to cloud-based solutions. […]

With AI technology growing rapidly, it’s essential for the government’s private-sector partners to adopt three core principles for AI intended for government use, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) senior technology official said. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) has tapped Lauren Bracey Scheidt to serve as the new assistant commissioner for the Office of Solutions within the GSA’s Technology Transformation Service (TTS) organization, according to an official at the agency. […]

The United States needs to ramp up its investments in critical and emerging technologies – such as semiconductors and AI – in order to keep pace in the global race for technological leadership, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation (NSF). […]

The Biden-Harris administration approved a secure software development attestation form on Monday, taking a crucial step towards ensuring Federal contractors provide secure products to the Federal government. […]

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to improve its workforce planning functions and collaboration with critical infrastructure providers as it helps those providers to address security weaknesses in operational technologies (OT). […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Saturday that it has officially deployed its Oracle Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) near Chicago – the only healthcare facility to serve both Department of Defense (DoD) and VA patients. […]

The Federal government should provide economic incentives such as tax deductions or Federal grants to critical infrastructure providers and other organizations that adopt cybersecurity best practices, the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) said in a March 7 report. […]

The Federal government’s top watchdog agency said that two key Federal agencies are making progress on shaping up how they use facial recognition technologies. […]

After 16 years in the Federal government, the Education Department’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Luis Lopez is departing this month to head to the private sector, a department spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

With foreign adversaries looking to disrupt operations of American institutions and collect their sensitive data, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is taking steps to better secure its own data while at the same time making it easier for agency personnel to access the information they need, an NRC official said on March 7. […]

The Advanced Research Projects Agency For Health (ARPA-H) has tapped Alastair Thomson as the agency’s new acting director of data innovation, according to his LinkedIn account. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced three initial key actions to help secure the open source ecosystem upon the conclusion of its two-day Open Source Software (OSS) Security Summit this week. […]

Government Accountability Office (GAO) officials told lawmakers at a House Small Business Committee hearing on March 6 that the Small Business Administration (SBA) still needs to implement key management improvements for COVID-19 relief programs to prevent further fraudulent activity. “Although SBA helped millions of small businesses with its pandemic relief programs, our concerns about [implementation […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is undergoing a large-scale modernization process with plans to migrate the majority of its legacy IT systems to a brand-new “greenfield solution” later this year, according to CISA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Robert (Bob) Costello. […]