The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) said today it has awarded $18.3 million to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to help fund the agency’s ongoing push to modernize the technology underlying the Federal retirement systems that OPM administers. […]
The FBI is far along in the move to the cloud it began about seven years ago, a top FBI IT official said on Nov. 19 at the Red Hat Government Symposium. […]
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House last week would direct the Department of Justice (DoJ) to create a public-facing Federal database that shares information on human trafficking in the United States. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) today announced its new Strategic Approach to Countering Cybercrime. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) said today that it seized two domain names from an unnamed individual working for the state-run RT news organization in Russia, and alleged that the individual and others in Russia were using the domain names to “create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad.” […]
With the 2024 U.S. elections around the corner, a paramount goal at the Department of Justice (DoJ) is to safeguard the integrity of election infrastructure against cybercriminals and foreign adversaries willing to use AI and cyber tools to undermine the elections, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Tuesday. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today that it has charged seven hackers associated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for “malicious” cyberattacks that targeted U.S. government officials, politicians, and companies. […]
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. […]
The head of IT at the Department of Justice (DoJ) today laid out how zero trust must be incorporated into the five strategic pillars of “good IT operations,” including enhancing cybersecurity and elevating the workforce. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) and FBI, along with the U.K. National Crime Agency’s (NCA) Cyber Division and other international law enforcement partners, announced today that they have disrupted the LockBit ransomware group – one of the most active ransomware groups in the world. […]
Lisa Monaco, deputy attorney general at the Justice Department (DoJ), announced last week the launch of Justice AI – a new initiative that aims to understand and prepare for how the emerging technology will affect the criminal justice system. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) announced three investments today totaling over $71 million to help the Department of Justice (DoJ), General Services Administration (GSA), and Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) address security vulnerabilities and deliver better customer experience (CX) to the American public. […]
A group of senators led by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called on the Department of Justice (DoJ) to conduct better oversight of the use of facial recognition technologies across the DoJ and its component agencies. […]
The number two official at the Justice Department (DoJ) warned today that the pending government shutdown is “quite dangerous and quite irresponsible” in terms of the effect it would have on the nation’s ability to defend against cyber threats. […]
A handful of law enforcement agencies across the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DoJ) are utilizing facial recognition technologies without requiring proper staff training to do so, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in its latest report on the technology. […]
The Justice Department (DoJ) said this week that Verizon Business Network Services agreed to pay a fine of $4.09 million to the government after failing to “completely satisfy certain cybersecurity controls in connection with an information technology service provided to federal agencies.” […]
The FBI and the Justice Department (DoJ) said on Aug. 29 that they have successfully disrupted and dismantled the malware and botnet known as Qakbot, which has been responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to individuals and businesses. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Wednesday that it has seized over $1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief funding stolen by criminals since the start of the pandemic, with over $200 million recovered in the past three months. […]
As many government services shift online, the Department of Justice (DoJ) is looking to improve web and mobile applications access for people with disabilities – particularly at the state and local government level – in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). […]
In an effort to act on the initiatives assigned to it in the Biden-Harris administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP), the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today that it is “supercharging” its cybercrime division by merging it with the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). […]
With the Justice Department’s (DOJ) IT operations at the midpoint of executing a three-year IT strategic plan, we asked agency CIO Melinda Rogers a few weeks back for a run-down on progress with the plan so far, some of the advancements still in progress, and how the five pillars of the strategic plan are making a difference for the operations of DOJ and its 40 or so agency components. […]
A bipartisan group of House members has introduced legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) authorities to take more aggressive action in countering illicit drone aircraft activities. […]
Officials from the Justice Department (DoJ) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week rated the chances that of government organizations moving to single identity credentials, and what further steps need to be taken to get there. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is looking to create a new contract opportunity that would help transition the department to an Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle in an effort to advance the department’s IT infrastructure. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the official disruption of a sophisticated Russian spy tool on Tuesday – noting that after 20 years of stealing sensitive documents from hundreds of computer systems in 50 NATO countries, they were able to finally dismantle “Snake.” […]
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco closed out day one of the RSA Conference in San Francisco by detailing the recent shift the Justice Department (DoJ) has taken to prioritize disruption when fighting cybercrime, and in the process to put victims at the center of its efforts. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) today announced a coordinated international effort that successfully shut down the cybercrime marketplace known as Genesis Market, which illegally sold account access credentials and other sensitive information. […]
The Department of Justice (DoJ) chief information officer (CIO) said today that the agency’s component offices have provided “overwhelming” feedback to ZScaler’s zero trust network access (ZTNA). […]
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is responding to a ransomware attack and data breach that has compromised law enforcement sensitive information, a USMS spokesperson told MeriTalk today. […]
The newly created Disruptive Technology Strike Force will be co-led by Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s (DoJ) National Security Division, and Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod of the Commerce Department’s (DoC) Bureau of Industry and Security, the two organizations announced. […]