The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on April 10 that it has dismantled a global phishing operation while working with Indonesian authorities in what officials described as a first-of-its-kind joint cyber investigation. […]
With artificial intelligence (AI) use accelerating across government, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging federal agencies to share their experiences with the technology to inform future AI procurements. […]
With roughly a year left on many of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) initial OneGov agreements, GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch said Tuesday that the agency is working to turn those short-term deals into longer-term, scalable programs. […]
The Department of Education finalized a policy on Monday that prioritizes artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in discretionary grant competitions, following feedback from more than 300 public comments on the proposal first issued last year. […]
The U.S. Space Force selected 14 vendors to compete for task orders under a 10-year, $1.84 billion contract vehicle to develop space monitoring satellites and services, the service announced Wednesday. […]
Federal finance leaders estimate they lose an average of 35 percent of their work time to outdated financial management systems, driven by manual reporting, spreadsheet version control, repetitive data entry, and error resolution. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Monday that it officially restarted deployments of its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program, with the Federal EHR system going live at four Michigan facilities on April 11. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced on Monday that it is now hiring information cybersecurity specialists through the US Tech Force. […]
A federal appeals court last week vacated a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive data systems at the Social Security Administration (SSA), clearing the way for broader data access. […]
A new online portal operated by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will streamline reviews of spectrum requests made by commercial space launch providers. […]
The Defense Department’s (DOD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) announced several personnel changes via LinkedIn over the weekend. It said the moves would support efforts to modernize defense information systems and broader priorities across the DOD, which has been rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration. […]
The performance gap between United States and Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models has “effectively closed,” even as the United States maintains a strong lead in data center infrastructure and investment, according to a new report released April 13 by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. […]
Anthropic on Tuesday announced plans to limit the release of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Claude Mythos Preview, to a select group of technology companies, citing concerns about potential damage from a wider public rollout. […]
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is pledging $135 million to further develop and commercialize fusion technologies, the largest investment in fusion technology in the agency’s history. […]
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a request by Anthropic to pause the Defense Department’s (DOD) designation of the company as a supply chain risk. […]
A new data tool from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service estimates that the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce cost nearly $71 billion in economic damage, including about $4.5 billion tied to the administration’s deferred resignation program. […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the first phase of a new digital health ecosystem on Thursday, including a Medicare App Library and patient-facing tools to replace paper-based processes with digital services. […]
The Treasury Department said Thursday that it will share cyber threat information with digital asset firms through a new initiative to strengthen cybersecurity across the digital asset industry. […]
Quantum computing’s promise may still sound futuristic in many corners of government, but for Eddy Zervigon, the more urgent reality is what it means for the cryptography that underpins government and enterprise networks. […]
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is pressing President Donald Trump to embed worker protections into upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) policy and procurement decisions, citing risks to labor rights and workforce stability as AI adoption accelerates. […]
The Pentagon’s innovation arm is seeking industry proposals through April 15 for a modular capability aimed at improving situational awareness for aircrews operating in contested environments. The effort targets a key gap in airborne mission systems: the absence of a real-time, unified picture of the battlespace. Without it, crews must rely on outdated systems, which reduces aircraft survivability and crews’ ability to adapt quickly during complex missions. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Wednesday that it has replaced a legacy Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL)-based payroll system with a secure, cloud-based platform. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is planning the next iteration of its massive SmartPay charge card program, which supports roughly 4.2 million federal cardholders and nearly $40 billion in annual spending. […]
The United States Space Force has tapped Lt. Col. Gregory Moran to serve as acting director for the service’s Data, AI, and Software Directorate, a spokesperson for the department told MeriTalk today. […]
The FBI has disrupted the U.S. portion of a network of routers compromised by Russian military intelligence in cyber operations used to steal government, military, and critical infrastructure information, U.S. officials said on April 7. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Travis Rosiek, public sector chief technology officer at Rubrik, to discuss how cyber preparedness is changing for FSIs supporting government missions and why resilient backup and recovery capabilities are now essential to mission continuity. […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates across government, federal and industry cybersecurity leaders said on Wednesday that agencies need to stay focused on mission outcomes rather than deploying the technology for its own sake. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new research network aimed at testing and advancing agricultural technologies – including those employing artificial intelligence (AI) – under real-world farming conditions. […]
President Donald Trump has requested a record $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027, and a closer look shows how funding would be allocated across cyber, artificial intelligence (AI), missile defense, and drone efforts. […]
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to support both its healthcare and cybersecurity operations, including integrating AI-powered transcription into patient care as it rolls out a new electronic health record (EHR) system. […]