The Federal government has a large portfolio of real estate. Managing the lifecycle of that portfolio, from architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) to operations, has historically occurred in silos. New approaches, however, can connect project teams, reduce costs, and improve environmental sustainability. […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its annual intelligence community (IC) threat assessment on Monday, revealing that China, Russia, and Iran are capable of disrupting the U.S. 2024 election cycle. […]
With the House AI Task Force set to hold its first meeting today on Capitol Hill, Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. – one of the 24 members on the task force – laid out his top three goals for pursuing legislation that impacts the technology. […]
The Biden-Harris administration on March 11 submitted to Congress its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request of $849.8 billion for the Defense Department (DoD), with integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building upon the military’s enduring advantages as top-line items. […]
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. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) for zero trust networks outlining detailed information on curtailing adversarial lateral movements to access sensitive data in critical systems. […]
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 Federal government must invest in the emerging generation of cybersecurity and technology leaders to ensure the United States is prepared to participate in the changing digital landscape, a leading Federal security official and educator said this week. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Tifani O’Brien, vice president and AI/machine learning accelerator lead at Leidos, to discuss how agencies can overcome barriers and build trust in AI to reap the benefits the technology can deliver. […]
Congress’s failure to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget has hindered the Department of Defense’s (DoD) mission in national defense and global security, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told reporters today during a live Pentagon press briefing. […]
The Pentagon’s UFO office emphasized — once again — that it has found no evidence of alien technology. […]
President Joe Biden released his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2025 today, allocating $13 billion in cybersecurity funding across the Federal government. This request includes an additional $103 million for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The March 11 document for FY2025 comes as Congress continues to work to pass spending bills for […]
President Biden is proposing a 2 percent pay raise for Federal civilian employees in his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget released on Monday, marking a significant decrease from last year’s 5.2 percent pay raise. […]
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 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) unveiled its 2024-2026 Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Strategy for the Intelligence Community (IC) last week, laying the path to modernize its approach to collecting, creating, and delivering OSINT. […]
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. […]
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State and local governments are using more devices, applications, and tools than ever before – increasing their cybersecurity complexity. And with limited resources, many IT teams are unable to create a comprehensive view of their security posture as threats evolve in sophistication. In this episode of MeriTalking, MeriTalk’s John Curran sits down with Peter Romness, […]
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 Senate on March 7 confirmed the nomination of Cathy Ann Harris as chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). The nomination cleared the Senate on a 51-48 vote. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) delivered its first investment strategy today highlighting the Pentagon’s initial technology priorities for public sector investment in fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]
As the Department of the Navy looks to enable better and faster decisions for warfighters, Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jane Rathbun said the service branch is infusing AI at the edge to improve decision-making. […]
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. […]
The U.S. Army is seeking insight from industry on mobile weapons platforms that can counter unmanned aerial systems, according to a request for information (RFI) posted to SAM.gov. […]
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. […]
Federal government networks are under more pressure than ever before, and technology officials are making clear that now is the time for network modernization. […]
Members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on both sides of the aisle had nothing but good things to say about two major pieces of Fed-tech legislation today – one to reform the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) and another to codify Federal governance of agency AI systems – during a full committee markup session today. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has officially approved zero trust implementation plans from all 41 of its components as it inches closer to its goal of implementing a zero trust architecture across the entire department by 2027. […]
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 […]