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. […]

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Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, has introduced legislation that aims to create more transparency into work being done by the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) organization, which is in charge of implementing modernized technologies across the Federal government. […]

Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said today he’s hopeful that Congress will work together in a bipartisan way to approve between five and 10 meaningful AI-related bills this year, leveraging a proposed House AI working group to help get that job done. […]

Senate Finance Committee leadership released a bipartisan framework of legislation on Feb. 8 that would make key improvements to the nation’s unemployment insurance (UI) system, including the implementation of new technology. […]

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The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Feb. 6 voted to approve the Government Service Delivery Improvement Act, which aims to improve customer experience and accountability across the Federal government in part by creating a new senior management position at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) devoted to improving customer experience. […]

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The race to develop regulations for artificial intelligence technologies is on, and members of the House of Representatives are hoping to set up their own AI working group this month to help craft comprehensive regulations. […]

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today approved two bills related to cybersecurity and software – the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Competition Act and the Source Code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology (SHARE IT) Act. […]

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Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Mike Braun, R-Ind., introduced bipartisan legislation this week to broaden the scope of the President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition. […]

IRS, taxes, tax season,

A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced legislation that would require the IRS to implement barcode technology to speed up the agency’s tax filing process while saving money for the agency. […]

New legislation introduced last week by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Gary Peters, D-Mich., would require agencies to share custom-developed source code with each other in an effort to reduce duplicative software contracts across the Federal government. […]

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Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa., introduced legislation late last week that looks to streamline contract requirements across the Federal government. […]

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Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., have introduced new legislation that aims to make artificial intelligence models more transparent by requiring the creators of these models to make certain information publicly available to consumers. […]

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The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Dec. 13 voted unanimously to approve legislation that aims to speed up processing times for obtaining U.S. passports through a variety of actions including the application of commercially available technology. […]

Half a dozen Democratic senators introduced legislation on Dec. 12 that would require all Federal agencies that use AI technology to create an office of civil rights to manage concerns about the possibility of AI biases that could lead to discrimination. […]

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The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on Nov. 29 unanimously voted to approve legislation to reauthorize the 2018 National Quantum Initiative Act, which will enable  Federal agencies to continue ongoing research into quantum computing technology. […]

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has reintroduced three pieces of legislation focused on strengthening data privacy protections for Americans’ personal information, and tasking the Federal government with research work to improve online data privacy for consumers. […]

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A bipartisan pair of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would prohibit the Federal government from using blockchain technology developed in China or other nations deemed adversarial to the U.S. out of concern that the foreign-made technology could be used to access U.S. national security intelligence. […]

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) approved the Improving Government Services Act today by a vote of 10-1, with only Ranking Member Rand Paul, R-Ky., voting against the measure. The bill now heads to the Senate for further consideration. […]

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

A bipartisan group of House members has introduced the Government Service Delivery Improvement Act, which aims to improve customer experience and accountability across the Federal government in part by creating a new senior management position at the Office of Management and Budget devoted to improving customer experience. […]

A bipartisan pair of House members has introduced legislation to reform the Federal government’s security classification system to prevent the over-classification of documents and avoid possible mishandling of information. […]

With the 2024 elections right around the corner, senators warned about issues arising from the use of unregulated AI technology, and said  they will aim to approve legislation creating AI “guardrails” on election security by the end of this year. […]

Cybersecurity

Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., introduced new legislation this week that looks to strengthen U.S. defenses against potential cyberattacks by calling on the secretary of Homeland Security to establish a National Risk Management Cycle. […]

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., introduced new legislation this week that aims to prevent government shutdowns and the burdens they cause for Federal employees, government contractors, and Americans who rely on government services. […]

AI

House lawmakers last week took a small step toward building an AI regulatory framework by unanimously advancing a bill out of committee that asks the government to study AI accountability and report back in 2025. […]

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