In its first-ever departmentwide Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan released this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted eight strategic priority research areas that DHS will foster over the next seven fiscal years – including AI and cybersecurity. […]

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the ranking member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, is criticizing the Small Business Administration (SBA) for investing in artificial intelligence while the agency is struggling with basic IT security. […]

The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced four new hires that will lead efforts to accelerate the Pentagon’s adoption and use of data, analytics, and AI technologies. […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is piloting several artificial intelligence tools to help reduce the administrative burden and burnout among its employees and physicians, all while providing a better experience for the veteran. […]

A new bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate seeks to boost education on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum science across the nation by authorizing the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award scholarships for higher education students. […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies advance, the applications of AI in Federal agencies are growing as well, expanding beyond pilots to real-world use cases that are heightening operational impact for a variety of Federal missions. […]

The U.S. government is continuing to invest in the advancement and implementation of critical and emerging technologies – such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum sciences – because they are key to both enabling economic prosperity and defending national security.   […]

The chair of a key Senate committee expressed support this week for the Biden administration’s proposal to increase Federal funding to advance artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and other emerging technologies, along with boosting support for the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of Science. […]

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) this week announced the launch of a new cybersecurity effort that will invest more than $50 million to create autonomous tools for IT teams to better defend hospital environments. […]

A key House member on AI issues said Thursday that the Senate’s recently released AI roadmap aligns closely with the work that lawmakers are doing on the issue in the House. […]

The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 43-3 on Wednesday to approve a bill that looks to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting U.S. artificial intelligence systems and other emerging technologies. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is making strides in advancing the three pillars of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA), with Administrator Robin Carnahan saying this week that doubling down on efforts to recruit AI talent into the Federal government is “paying off.” […]

At today’s Workday Federal Forum in Washington, D.C., Federal and industry artificial intelligence (AI) experts discussed how government agencies are navigating the “double-edged sword” that is AI. […]

The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is looking into using AI technologies to reduce the time necessary to review and assess authorization packages. […]

The challenge with artificial intelligence (AI) is not a lack of capabilities but providing valuable AI-enabled easy-to-use capabilities to the warfighter, according to an official at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). […]

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo released a strategic vision for the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) today, outlining the steps that the AISI plans to take to advance the science of AI safety and facilitate safe and responsible AI innovation. […]

The Department of Labor (DoL) today released a set of principles that provide employers with guidance for implementing AI technologies in ways that enhance job quality and protect workers rights. […]

With the 2024 U.S. elections just six months away, top Federal intelligence and security officials warned lawmakers that America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming elections by harnessing the latest innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. […]

The Senate Rules Committee passed three bills today aimed at protecting the nation’s upcoming Federal elections from artificial intelligence’s possible negative impact – including through deepfakes of candidates. […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers today in unveiling a long-awaited roadmap for AI policy in the Senate. […]

Nearly three years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) embarked on its official journey towards zero trust architecture (ZTA), helped by a $29.8 million Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) award. GSA’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bo Berlas – who is spearheading the agency’s ZTA journey with the CIO shop – told MeriTalk in an exclusive interview that the Federal procurement agency has notched significant progress for ZTA in its initial three areas of focus: users; devices; and networks. […]

NASA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) David Salvagnini will now also serve as the space agency’s first Chief AI Officer (CAIO), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. […]

The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that her team has plans to unveil its own international cyber strategy on the heels of the State Department’s release of its International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy during the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. […]

New research from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) that tracks progress of Federal government agencies in their adoption of artificial intelligence technologies is finding that successful AI project completion timelines are narrowing, and that future demand for AI projects appears to be building around chat and coding-related functions. […]

A panel of cyber experts expressed their support this week for the most recent congressional effort to create national data privacy standards, but also voiced some criticisms of draft legislation released last month to push those proposed standards forward. […]

A top Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said on Tuesday that the emergence of AI technology is helping to bring data security “to new heights” in the Federal government. […]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday evening unveiled the Biden administration’s new international cybersecurity strategy, which focuses on building out digital solidarity with global partners to protect against adversaries like China. […]

As National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan looks to the future of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot, he wants to ensure that a lack of resources doesn’t become a roadblock to AI innovation. […]

Department of Transportation (DoT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg always says that safety is the DoT’s “North Star.” According to the department’s top cyber and IT official, safety is no longer possible without cybersecurity. […]

As the Federal government looks to upskill its technology developer workforce to take advantage of new AI capabilities, government officials on Wednesday explained a lot of that work comes down to simply “translating” technical skills they already know and applying them to AI. […]