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In lieu of congressional action, U.S. officials are planning to train and deputize state and local partners to address authority gaps for counter unmanned aircraft systems. The post Counter-drone World Cup plans include deputization of state, local law enforcement appeared first on FedScoop.

A workers union contends more than 200 ED staff could see their RIFs halted under the broad language of Congress’s funding deal. The post RIF’d Education Department civil rights staff looks to shutdown deal for job protection appeared first on FedScoop.

The lawmakers pushed the commission in a letter to “take immediate action” to ensure Americans aren’t footing the bill for the nationwide buildout of data centers. The post Senate Dems to FERC: Prevent ‘unreasonable rate hikes’ from AI data centers appeared first on FedScoop.

Federal officials overseeing implementation of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan need to start with people, not platforms. The post ‘What’s our AI strategy?’ is the wrong question for agency leaders appeared first on FedScoop.

The agency seeks information on how the consortium can fuel “self-improving” models that pull in scientific data from national laboratories and provide access to other partners. The post Energy eyes new data-curation org for science and engineering AI models appeared first on FedScoop.

Instead of lengthy custom builds, agencies are rapidly prototyping new tools and applications, leveraging faster acquisition options like GSA OneGov, and turning on AI features on infrastructures they already own. The post From technology pilots to platforms: How federal agencies are rewiring IT for

The package to end the government shutdown gives the VA $3.4 billion for the EHR rollout — but there’s a catch. The post Senate spending bill ties full VA EHR funding to updated timeline, cost estimates appeared first on FedScoop.

40 congressional Democrats are urging blue-state leaders to block ICE access to a database containing residents’ driver license and registration information. The post Dem governors unwittingly share DMV data with ICE, lawmakers warn appeared first on FedScoop.

Wake-up call: Critical public health data is now at risk, but new strategies can preserve and even improve it. The post Save public health data to save American lives appeared first on FedScoop.

The agency partly blamed the government shutdown, but veterans’ service groups say the technical issue dates back to the summer. The post Issues in VA’s modernization push delay payments for thousands of students appeared first on FedScoop.

Dawn Zimmer has had multiple stints this year as the department’s acting CIO.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the cost and economic impact of proposed legislation and helps forecast federal spending, revenues, deficits and debt.

The cybersecurity agency says it has complied with the court’s order because the firing of 54 people in its Stakeholder Engagement Division was planned beforehand and doesn’t affect unionized employees.

By: Tom Guarente, vice president of external and government affairs, Armis Recently, I was privileged to sit down with a high-ranking member of a key oversight committee who asked me what actions I thought Congress should take to address some of the country’s biggest cybersecurity challenges. I sugg

Ryan Donaghy had served at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency since 2016. It’s not clear if she was voluntarily moved to TSA or was given transfer orders.

The Trump 2.0 cyber strategy is in development, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said, though he did not elaborate on when it would be released.

The cornerstone program for training and placing student talent into government cybersecurity positions has been hobbled by recent federal employment logjams, jeopardizing workforce pipelines and leaving many recruits burdened by debt.

The rapid rise of AI is transforming enterprise applications and infrastructure at incredible speed. It is reshaping the marketplace of tools, software, and hardware, from sovereign clouds to the edge. From a toolchain perspective, the AI ecosystem is exploding. Thousands of offerings are emerging,

Amid the White House’s ongoing push to reduce the federal workforce, “government will be the largest users of agentic technologies of any industry,” predicted one Salesforce exec.

Some of the advanced software tools made available to federal agencies as part of the OneGov initiative are available for a limited time with impending expirations.

Plaintiffs represented by a coalition of advocacy groups have argued that drawing searchable data from other government agencies into a system maintained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “far exceed” that system’s scope.

Democracy Forward is suing four federal agencies in a bid to access official documentation regarding if and how AI has been used in the Trump administration’s policy execution.

A Citrix vulnerability — suspected to have led to firings of multiple FEMA technology staff — enabled the breach, which let hackers pilfer data from FEMA servers connected to states at the southern border.

The government’s personnel agency is taking advantage of the General Services Administration’s OneGov deal with OpenAI.

The agreement will allow government customers to use Meta’s Llama models, which are already publicly available, with the assurance that they meet federal requirements.

The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government

Davies was nominated in May and is scheduled to testify on Thursday.

By Dario Perez, VP Federal Civilian and SLED, Cloudera Artificial intelligence presents a transformative opportunity for government, from enhancing national defense readiness to improving citizen services and enabling data-driven decision-making at scale. However, to move from promising pilots to sc

By: Tony Orlando, GM Specialty Sales, Google Public Sector Government agencies rely on IT providers to provide secure, compliant, and efficient technology to help complete their vital missions. At the same time, cost-savings and productivity are taking center stage. These priorities – lower co

By David Appel, Vice President of U.S. Federal at AWS For more than a decade, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been at the forefront of enabling government agencies and their partners to deploy secure cloud services through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP. This p

By Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4 The federal IT landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. Budget constraints and staffing reductions are pushing agencies to do more with less. For chief information officers (CIOs) and senior policymakers, the challenge is clear: main

By John Evans, Field Chief Technology Officer, State & Local Government, World Wide Technology It was previously assumed that nation-state actors primarily targeted federal agencies or major enterprises for their national secrets or big-ticket data, rather than investing the time, money, and res

By Fadi Fadhil, Field Chief Information Officer at Palo Alto Networks and former CIO for the City of Minneapolis For many years, data retention has been a defensive game. To keep data safe, organizations have needed to protect their systems from outside cybersecurity threats like malware, phishing a

By Dan Coleman, General Manager Federal Civilian at Microsoft Federal agencies are reimagining how they serve citizens and support their workforce by adopting unified digital platforms and AI-powered tools that foster collaboration, streamline workflows, and elevate service delivery. These technolog

By Nicolas Ojeda, Technology Business Management/FinOps lead, REI Systems William Kasenchar, principal, REI Systems As the White House seeks to cut spending and increase efficiency, government leaders should apply FinOps principles to seize the opportunity to optimize cloud service costs. This strat

By Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity at Quantinuum The latest quantum computing advances announced by U.S. tech giants and China accelerate both the potential threat and potential promise of this emerging technology. Now is a good time to make the distinction between the term “securing federal sys

By Brandon Bulldis, Federal Civilian Engineering Director at World Wide Technology From chatbots to call centers, many federal chief artificial intelligence (AI) officers have begun exploring how virtual AI assistants can improve both the employee and citizen experience. When successfully implemente

By Julie McCabe, Territory Account Manager, Panasonic Connect Cybersecurity threats to the United States government from a range of bad actors are escalating. In 2023 alone, the federal government reported more than 32,000 cybersecurity incidents – a five percent increase from the previous year. The

By Matthew Shallbetter, director of Strategy, Federal Civilian, at Armis With the profusion of directives and guidance emanating from government cybersecurity oversight agencies, both houses of Congress are proposing legislation that aims to harmonize cybersecurity regulations across the federal gov

By John Dvorak, chief technology officer, public sector, Red Hat Using AI safely and effectively is an open-ended challenge and government agencies can easily get overwhelmed with trying to develop AI strategies, hire or contract teams of data scientists, onboard chief AI officers and so on. But sta

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued new guidelines for responsible AI deployment, emphasizing transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation.

The Department of Defense announced a new initiative to recruit and retain AI and machine learning talent, offering competitive salaries and professional development opportunities.

Chief Data Officers from across the federal government gathered to discuss emerging trends in AI, machine learning, and data governance at the annual Federal Data Summit.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology released version 2.0 of its AI Risk Management Framework, incorporating feedback from federal agencies and industry stakeholders.

The General Services Administration's AI Center of Excellence is expanding its services to help more agencies implement AI solutions while maintaining security and compliance.

The Office of Management and Budget unveiled a comprehensive implementation plan for the Federal Data Strategy, focusing on AI governance and data quality improvements across agencies.

OMB announced enhanced enforcement mechanisms for the Federal Data Quality Act, requiring agencies to implement more rigorous data validation and quality assurance processes.

The U.S. Census Bureau is testing advanced machine learning techniques to improve the accuracy of population estimates and demographic projections.