New bill proposes 'made in China' tags for mobile apps
New bill proposes 'made in China' tags for mobile apps
CXO Briefing
Senate passes debt deal, agency spending freeze bill headed to Biden's desk
Bipartisan leaders pledge to pass fiscal 2024 funding bills to avoid a sequestration next year.
Cybersecurity
Federal vision to streamline cyber incident reporting expected this summer
The Cyber Incident Reporting Council will issue a report to Congress "in the next month or two" with recommendations on ways to achieve harmony across a complex network of federal cyber mandates.
Data
FTC charges Ring over 'disregard' for customer data security
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed stronger security protocols for home video surveillance company Ring after years of mounting concern over data privacy.
Sponsor Content
Everyone means everyone: Okta’s ongoing path to accessibility
A key pillar at Okta is building a world where anyone can safely use any technology.
News
BSA taps former chief acquisition officer as new procurement lead
The Software Alliance, also known as BSA, is taking on a new focus on procurement with Jessica Salmoiraghi, formerly of the General Services Administration.
Emerging Tech
Satellite data could boost border security, disaster response
Homeland Security relies on satellite imagery for its missions—and it wants more.
Ideas
How can Congress regulate AI? Erect guardrails, ensure accountability and address monopolistic power
Is a new federal agency necessary to regulate AI? Maybe.
IT Modernization
DHS faces slow disaster response burdened by legacy systems, officials warn
Officials told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security had severely outdated information technology systems across various components.
Policy
US deploys tech diplomacy to cultivate leadership in emerging fields
The Biden administration’s latest foreign policy pillar prioritizes uniform standards on critical technologies within ally nations.
IT Modernization
Debt ceiling politics could derail plans for modernizing unemployment benefits delivery
The department has a plan to build on modular modernization advances piloted in New Jersey, but provisions in the debt ceiling compromise legislation could claw back funding pledged in the American Rescue Plan Act.
Sponsor Content
Delivering public benefits and services at scale with Okta's integration with Login.gov
Expectations to deliver top CX are beginning to trickle from the commercial digital world into the public sector.
Data
NASA team’s plan to decode UFO sightings hinges on better data
The space agency is convening an independent panel to publish a report later this summer featuring best practices for data collection on unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Emerging Tech
AI and China are ‘defining challenges of our time,’ CISA director says
Artificial intelligence’s potential as an “extinction event” for humanity prompted CISA Director Jen Easterly to advise companies to “think about self-regulation” for product security and safety.
Cybersecurity
Unmonitored networks put US nuclear arsenal at risk, GAO finds
A Government Accountability Office report found that the Energy Department cannot effectively monitor potential insider threats to U.S. nuclear security because department staff “have not identified the total number of DOE’s stand-alone classified networks.”
Emerging Tech
Clean energy advancements hinge on steady funding, Energy official says
Accelerating critical technologies to support a robust clean energy economic sector is a top priority for the agency’s 2024 budget request.
Policy
Agencies launch initiative to better identify minority-owned contractors
The joint effort between the Small Business Administration and the General Services Administration aims to make it easier for federal procurement officials to connect with small, disadvantaged businesses across sectors.
News
Debt limit deal would save feds' paychecks, but freeze agency spending
The agreement also reduces shutdown threats, plus other takeaways for federal employees.
IT Modernization
Budget and tech challenges loom over IRS's direct file pilot
The news of the forthcoming pilot was followed this week by a compromise debt ceiling bill that includes reallocating $20 billion of the funding the IRS got as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
CXO Briefing
Does Congress Need a Chief Data Officer?
A new joint resolution would establish a bipartisan commission to look at what legislators need in terms of data, evidence and professional capacity.
Cybersecurity
DOD Submits Classified Cyber Strategy to Congress
An unclassified fact sheet released by the Pentagon said the new strategy will continue efforts to conduct “hunt forward operations”’ with U.S. allies and “defend forward” activities meant to disrupt threat actors on their own turf.
Cybersecurity