Ideas
Why AI localization makes sense
COMMENTARY | Localization supports faster response times and more intelligent interactions between users and systems.
Exclusive
People
Ex-NSA innovation chief’s new startup looks to future-proof federal agencies against cyberthreats
Kevin Keaton’s Eyris would fuse blockchain technologies into advanced security solutions to defend federal agencies, the Pentagon and others against cyber threats.
Acquisition
Biden budget cuts funding for health record refresh amid ongoing program 'reset'
VA’s proposed FY25 budget includes zero funding for future deployments of its new electronic health record system and allocates no additional funds for assessing rollouts at other sites.
Digital Government
IRS touts launch of Direct File pilot
The pilot, which allows eligible taxpayers to file directly with the IRS for free, marks a new free option from the IRS, which has for decades relied on private companies to field free options for Americans.
Artificial Intelligence
Hickenlooper engages experts to develop AI safety legislation
Industry experts and other stakeholders are among entities who received a questionnaire from the Colorado Democrat that aims to inform the development of AI safety auditing policy.
Digital Government
US, EU recommend protections for human rights defenders online
The U.S. State Department and the European Union released an approach for protecting human rights defenders from online attacks.
Ideas
Checking in on digital government in China
COMMENTARY | Steve Kelman writes that an online system for registering complaints and comments about government services has its roots in China's imperial past.
Ideas
The new March Madness
COMMENTARY | The 2024 budget has yet to pass halfway through the fiscal year.
Cybersecurity
China, Russia and Iran capable of disrupting 2024 elections, intel assessment warns
Three nations have the means of deploying campaigns attempting to scramble election outcomes in November, according to the intelligence community’s annual worldwide threat assessment.
Artificial Intelligence
Civil Rights commission digs into government use of facial recognition
The tech poses “serious threats to our fundamental rights,” the chair of the commission said during a Friday briefing.
Policy
Biden's $1.67 trillion budget boosts tech, AI
The Biden administration’s FY2025 budget request provides agencies with $3 billion “to responsibly develop, test, procure and integrate transformative AI applications across the federal government.”
Cybersecurity
CISA targeted through Ivanti VPN vulnerabilities, reports say
The DHS agency has been issuing warnings about Ivanti products since at least 2020.
Artificial Intelligence
How to prompt better responses from private, federal ChatGPTs
Problems with mini-GPTs often come down to poor prompt engineering when they were originally created.
Defense
Can IT restore Congress’ trust in the Pentagon?
The Defense Department needs a better way to share budget data, a new report urges.
Modernization
Chicago phase of VA's health record software deployment is live amid larger program 'reset'
The rollout of Oracle Cerner EHR software at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center is DOD’s final deployment of the new system and a critical test for the future of VA’s modernization efforts.
Emerging Tech
House Science chairman looks to pass quantum bill
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., highlighted the importance of National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act passage and steady funding for federal research agencies.
People
Exit interview: Mitch Herckis
In an exclusive interview, the former branch director for federal cybersecurity in the White House Office of the Federal CIO, discussed challenges, White House cyber priorities and his office’s efforts to integrate zero trust into the federal government.
Ideas
Slowing fraud requires executive order on digital theft
COMMENTARY | It’s well past time the public sector builds a digital identity ecosystem that works for everyone.
Emerging Tech
Biden calls for ban of AI voice impersonations in State of the Union address
The President became the subject of an AI-generated robocalling scam in January.
Cybersecurity