Acquisition
Energy teases massive IT services recompete in information request
The department is gathering market research for a recompete of its $10 billion CBOSS blanket purchase agreement contract.
Emerging Tech
Emerging tech is an SBA priority for both internal systems and external assistance
The Small Business Administration is leading the charge to democratize access to emerging technologies — particularly AI — across U.S. companies.
Cybersecurity
CDM policies provide a vital shield against climate-driven cyberattacks, experts say
Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging extreme weather events to launch attacks on critical infrastructure sectors.
Defense
Job 1 for makers of anti-drone defenses: write good software
Pentagon buyers are looking for control systems that are reliable, easy to use, and simple to update.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft enters partnership to build AI for large datasets
The global software giant is offering Synthetiac up to 1 million hours of cloud computing resources to accelerate the development of new tools for searching massive amounts of unstructured data.
Policy
Biden formally announces 5.2% average pay raise for feds in 2024
The annual declaration of a national emergency preventing large automatic raises from taking effect solidifies that 0.5% of the total pay increase figure will go toward an average boost in locality pay.
People
SBA names new chief technology officer
The agency promoted Douglas Robertson to CTO following his work on the Paycheck Protection Program loan effort.
Cybersecurity
FDIC needs to sharpen its cyberthreat sharing with financial institutions, OIG says
Despite recent improvements, a watchdog report claims the agency still has more it can do to make threat-sharing policies more effective.
Cybersecurity
Russian cyber group unleashes new malware campaign on Ukrainian military targets
A new report says a cyber threat actor within Russia’s military intelligence service leveraged a novel malware campaign targeting Android devices used by the Ukrainian military.
Ideas
Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions
COMMENTARY | But nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up.
Ideas
Why chief data officers matter
COMMENTARY: Whether it's unemployment, Mars, borders or food, we need data and leaders to achieve desired outcomes.
Digital Government
Biden administration inches ahead on 'life experiences' projects
The White House shared updates on cross-agency projects designed to improve and streamline government service delivery.
Digital Government
The federal government's most disliked IT help desks
A survey of more than 270,000 federal employees shows DOD at the bottom when it comes to satisfaction with IT support and equipment.
Emerging Tech
Energy continues funding expansion into quantum computing research
As part of the agency’s supercomputing agenda, the Department of Energy selected three winning proposals to receive $24 million for furthering the development of a quantum computing network.
Digital Government
TSA proposes allowing federal acceptance of digital IDs while future requirements are crafted
The coming rulemaking would waive REAL ID Act requirements so that federal agencies can still accept mobile driver's licenses when the law’s implementation starts in 2025.
Digital Government
IRS awards $2B electronic payment system contract
The tax collection agency wants to make it easier to make payments via debit and credit cards, plus make the websites more accessible and user-friendly.
Artificial Intelligence
Schumer summons tech titans for AI meetups
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are among the CEOs slated to take questions from lawmakers in a closed-door forum.
Artificial Intelligence
Library of Congress probes the many collisions of copyright and AI
The Copyright Office has questions about how protections do — or don’t — apply to AI-generated works.
Cybersecurity
Chinese hackers targeted government entities and thwarted recovery efforts, report says
The cybercrime group evaded remediation efforts by installing persistent backdoors and deploying “new and novel malware.”
Cybersecurity