Digital Government
5 Foreign Nationals Tried to Ship U.S. Military Tech to Iran, Per Justice Indictments
The Departments of Justice and Treasury have taken coordinated actions against several foreign nationals for conspiracy to export sensitive military technology.
Digital Government
DHS and South Korea Sign Agreement for Emerging Tech Collaboration
The memorandum of understanding will help the U.S. and Republic of Korea share information and emerging technology to boost their security capabilities for cyber and other threats.
Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Technologies to Underpin Biden Plan for US Bioeconomy
Technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum sensing play a key role in the federal plan for a stronger U.S. biomanufacturing sector.
Defense
DISA wants a new platform to oversee diverse cloud networks
The agency is looking to quickly prototype an on-premise infrastructure to help manage a range of disparate compute environments amid the stand-up of the JWCC cloud contract.
Artificial Intelligence
From ChatGPT-3.5 to ChatGPT-4: A Quantum Leap in Natural Language Processing and Multimodal Capabilities
New features allow the program to accomplish things that no computer ever could before.
Digital Government
OPM Gives Agencies Guidance for a New Program to Rotate Cybersecurity Employees Across Agencies
The guidance seeks to implement the Federal Rotation Cyber Workforce Program created by lawmakers last year as a way to foster new critical skills across government.
People
Public sector work equals high job satisfaction
A new workforce survey reveals what employees love about the public sector, and what’s driving them away.
Digital Government
VA Is Hiring at a Record Rate. Employees Say It's Still Not Enough.
Nearly every VA employee thinks its facility is understaffed, according to a new survey, despite the department's unprecedented hiring spree.
Acquisition
DOD partners with GSA to get sustainable products to agencies
GSA officials entered into an agreement Tuesday to leverage a Defense Department program that assists in the acquisition of sustainable commercial off-the-shelf technologies.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Propose Civilian Cyber Reserve to Bolster DOD and DHS
The bipartisan package of two bills would address the government’s shortage of skilled cyber personnel by allowing DOD and DHS “to recruit qualified civilian cybersecurity personnel to serve in reserve capacities.”
Emerging Tech
Quantum Sensing Has ‘Critical’ Potential for Electrical Grid, Official Says
Quantum information technologies could be applied to the electrical grid for security and sustainability improvements.
Artificial Intelligence
‘Alarming Content’ from AI Chatbots Raises Child Safety Concerns, Senator Says
In a letter to the CEOs of five tech companies, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., criticized using kids and teenagers in the “social experiment” of generative AI testing.
Digital Government
3 Customer Experience Tips for Feds from Feds
Two professional customer experience experts offered advice for other practitioners across the federal ranks this month.
Digital Government
Public Sector Work Equals High Job Satisfaction
A new workforce survey reveals what employees love about the public sector, and what’s driving them away.
Digital Government
Public Trust in Government is Low. A Congressman Wants to Fix That With More White House Transparency.
Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., reintroduced bills regarding visitor logs and preservation of presidential records.
Cybersecurity
Treasury's system tracking federal debt still needs security improvements, GAO says
The watchdog found continued “information system control deficiencies,” despite Treasury’s progress on prior recommendations.
Cybersecurity
Senators Request Cyber Safety Analysis of Chinese-Owned DJI Drones
Lawmakers raised concerns that sensitive data could leak to adversaries through foreign-owned consumer technology.
Digital Government
Treasury's System Tracking Federal Debt Still Needs Security Improvements, GAO Says
The watchdog found continued “information system control deficiencies,” despite Treasury’s progress on prior recommendations.
Digital Government