Cybersecurity
Whole-of-Government Effort Targets Iranian Hackers
An unsealed indictment from the Department of Justice accompanied sanctions and an advisory with international allies warning against government-linked Iranian hackers.
Acquisition
NIST, Google announce chip R&D partnership
The public-private sector collaboration will make industry standard chips available to smaller research entities to encourage semiconductor manufacturing.
Digital Government
White House Looks to Government and Community Data Collaboration to Promote Equity
The public has until Oct. 3 to comment on several questions related to this endeavor.
Digital Government
OMB's 'learning agenda' looks to drive government innovation
The learning agenda, focused on the federal workforce, government service delivery and equity, is meant to spur research across government silos and spark innovation, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Cybersecurity
Biden adds cyber, data, supply chain risks to CFIUS reviews
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will be required to consider five new sets of national security concerns – including cybersecurity – when reviewing foreign investments in the U.S. as part of a new executive order.
Cybersecurity
Social Media’s National Security Implications Draw Lawmaker Scrutiny
Senate Homeland Security Committee members grilled social media executives about their content moderation practices and ties to foreign adversaries.
Digital Government
NASA, FCC Address Growing Issue of Orbital Debris
The agencies are respectively funding research to study this issue and proposing new rules to reduce debris in space.
Digital Government
Digital Divide: Tribal Communities Undercounted, Underserved
Gaps in digital access and poor data quality disproportionately affect already underserved native communities, one expert says.
Emerging Tech
Department of Energy to Fund Biotech Research to Support Clean Energy
The agency announced $178 million in federal funding toward bioenergy studies, with a heavy emphasis on microbial research.
Defense
Defense firms sound inflation alarm as Congress mulls 2023 budget
One trade association says Pentagon would lose $110 billion in buying power.
Acquisition
Protests hit CACI's $5.7B Air Force win
Every other company that bid on the enterprise IT services contract wants at least a second chance at it.
Digital Government
Agencies probe AI's impact on the American workplace
The top official at the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs said that government contractors have an "especially important role to play" in ensuring that automated technology in the workplace doesn't discriminate against qualified job-seekers.
Digital Government
Industry Cautions on Software Security Regs in the Defense Bill
Trade groups want Congress to remove a provision in the House-passed defense policy bill mandating software bills of materials in some federal acquisition.
Cybersecurity
Industry cautions on software security regs in the defense bill
Trade groups want Congress to remove a provision in the House-passed defense policy bill mandating software bills of materials in some federal acquisition.
Exclusive
Digital Government
FAA Launches Data Visualization Dashboard to Better Inform Public About the National Airspace
New interactive ‘Fact Book’ hopes to make the FAA’s collected data on the U.S. aviation sector easier for readers to comprehend.
Breaking News
Cybersecurity
OMB: New Acquisition Rule Coming for Vendors to Vouch for Their Software Security
Agencies are also allowed to accept to-do lists from vendors who need to keep working up to a point where they can self-attest their compliance with NIST guidance.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Ask National Archives to Certify Whether Trump Returned All Presidential Records
A Congressional committee expressed concern that former President Donald Trump may still possess presidential records at non-secure locations.
Cybersecurity
Whistleblower Explains How Twitter Easily Skirted FTC’s Data Security Enforcement
The former public official—and legendary hacker’s—decision to expose what he described as a disastrous security environment at the company has prompted an unlikely alliance in Congress.
Modernization
CHIPS Act is a 'Once in a Generation Investment' to Build Partnerships, Officials Say
Secretaries Blinken and Raimondo detailed the bilateral agreements underway to support U.S. semiconductor leadership.
Digital Government