Emerging Tech
FTC names winners in AI voice authentication challenge
Winners came from the private sector and academia as the agency continues its crackdown on AI-generated voice cloning.
Modernization
TMF doles out $47.8 million to NASA, Labor for modernization projects
The fund was zeroed out in the last appropriations round and will expire in 2025 without new legislation.
Acquisition
Google is now authorized to host classified data in the cloud
The security milestone puts Google in a position to compete for classified business at DOD and U.S. intelligence agencies.
Artificial Intelligence
5 agencies join Justice in pledge to protect civil rights against AI-fueled discrimination
The agencies pledged to use their existing enforcement authorities to tackle cases where artificial intelligence may impact Americans’ civil rights.
Acquisition
Wyden bill requires new cyber standards in federal tech procurement
The legislation comes in the wake of several cyber incidents targeting the federal government.
Digital Government
The Labor Department wants Congress to help to fix unemployment insurance tech, delivery
Among the asks: fund the program adequately, the Labor Department says.
Policy
Section 702 renewal has support in Congress, but intelligence officials are leery of warrant measure
The disputed surveillance authority expires April 19, and the intelligence community is sending a full-court press to keep it from garnering significant privacy reforms.
Cybersecurity
Congress tries again for comprehensive data privacy bill
The bill would establish national data privacy standards, with the Federal Trade Commission crafting rules for enforcement.
Artificial Intelligence
Former DHS AI official comments on new extinction-level event study
The study from Gladstone AI warns that the day when such technologies are capable of ending all human life is closer than people think.
Artificial Intelligence
US, EU update shared AI taxonomy, unveil new research alliance
At the conclusion of the sixth meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council, leaders focused on creating uniformity in AI terminology and continuing transatlantic collaboration.
Modernization
NWS says partial circuit failure caused network outage
A six-hour outage took key weather information updates offline for about six hours earlier this week, amid outbreak of severe weather.
People
DHS names a new CISO
Hemant Baidwan will be in charge of securing DHS information technology systems.
Cybersecurity
China-backed operatives used fake social profiles to gauge US political division, Microsoft says
Some of the fake accounts used AI-generated images, and have doubled or tripled their followers since being detected, the company told Nextgov/FCW.
Cybersecurity
Linux backdoor was a long con, possibly with nation-state support, experts say
If the XZ Utils vulnerability hadn’t been caught in time, hackers would have had a “skeleton key to the world,” one analyst told Nextgov/FCW.
Ideas
How to fix the military’s software SNAFU
COMMENTARY | Too many of its apps are built on code riddled with vulnerabilities—and distributed by the Pentagon itself.
Breaking News
People
White House deputy national cyber director to step down next week
Camille Stewart Gloster’s last day will be Tuesday, she told Nextgov/FCW. It’s unknown who will fill the position.
Policy
OPM issues its final rule for Schedule F protections
The federal HR agency finalized its rule offering protections for career civil servants meant to safeguard against the potential reemergence of the Trump-era Schedule F policy.
Artificial Intelligence
US-UK safety pact could shape the future of AI
Two research institutes will collaborate on AI safety tests, among other things.
Exclusive
Acquisition
Senate bill looks to chop through red tape in procurement
The bipartisan legislation aims to both expand access to special acquisition authorities and give new, innovative contractors more opportunities to work with the government.
Defense
‘Military force’ could be directed to protect private sector orbital assets, DOD strategy says
The Pentagon’s first-ever commercial space integration strategy said the department would take steps to “mitigate risks to commercial space actors.”
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