Digital Government
DDS Security Clearance Tool Evolves into ‘SITH’ Insider Threat Program
The Defense Digital Service’s automated investigations tool turns to the dark side of insider threat hunting and gets rebranded to match.
Cybersecurity
Agencies Warn of Ongoing Cyber Threats to Water Treatment Facilities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other agencies issued a joint advisory about mitigating ransomware threats.
Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
This series examines the impacts of AI across government, from R&D spending to mission delivery.
Modernization
Army Gets Strategic About Going Digital
Policy reforms and technology boosts are in the pipeline, military leaders confirmed.
Digital Government
Federal Data Officers Council Seeks Input on Mission, Focus Areas
This request “signals a maturation of the [chief data officer] position,” said a data expert.
Modernization
Navy Eyes a Future Where IT Services Are Common—and Not Duplicated
Officials will first focus on core IT capabilities and expand as use cases demand.
Digital Government
Senator Questions TikTok, FBI and DHS Over Spread of Extremist Content
The requests are part of ongoing investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Digital Government
GSA Needs Users to Test SAM.gov Ahead of DUNS Transition
Unique Entity IDs are being issued now and the General Services Administration team wants help testing the system that assigns and manages the new identifier.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon’s Top Science Official Adds to Tech-Breakthrough Wishlist
Heidi Shyu, research and development undersecretary, said she went looking for tech areas to trim—and found that some vital ones had been overlooked.
Artificial Intelligence
The Air Force’s First Software Chief Stepped Down—But He Won’t Be Quiet
Nicolas Chaillan briefed Nextgov on his government exit, what’s to come, and why he believes the U.S. should ban TikTok.
Cybersecurity
OMB Gives Agencies Three Months to Help CISA Monitor Networked Devices
The memo adds heft to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s longstanding push for more visibility into federal networks.
Cybersecurity
Biden Signs School Cybersecurity Bill
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will study the cyber risks facing elementary and secondary schools and develop recommendations to assist schools in facing those risks.
Emerging Tech
White House Wants to Know How Biometrics Like Facial Recognition Are Being Used
A request for comments is polling governments and the private sector on the full breadth of uses, whether it’s IDing faces or predicting malintent.
Digital Government
CIA Creates China Center To Shift To Great Power Competition
“It’s taking the top slot from the counterterrorism mission over the past 20 years,” said John Doyon, executive vice president of INSA.
Digital Government
OPM’s Telework Initiatives Dovetail with Climate Change Planning
The agency announced a program to connect leaders from the private and nonprofit sectors with federal agencies to address climate change.
Cybersecurity
CISA Finalizes Guidance for Securing Federal Networks for Remote Users
The latest guidance is the third of four use cases to be released as part of the Trusted Internet Connection 3.0 initiative.
Digital Government
Bill Would Create Supply Chain Crisis Office Within Commerce Department
The bill also authorizes tens of billions in grants to support domestic manufacturing.
Cybersecurity
Federal CISO Considers Including Technology Modernization in Cybersecurity Metrics
Chris De Rusha is also thinking about how to use the Technology Modernization Fund to create a new shared services program for zero-trust implementation.
Digital Government
VA Officials and Lawmakers Have (Different) Issues With Push to Collect More Veteran Data
Republicans worried collection of religious, sexual and gender information would violate veterans’ privacy; agency officials said they already collect that data.
Digital Government