- + GSA’s latest 10x projects have notable AI bent—Artificial intelligence played an outsized role in the latest round of submissions to the General Services Administration’s 10x technology investment ...
- + HHS IT draft strategy aims to connect health data with systems—The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking comments on a draft federal health IT strategic plan. HHS’s Office of the National Coordin...
- + White House unveils AI governance policy focused on risks, transparency—The White House released its much-anticipated artificial intelligence governance policy Thursday, establishing a roadmap for federal agencies’ managem...
- + NTIA calls for independent audits of AI systems in new accountability report—The National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Wednesday called for independent audits of high-risk artificial intelligence systems...
- + Treasury report calls out cyber risks to financial sector fueled by AI—The post Treasury report calls out cyber risks to financial sector fueled by AI appeared first on FedScoop . [Category: AI, Cyber, Artificial Intel...
- + Peaceful protests, lawful assembly can’t be sole reason for DOJ facial recognition use under interim policy—Activities protected under the First Amendment, such as peaceful protests and lawful assembly, “may not be the sole basis for the use of” facial recog...
- + MITRE launches lab to test federal government AI risks—Public interest nonprofit corporation MITRE opened a new facility dedicated to testing government uses of artificial intelligence for potential risks ...
- + Eight trends that are redefining government at ‘warp speed’—Government leaders today find themselves grappling with an epochal technological upheaval. As artificial intelligence unfurls its wings, a fervent dia...
- + Congressional offices experimenting with generative AI, though widespread adoption appears limited—As generative artificial intelligence tools have made their way into public use, a few offices on Capitol Hill have also begun to experiment with them...
- + GSA announces new Presidential Innovation Fellows focused broadly on tech, with a second AI cohort coming later in 2024—The General Services Administration announced Monday that for the first time, the Presidential Innovation Fellows program will feature two cadres in 2...
- + Watchdog report ties veteran death to scheduling error in VA’s new electronic health record system—A scheduling error within the Department of Veterans Affairs modernized electronic health record system played a role in the 2022 death of a veteran i...
- + Rep. Scott Franklin eyeing public-private partnerships as his House AI task force work kicks into gear—Proposed applications of artificial intelligence considered by Congress have included everything from cybersecurity uses to streamlining processes. Fo...
- + NTIA’s spectrum IT modernization plans have several gaps, GAO reports—As the National Telecommunications and Information Administration embarks on an ambitious project to modernize the systems it uses to manage spectrum,...
- + As TSA PreCheck enrollments surge, data shows complaints have followed—Complaints about the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck program, the popular expedited passenger screening system, have more than tripl...
- + Fiscal 2024 spending package would rescind $100 million from TMF—A second appropriations package to fund the government for fiscal year 2024 released Thursday would rescind $100 million from the Technology Moderniza...
- + Bipartisan House bill seeks labeling and disclosures for AI deepfakes—As nearly half the world’s population heads to the polls this year amid the proliferation of AI-generated audio and visual content intended to trick t...
- + UN passes first standalone AI resolution—The United Nations on Thursday passed a standalone artificial intelligence resolution that aims to encourage the protection of personal data while str...
- + Congressional Research Service looking at AI for bill summaries—The Congressional Research Service is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to summarize legislation, which could potentially alleviate some of...
- + Transportation Department to examine consumer privacy issues with big airlines—Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday that the agency is launching a privacy review of the country’s top airlines. Air...
- + Senate bill would require platforms to get consumer consent before their data is used on AI-model training—Online platforms would need to get consent from consumers before using their data to train AI models under new legislation from a pair of Senate Dem...
- + How automation and AI are streamlining traditional government IT modernization—Federal agencies are undertaking the “largest wholesale modernization in government history.” At the same time, says a former government IT leader in...
- + AI transparency creates ‘big cultural challenge’ for parts of DHS, AI chief says—As the Department of Homeland Security ventures deeper into the adoption of artificial intelligence — while doing so in a transparent, responsible way...
- + IRS needs to move quicker on its IT modernization planning, GAO says—The Internal Revenue Service needs to pick up the pace on finalizing its IT modernization plans or risk falling short of the transformational potentia...
- + The tech behind the nationwide charging network is top of mind for this Biden official —To accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, the Biden administration is racing to build a network of EV chargers across the United States. These ...
- + OSTP announces strategy for microelectronics research, outlines plan for enhanced workforce—The success of the Biden administration’s national strategy for microelectronics research and the existing CHIPS and Science Act is heavily dependent ...
- + Department of Homeland Security lays out AI plans in new roadmap—The Department of Homeland Security on Monday released its first-ever artificial intelligence roadmap , which is meant to spell out the agency’s curr...
- + NSF, NIST appropriations cuts met with disappointment as Biden seeks increases—The National Science Foundation and the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology saw cuts in appropriations recently pa...
- + Nuclear Regulatory Commission has AI integration in mind with new budget request—The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s artificial intelligence plans came into greater focus this week with a roughly $4.43 million request for AI-relate...
- + Tech issues are part of the problem — and solution — for FOIA backlog, GAO finds—The ever-increasing backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests for federal agencies is due in part to technological issues facing the workers char...
- + U.S. is leading the way in R&D, but tech workforce development is still a concern for federal officials—The United States recently reached a record high for research and development spending and leads all other countries in such expenditures, but that ha...
- + With generative AI, GSA encouraged its workforce to ‘explore this space’—When generative AI tools exploded into the public consciousness, technology leaders at the General Services Administration made the decision to let ag...
- + NSF CIO on generative AI: ‘It takes a lifetime to build a reputation; it takes a moment to lose it’—Like many agencies across the federal government , the National Science Foundation is taking a measured and risk-based approach to the adoption of ge...
- + NASA investigating 2023 theft of astronaut training devices—Months after the discovery that several iPads used for training astronaut crews had been stolen, NASA is still investigating the incident amid ongoing...
- + House lawmakers consider legislative options to combat generative AI sexual exploitative content—House lawmakers across the aisle agreed during a Tuesday hearing on the need for a legislative framework for artificial intelligence-generated content...
- + CISA, OMB release secure software development attestation form—Makers of software used by the federal government will now be required to affirm that their products are manufactured with secure development practice...
- + From research to talent: Five AI takeaways from Biden’s budget—President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget announced Monday seeks billions in funding to support the administration’s artificial intelligence work,...
- + White House wants $75M for Technology Modernization Fund in fiscal 2025 — down from $200M in 2024 request—After years of seeing Congress walk back budget requests for the Technology Modernization Fund during the annual appropriations process, the Biden adm...
- + Biden administration requests $3B for federal AI application development, procurement and integration in 2025 budget—The Biden administration’s budget request for fiscal 2025, released Monday, looks to provide up to $3 billion for federal agencies’ use of artificial ...
- + Civil rights commissioner slams DOJ, HUD absence at facial recognition briefing—The Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development allegedly declined to testify at a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights brief...
- + With worries about ‘epidemic of loneliness,’ Rep. Ami Bera shares hope for House AI Task Force—Loneliness isn’t an issue frequently brought up during Capitol Hill discussions around the development and adoption of artificial intelligence technol...
- + Bicameral bill seeks cyber upgrades for USDA’s SNAP food benefit cards—The Department of Agriculture would be tasked with making cybersecurity upgrades to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under new bipartisan...
- + CBP leaning into biometrics on controversial app, raising concerns from immigrant rights advocates—U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to expand the use of biometrics through its CBP One app, a platform created by the agency to help process peo...
- + Bipartisan bill would mandate disclosure of ‘substantial’ AI use in political ads—Political advertisements containing AI-generated images, audio or video would need to include a statement disclosing the use of that content under a n...
- + Bipartisan bill would codify federal standards for agency AI use—House Democrats and Republicans have teamed up on new legislation that would set standards for federal agency use of artificial intelligence and requi...
- + Federal Highway Administration wants feedback on proposal to use cyber tool—The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is seeking public comments on its proposal to allow transportation authorities to ...
- + Biden administration working on ‘enhancing’ AI use case reporting, Martorana says—The Biden administration’s efforts to improve reporting of artificial intelligence use case inventories include efforts to make them more searchable, ...
- + Election integrity and ‘digital liberty’ are top of mind for House AI task force member Kat Cammack—As one of the younger members of this Congress, Rep. Kat Cammack grew up in both the analog and digital eras, a fact that has led her to jokingly refe...
- + Export-Import Bank taking open-minded approach on the use of generative AI tools—The Export-Import Bank of the United States is among the agencies opting for a more permissive approach to generative AI tools, providing employees th...
- + GSA working on corrective action plan following OIG report on ‘noncompliant’ video-conferencing camera purchase—Following scrutiny from both an agency watchdog and Congress for its purchases of Chinese-made video-conference cameras that were susceptible to secur...
- + Senate bill calls on NIST to boost work on emerging tech standards—A newly introduced bipartisan Senate bill seeks to improve U.S. participation in international standards-setting bodies for emerging technologies by c...
- + Federal leaders on accelerating the mission with AI and security—Artificial intelligence holds tremendous potential to help federal agencies augment security and workforce capacity to improve mission outcomes. In a ...
- + DOE seeks information on AI uses for climate change mitigation, grid resilience—The Department of Energy is seeking information on a variety of artificial intelligence-related topics regarding the White House’s AI executive order,...
- + FBI, DHS lack information-sharing strategies for domestic extremist threats online, GAO says—The FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s information-sharing efforts on domestic extremist threats with social media and gaming companies lack an...
- + AI advisory committee wants law enforcement agencies to rethink use case inventory exclusions—There’s little debate that facial recognition and automated license plate readers are forms of artificial intelligence used by police. So the omission...
- + US, partner countries preach open, secure and resilient principles for 6G systems—The U.S. and nearly a dozen other countries are calling on other governments and organizations to support and uphold shared principles concerning open...
- + How cloud modernization transformed OPM cybersecurity operations—Few organizations in the world provide human resource services at the scale of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM oversees personnel m...
- + FAA shares new commercial space hiring strategy—The Federal Aviation Administration is deploying a new hiring strategy to assist the agency in its oversight of the commercial space industry, a spoke...
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