Alka Bhave, a 4×24 member, has joined Fearless as president of its new digital division, which is responsible for software development. She is expected to collaborate with the company’s guides unit on addressing clients’ barriers to digital transformation. Fearless CEO Delali Dzirasa said Bhave’s experience working with the government and on human-centered innovation will support […]
Ben Winters, head of the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Project, has raised concerns about the potential use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in policymaking by the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In an email to FedScoop, he criticized ChatGPT for generating factually inaccurate content and questioned the appropriateness […]
Guy Cavallo, the Office of Personnel Management’s chief information officer, explained that his organization’s new information technology strategy is intended to reconcile its development pace and legacy technology debt. Released in May, OPM’s IT plan for fiscal years 2023 to 2026 is the first to be released since 2014. According to the plan, OPM’s legacy […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s AFWERX directorate and NASA have expanded an ongoing partnership to develop advanced air mobility technology. AFWERX invests in small businesses developing capabilities potentially useful to the Air Force. NASA began collaborating with the directorate in 2020 to access electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and other resources. AFWERX Prime […]
Not-for-profit organization Mitre has released an extension for its open-source Caldera platform to enable automated exercises replicating threats to operational technology, which are hardware and software that detect or change industrial equipment and processes through monitoring and control. Caldera is an adversary emulation platform built on Mitre Att&ck and is aimed at supporting cybersecurity personnel […]
The Space Development Agency is preparing an on-orbit demonstration of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture satellites carrying radio and optical communications payloads. The spacecraft make up the Transport Layer, which will work to facilitate satellite-to-satellite data transport and connectivity with military systems. The Transport Layer satellites will comprise the space portion of Link 16, an […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is calling for an organizational mindset change to fight wars with near-peer adversaries such as China and Russia. Kendall, a speaker at a past Potomac Officers Club event and 2023 Wash100 awardee, said in a livestreamed conversation with Air Force Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne Bass that the service will need […]
Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, the head of Space Systems Command, told reporters in late August that the in-development Silentbarker constellation is expected to maintain “100 percent custody” of Chinese and Russian satellites in geosynchronous orbit regardless of weather conditions. Silentbarker will work to provide space domain awareness, increasing the ability of the United States to […]
Carahsoft Technology, Forescout Technologies and stackArmor are partnering with Google Public Sector to conduct an authority-to-operate pilot program aimed at facilitating government access to independent software vendor products. Forescout, an ISV, aims to make its Cloud software-as-a-service cybersecurity platform available to the public sector through the pilot program. Built on Google Cloud, the company’s offering […]
President Joe Biden has approved Wendy Noble as the deputy director of the National Security Agency. According to a press release, Noble will act as the organization’s chief operating officer and lead strategy execution and policy implementation. She is expected to support national security rulemaking and advance the NSA’s role as an integrated mission partner. […]
