The National Institute of Standards and Technology will be a major implementer of the Biden administration’s upcoming executive order designed to boost and maintain U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, a White House official said. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, disclosed that the NIST will “have a huge […]
The Internal Revenue Service will test its digital taxpayer system after the April 2024 tax filing, on track of the planned tax reporting and payments’ digitization starting in the 2025 tax season, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said. The digital mode’s test will first run parallel with the IRS legacy system to address any issue, Werfel […]
DecisionPoint announced on Wednesday that it has secured a $9.6 million task order to lead the transition of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services network to Internet Protocol Version 6 from Version 4. The company disclosed that the contract was competitively awarded via the General Services Administration Veterans Technology Services 2 […]
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX Prime and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed a flight test data exchange agreement to fast-track the development and safe integration of advanced aircraft mobility platforms into the national airspace infrastructure. The data exchange’s memorandum of understanding, which the Air Force Research Laboratory disclosed on Wednesday, will help AFWERX Prime’s […]
The Department of the Navy’s first principal cyber adviser, Chris Cleary, told DefenseScoop that his successor needs a longer term for more continuity in overseeing change, particularly on the civilian side of the service. Cleary’s three-year PCA tenure, which expires on Nov. 27, follows the 2020 Congress defense policy measure mandating the role’s creation to […]
The United States is implementing its 2022 National Defense Strategy in Israel’s war against Hamas, as well as in supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion, a Department of Defense official said in a Brookings Institution event Tuesday. Mara Karlin assistant secretary of defense for strategies plans and capabilities, told the event’s attendees that the Hamas […]
The U.S. Army is completing a tactical fires study on artillery modernization to help the service prepare its fiscal 2025 budget, a top official told Breaking Defense. Doug Bush, the Army’s assistant secretary and acquisition head, said the study is analyzing the Army’s different modernization initiatives, including the Extended Range Cannon Artillery program, Defense News […]
Arlington, Virginia-based integrated solutions provider Redhorse Corp. has appointed chief technology officer Matt Teschke, formerly Network Federal’s associate director. Redhorse CEO John Zangardi, a 4×24 member and 2023 Wash100 winner, said Teschke will oversee the company’s technology roadmap as a member of senior leadership and technical team leader. Teschke’s CTO role covers developing and enhancing […]
The National Science Foundation has selected 12 research projects for funding under its Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem program promoting inclusive access to geosciences’ resources, such as data, physical collections, software and advanced computing. Geared at advancing geosciences education and research, the program has allotted a total of $10.4 million to the projects divided into two […]
The National Security Agency has issued a new cybersecurity information sheet recommending ways to ensure that devices meet the security framework’s access criteria under the zero trust architecture. The CSI, titled Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Device Pillar, guides federal agencies and their partner organizations in assessing their systems’ devices and equipping them with […]
