The Department of Health and Human Services is working to fortify the health care sector’s cybersecurity. On Wednesday, the department released a concept paper detailing its cybersecurity strategy for the industry. Based on the Biden administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, the plan provides four pillars for actions, including collaborating with Congress to develop a support system […]
The U.S. government’s auditing agency is set to update the public on federal agencies’ efforts to create an artificial intelligence use case database. Kevin Walsh, a director at the Government Accountability Office’s Information Technology and Cybersecurity division, said in an email to FedScoop that the public should expect within December the release of a GAO […]
The U.S. Navy is showing its commitment to technology modernization with a new task order with Verizon Public Sector. In December, the military branch awarded Verizon’s government, education and public safety arm a $15 million task order with Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation through the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. The new order provides voice and […]
The Department of Commerce’s information technology chief will soon vacate his position to take a job in Tarrant County, Texas. The department has announced the resignation of Andre Mendes as chief information officer, effective at the end of December. His resignation comes after 14 years of working in the federal government, FedScoop reported. In a […]
The U.S. Air Force has developed a data integration solution to improve its munitions logistics tracking capability across the service. As mandated by the 2020 Headquarters Air Force directive to merge the Integrated Missile Data Base, the military branch completed the Accountable Property System of Record, a modified off-the-shelf commercial logistics management system capable of […]
The Department of Defense is working to improve its global supply chain by adopting a new model that incorporates vulnerabilities affecting deliveries. The department has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies an $8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build a modeling and simulation tool to analyze shocks to supply-demand networks, RTX said. John Santini, […]
A Department of Defense official said that demand for counter-drone technology is as high as that for 155mm artillery shells. Speaking at a panel in a recent Reagan National Defense Forum, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante, a 2023 Wash100 awardee and a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, said the high […]
Holding humans accountable for the misuse of artificial intelligence during conflicts is a way to build trust and confidence in the technology, according to a Department of the Air Force official. At a panel discussion at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the challenge with AI use is […]
The Department of Homeland Security has released a document guiding its workforce on the proper use of commercial generative artificial intelligence solutions while it experiments with models that fit the agency’s needs. In an interview with FedScoop’s Daily Scoop Podcast, DHS Chief Information Officer Eric Hysen said the memo is based on the Biden-Harris AI […]
The U.S. Army is focusing its attention on cybersecurity as it modernizes its information technology network. Lt. Gen. John Morrison, deputy chief of staff, G6, said in an interview that the military branch should move away from the compliance-based way of tackling cybersecurity and move toward an active approach. The service has been maturing its […]
