A California lawmaker is seeking to hold federal tech leaders accountable for delays experienced in the government’s rollout of improved digital services. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he plans to invite people associated with the effort to testify before the House of Representatives to update lawmakers on its progress, including completed projects and future endeavors. […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s deputy director said officials are using generative artificial intelligence to streamline internal operations and are looking at how to implement the technology across the health ecosystem. Speaking at an Association for Federal Information Resources Management webinar, Susan Monarez shared that generative AI helps officials process large volumes of […]
Drew Myklegard, deputy federal chief information officer, said the Office of Management and Budget will extend the public comment period for draft guidance on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program from Nov. 27 to Dec. 22. Speaking at the recent CyberTalks event, he explained that the agency needs more time to grapple with challenging […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is now exploring ways for large language models and data labeling to advance the Department of Defense’s flagship artificial intelligence program, Project Maven. Rachel Martin, Maven director, told the NGA Industry Summit on Wednesday that the move comes as an offshoot of the agency listing the project on Nov. 7 as […]
The Department of Justice is seeking information on artificial intelligence-enabled internal communications software platforms that can support users’ unique experiences. According to a request for information from the DOJ’s Justice Management Division, the software platforms should improve the DOJNet website, which the department’s sub-agencies use for internal communications. The department said the website has become […]
The Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has launched an enterprise-wide AI education program. Digital On-Demand provides service members and civilian employees with flexible access to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Horizon’s learning resources, the DOD said. The department aims for the initiative to serve as a reference for terms and concepts […]
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking entries to its Voice Cloning Challenge to help develop ideas on consumer protection against the fraudulent use of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning, also known as audio deepfakes. According to the FTC’s contest announcement released on Thursday, challenge contestants must focus on at least one of three intervention points, with […]
Federal agencies are sharing ways they are making the most out of the benefits offered by artificial intelligence after a Trump executive order mandated its disclosure to the public. In mid-November, the Department of Homeland Security updated its artificial intelligence use case for the third time in 2023 after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services […]
IBM is set to make watsonx.governance commercially available in early December, allowing businesses to gain a better understanding of artificial intelligence models. Kareem Yusuf, senior vice president of product management and growth at IBM Software, said the solution is a great resource for businesses struggling to deploy and manage large language models and machine learning […]
Consulting services provider ICF announced that it has received a $36 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Human Capital to upgrade Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s human resources systems. DHS awarded the task order in the third quarter of 2023 under the potential five-year Scalable Ways to Implement Flexible Tasks indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […]
