The Office of Management and Budget is planning to expand the scope of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide agencies with more cloud-based services for accelerating their operations. In a draft guidance outlining the planned changes to FedRAMP, the OMB noted the need for agencies to work together in evaluating cloud offerings […]
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 White House has confirmed that Australia will participate in the Yama Sakura and Keen Edge exercises in Japan for the first time as part of efforts to expand trilateral cooperation, with a focus on unmanned aerial systems. The announcement was made ahead of the arrival of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the United […]
General Dynamics’ information technology unit announced on Thursday that it received a potential seven-year, $450 million contract to continue managing and upgrading the accounting system for all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services programs. The Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System improves CMS’ financial oversight and ability to maintain accurate and timely program records, GDIT […]
Online chat service provider Mattermost has introduced new solutions designed to support workloads using artificial intelligence and large language models. The solutions are built on the Mattermost OpenOps AI platform and are connected with Microsoft Azure AI, Microsoft Teams and other core Microsoft services. The offerings also offer a customizable and interoperable collaboration experience deployed […]
A National Science Foundation-backed research effort has completed an initial assessment of key technology areas using new data and analytics approaches to inform the NSF’s future investment plans. Thought leaders from 13 universities in the United States were awarded nearly $4 million in funding to perform the yearlong study, which focused on the maturity, trajectories […]
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate is seeking to require companies to declare whether digital materials such as images, video and audio are artificial intelligence-generated products. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced the AI Labeling Act of 2023 with Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. Under the bill, AI-made content should be marked with a label that […]
The Technology Modernization Fund’s executive director will step down after two years at the helm. Robin Carnahan, the administrator of the General Services Administration, said Raylene Yung was instrumental in building the TMF into one of the main resources for federal IT systems modernization. The agency said in a statement that Yung developed the TMF’s […]
Isobar Public Sector has announced that it will serve as an authorized service partner in North America for Google Cloud as part of a new collaboration. The move reflects a commitment to providing federal, state and local government with advanced solutions, Isobar Public Sector said Thursday. Larry Gillespie, Isobar Public Sector president and board chairman, […]
The Department of Defense is rolling out a classified version of Microsoft Office 365 in October across the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s 17 components, including users in the Pentagon compound and the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Danielle Metz, OSD’s chief information officer, said the move to roll out DOD365-Secret is one of […]
