Cognosante and Consensus Cloud Solutions have completed the deployment of the Enterprise Cloud Fax solution at over 40 Department of Veterans Affairs facilities located in five sites that were given initial operating capability. The facilities handle various VA operations, including inpatient and outpatient care, pharmacies, cemeteries and administration. Cognosante is the prime contractor for the […]
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, an oversight body created by the Coronavirus Air, Relief and Economic Security Act, said artificial intelligence can track down individuals taking advantage of pandemic relief funds. PRAC Chief Data Officer Brien Lorenze said during the ATARC AI conference on Aug. 2 that AI can notify officials when fraudsters are using […]
Aqua Security has secured in-process authorization at a high-impact level from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform. The authorization was obtained with sponsorship from the Department of Education. Less than 20 companies have acquired FedRAMP high-impact authorization, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Okta, Aqua Security said. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Department of Defense is launching the Center for Calibrated Trust Measurement and Evaluation to assist the U.S. armed forces in determining the trustworthiness of military systems powered by artificial intelligence. Kim Sablon, director for trusted AI and autonomy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, said the pilot center […]
The IBM Federal HR Cloud has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization, allowing government users to continue benefiting from the solution. The IBM Federal HR Cloud, introduced in 2013, offers payroll, benefits administration, performance management and other human resource capabilities to federal agencies. IBM continuously updates the solution to include new features […]
The U.S. Copyright Office will seek insights on a future policy on issuing copyright protections for artificial intelligence-generated work. According to a Federal Register notice, the Copyright Office wants to know if generative AI application developers may ingest copyrighted material without prior compensation or permission. The office also wants to know how to handle AI-generated […]
Top technology industry leaders and labor and civil rights groups will attend a closed-door gathering hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sept. 13 to field lawmaker questions on artificial intelligence. Schumer’s office told Nextgov/FCW that confirmed guests include Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, NVIDIA President Jensen […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is conducting market research to identify vendors that can support its plan to deploy artificial intelligence to improve systems for prior art searches. In a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the USPTO stated that prior art searches play a crucial role in patent examination processes to issue […]
