The Department of Homeland Security has announced a new hiring initiative to recruit 50 artificial intelligence experts in 2024. The “AI Corps,” announced by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a past Wash100 awardee, and DHS Chief AI Officer Eric Hysen, will comprise experts in AI and machine learning technologies, models and applications who will focus on […]
Veterans seeking mental health services for readjustment to civilian life are relying on services from vet centers that still lack the key systems and access to the data needed for their outreach activities, officials from the Government Accountability Office and Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General officials told a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on […]
Congressional Democrats have proposed legislation requiring government agencies to study potential consequences artificial intelligence poses on the environment. The “Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024” requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create a methodology to evaluate AI’s potential environmental impact. Additionally, the NIST will also be required to create an AI […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Emergency Communications Division has concluded the Cyber Resilient 911 program‘s second regional symposium in the southeast United States. Statewide interoperability coordinators, 911 administrators and cyber officials from each state and territory in the region participated, CISA said Thursday. In partnership with the Federal Communications Commission, the National Highway Traffic […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking feedback on its plans to update its “Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories” special publication. According to the NIST, the SP 800-60 revision 2 initial draft includes updates to the information types categorization methodology to address privacy considerations, as well […]
Steven Hernandez, the Department of Education’s chief information security officer, said in a recent podcast interview that his organization’s zero trust implementation plan focuses on improving public and employee user experience. The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to offer citizens authentication options on par with that of federal employees so the public […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Airspace Link to provide its B4UFLY service to inform commercial and recreational drone pilots where their flights would be safe and allowed to operate. The free service, which the FAA started Thursday, is available via desktop and mobile applications, according to the agency’s B4UFLY website. The FAA has also […]
ICF has announced three task orders worth a combined $33 million awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics to study chemical exposure risks to humans and the environment. Each task order has a potential five-year term and was made under the OPPT Mission Support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, ICF said. Awarded in […]
San Diego-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has secured a three-year contract from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to demonstrate a scalable, cost-effective manufacturing system for silicon carbide and SiC composite foam materials needed in advanced fusion power plants. SiC-based materials can withstand extreme conditions within a high-power fusion system, according to the […]
Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA demonstrated an artificial intelligence-enabled digital twin prototype designed to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s global weather monitoring mission. The two companies embarked on the Earth and Space Observing Digital Twin program in 2022, intending to create a solution that can process live streams of weather data, analyze information using […]
