The White House has nominated Kurt Campbell as deputy secretary of state. Campbell has been the deputy assistant to the president and coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council since January 2021. According to the Financial Times, Campbell played a key role in reestablishing the Quad, an alliance between the United States, Japan, […]
Jeff Rezmovic, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the Department of Homeland Security’s chief financial officer, said he intends to use part of the agency’s annual funding for financial systems modernization. Speaking before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Rezmovic shared that if he is confirmed for the CFO position, he would […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a potential seven-year, $712 million task order to General Dynamics Information Technology for the ongoing infrastructure modernization of its St. Elizabeth’s Campus in southeast Washington, D.C. The award, which was given to the General Dynamics’ unit in August, provides a one-year base period plus six one-year options. Since […]
President Joe Biden has signed a new executive order focused on the implementation of artificial intelligence in federal agencies. Robin Carnahan, the head of the General Services Administration, said the EO promotes the responsible use of AI, ensuring that the technology enhances government operations while protecting U.S. networks from the safety and privacy risks associated […]
President Joe Biden has mandated the Department of Commerce to evaluate and mitigate risks associated with artificial intelligence systems. Under a new executive order signed Monday, the department must ensure that AI systems are safe, secure and trustworthy, and it must also promote an innovative and competitive ecosystem to allow developers to create solutions that […]
Arati Prabhakar, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the Office of Management and Budget is working on a new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. The OMB will issue the guidance following an AI-focused executive order, which is expected to be introduced on Monday during the Safe, Secure and […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has introduced an artificial intelligence tool for weather forecast translation. Ken Graham, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service, said the AI use case will replace the agency’s manual translation capabilities and improve community and individual readiness and resilience. The current AI-based translation capability can translate English weather forecasts from […]
A team of researchers at Argonne National Laboratory has extended the coherence time for a single-electro qubit to 0.1 millisecond, an increase from the previous record of 0.1 microsecond. The work involved encoding quantum information in the electron’s motional or charge states. The laboratory noted that while the extension is a short period of time, […]
The Internal Revenue Service will test its digital taxpayer system after the April 2024 tax filing, on track of the planned tax reporting and payments’ digitization starting in the 2025 tax season, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said. The digital mode’s test will first run parallel with the IRS legacy system to address any issue, Werfel […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is soliciting comments on its white paper exploring the creation of a software identifier ecosystem that would enable all organizations to enhance user support, inventory administration and vulnerability management. According to the white paper titled “Software Identification Ecosystem Option Analysis,” an effective software identification ecosystem requires software identifiers that […]
