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 […]
The Department of State has awarded Virginia-based Accenture Federal Services a potential seven-year, $486.4 million contract to operate and maintain an enterprise-wide supply chain management program. Required support for the Integrated Logistics Management System includes security monitoring, patches, federally mandated upgrades and customer training, according to the notice SAM .gov published Wednesday. The State Department […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released new guidance to help small and medium-sized businesses craft information and communication technology supply chain risk management plans with resilience in mind. The guidance lays down eight key steps for developing a resilience-centered supply chain management plan, with separate responsibilities for the business acquirer, integrator and supplier. […]
LMI announced that it has received a potential five-year, $604 million task order to back the U.S. Border Patrol‘s Program Management Office Directorate’s modernization efforts. USBP PMOD is upgrading its capabilities along the southern and northern U.S. borders to protect migrants, facilitate commerce and combat human and drug trafficking operations, LMI said. The company said […]
