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Contract reviews continue at OMB, official says
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (281+ words) Eric M. Ueland testifies during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on April 3, 2025. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The Office of Management and Budget is engaged in and leading a review of IT contracts across the government, Eric Ueland, deputy…...
Federal CIO tapped for dual-hatted role at GSA
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (342+ words) By Frank Konkel and Natalie Alms Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia added another role to his growing portfolio Thursday, with an appointment to serve as acting director of the Technology Transformation Services within the General Services Administration and as…...
Republican governor asserts states’ right to legislate AI
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (451+ words) Utah'Republican Governor Spencer Cox weighed in on the regulatory debate between the federal government and state governments on Thursday, supporting states" agency in regulating aspects of artificial intelligence development and deployment. Speaking in Washington, D.C., during the Politico Governors Summit, Cox…...
US cyber responses will be ‘linked to adversary actions’ and involve industry coordination, official says
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (272+ words) Future U.S. government responses in cyberspace will be "linked to adversary actions" and will involve coordination between the private sector and smaller governments, a top White House official said Thursday. The dynamic, which will be codified in a forthcoming national cyber…...
Republican lawmakers ask GAO to review current AI regulatory landscape
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (428+ words) Lawmakers on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee are asking the Government Accountability Office to conduct a "comprehensive review" of current federal and state laws regulating artificial intelligence to inform future legislative efforts." Committee Chairman Brian Babin, R-Texas, and…...
Labor launches new open data portal
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (325+ words) The Labor Department on Wednesday publicly unveiled a modernized open data portal that it said would provide more granular access to U.S. workforce statistics. In a press release, the agency said the new platform " which is currently operating in beta " "will…...
HHS IT leadership experiences additional shakeup
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (235+ words) The Department of Health and Human Services has updated its IT leadership directory to include two new acting officials, as well as denote that another executive is holding his position in an acting capacity. The changes mean that six of…...
Lawmaker pitches blueprint for post-DOGE privacy overhaul
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (632+ words) Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., conducts a news conference on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., wants to overhaul the federal government's half-century-old privacy law as concerns about the Department of Government Efficiency's…...
2026 diplomacy: own the data layer before the AI layer
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (273+ words) By Joseph A. Farsakh AI without the foundation is illusion The State Department's recent strategic sequencing underscores a fundamental truth: AI capability is downstream from data capability. The department released its Enterprise Data Strategy before releasing its AI strategy, reflecting the…...
CISA threat-hunting leader to depart for private sector role
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (354+ words) SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images A senior official in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency overseeing the agency's threat hunting activities is leaving for a role in the private sector, according to two people familiar with the matter." Jermaine Roebuck,…...