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Space Development Agency resumes launches with its future in doubt
The agency says it has addressed the technical issues that delayed its latest satellite mission, even as lawmakers consider folding it into the Space Force.
AI won’t replace human claims processors, VA officials say, as Democrats worry over staffing levels
Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., said some VA employees report claims processing technologies are producing incorrect information.
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DHS network intrusion was twice ruled a false positive before breach confirmed
Suspicious activity on the Homeland Security Information Network, which is being used to support World Cup games around the U.S., was first detected around mid-to-late May.
Transportation loses its top tech official amid wave of CIO departures
Pavan Pidugu, who led the department's IT modernization efforts, will step down in September as turnover among federal technology leaders continues.
HUD's tech chief appears headed for Interior
The expected pick would replace the agency's recently departed technology chief and continue a string of leadership changes.
GSA taps White House design team to revamp Login.gov
The collaboration is aimed at making the government's identity platform easier to use while leaving decisions about what changes get implemented to GSA.
House Homeland committee seeks briefing on DHS network hack
Cyber intruders accessed the unclassified network being used to help support World Cup games around the U.S., a senator said last week.
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Greg Barbaccia to leave federal CIO role at end of August
“Greg has done an excellent job as Federal CIO and Chief AI Officer,” an OMB spokesperson told Nextgov/FCW. “He will certainly be missed when his time here comes to an end.”
Trump says Pulte can declassify ‘whatever’ he wants, sparking fears of exposing intelligence secrets
“If he doesn’t care about blowing up cyber exploits, putting foreign relationships at risk, or getting people killed, he could declassify a lot,” one former official said.
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Hackers breached DHS information-sharing network, people familiar say
The Homeland Security Information Network is used by government, international and private sector partners to share sensitive but unclassified information.
CIA will take ‘smart risks’ and ‘course correct’ as it adopts AI, director says
“We simply can’t afford to wait for a risk-free approach to emerging tech. It doesn’t exist. We have to move fast. We have to be aggressive,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe said.
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Pentagon launches ‘War Force’ initiative to onboard tech talent
The new recruitment effort was started in partnership with the Office of Personnel Management and operates under that agency’s larger Tech Force program.
Secret Service phone security lapses put US officials at risk, watchdog says
The DHS inspector general found that agents routinely used personal phones for official work, including during protective operations, because government-issued devices lacked key capabilities.
Artificial intelligence is cutting months off nuclear licensing review times, official says
Basia Sall, chief data officer and deputy chief AI officer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Thursday that the technology is shortening review timelines while testing how far automated tools can improve regulatory work.
FAA awards software and AI contract as part of air traffic control modernization
The agency’s contract with Air Space Intelligence includes deployment of a system that it says will serve as “the new technological backbone” of a modernized Air Traffic Control System Command Center.
Jim Flyzik helped transform government IT from back-office function to mission enabler
The former Treasury chief information officer and early federal IT leader died June 4 at age 72.
HHS plans AI pilot for employees who need more than chatbots
The department hopes to learn how employees use more sophisticated AI capabilities and what it would take to deploy them across the agency.
AI skills are becoming part of the hiring baseline at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The intelligence agency is reshaping training for both new and existing employees as it builds AI and data management into core job expectations across the workforce.
AI is taking parts of background checks from 'months to hours,' clearance agency says
A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours.
