The U.S. Army has unveiled a new policy codifying agile and lean software development approaches, which are characterized by iteration and close coordination with users. Such approaches are intended to expedite the development and refinement of software for warfighters, potentially driving the sustainment of a competitive military advantage, the Army said Saturday. According to the […]
The National Security Agency has issued a report highlighting ten recommended strategies to improve cloud security practices. The report emphasizes the importance of the cloud shared responsibility model, educating the need for the customer and the cloud provider to have a shared responsibility in securing cloud environments. The NSA said it could be achieved by […]
Cellebrite, an Israel-based digital intelligence firm operating in the United States through its Virginia office, has announced that it is pursuing Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance certification for its software-as-a-service offerings. The company has tapped cybersecurity and cloud services company Coalfire for third-party support in the authorization process that is expected to be […]
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., have introduced the Federal AI Governance and Transparency Act, enabling the government to improve the transparency of artificial intelligence use in federal agencies. The bipartisan bill aims to achieve its goals by creating additional public accountability mechanisms, defining federal […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has authorized an Amazon Web Services end-to-end messaging and collaboration encryption solution to operate in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region at the high-impact level. With the authorization, customers can use the AWS Wickr encryption service to secure data subject to FedRAMP’s high requirements. Wickr is designed to protect […]
The Office of Personnel Management has awarded Excella a spot on its five-year, $100 million Data Science and Analytics Support Services blanket purchase agreement and has given the company two task orders under the BPA. For the first task order, Excella will help the OPM develop customer-facing data products that give users direct access to […]
Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis is calling for a holistic approach to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Speaking at a National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday, he explained that regulators need to look after the “technology, people and doctrine” elements behind AI and other systems of interest, Nextgov/FCW reported. Inglis, a past […]
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Lab has tapped technology, science and engineering solutions provider ECS as a system integrator for extending artificial intelligence capabilities to Department of Defense services and warfighter commands. ECS will perform the task under a three-year, $190 million contract it secured in the third quarter of 2023. […]
The National Energy Technology Laboratory is migrating a virtual research data platform to a multicloud environment to better support larger datasets, faster throughput, secure collaboration and other tools and resources. The Energy Data eXchange platform provides access to research funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, NETL said Thursday. […]
A Securities and Exchange Commission official said the agency is not yet adopting third-party generative artificial intelligence tools because of the risks. Speaking at a recent Advanced Technology Academic Research Center panel discussion, Jennifer Diamantis, special counsel to the chief AI officer in the SEC’s Office of Information Technology Strategy and Innovation, said that the […]
