Two separate artificial intelligence bills were introduced in the Senate on Thursday in a bid to regulate AI use in the country. Sens. Gary Peters, Mike Braun and James Lankford introduced a bill that would require agencies to devise an appeals system for decisions made by AI and to exercise transparency when the agency is […]
ManTech has revealed that it has worked with the Defense Information Systems Agency to write and design the Zero Trust Reference Architecture for the Department of Defense’s cloud-based Zero Trust Government Laboratory. GovLab is the first DOD facility dedicated to evaluating zero trust capabilities against the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Risk Management Framework […]
The Defense Technical Information Center will train Microsoft’s cloud-based generative artificial intelligence service using defense data. DTIC is a unit of the Department of Defense responsible for storing and disseminating research and technical information. Microsoft’s generative AI capabilities are developed by OpenAI, the company behind the commercially available large language model ChatGPT. A DOD spokesperson […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency aims to complete the migration of all its grant programs from legacy systems onto a single IT platform, called FEMA Grants Outcomes, by April 2024. In a recent Senate hearing, FEMA Chief Information Officer Charlie Armstrong told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s emerging threats subcommittee that the […]
Snowflake has combined its data platform, partner solutions and industry-specific datasets to develop a new data cloud for government agencies and educational institutions. According to Jeff Frazier, global head of the public sector at Snowflake, the Government & Education Data Cloud will provide organizations with the data they need and help them accelerate modernization efforts. […]
Congress wants the Department of Veterans Affairs to use automation to deal with a growing backlog of benefits claims enabled by the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which widened eligibility for soldiers exposed to toxic substances. The law requires VA to develop a Veterans Benefits Administration modernization plan that incorporates automation to accelerate claims […]
Mark Munsell, head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Data and Digital Innovation Directorate, said that artificial intelligence development will continue despite fears about its potential harms. Speaking at the recent GEOINT Symposium, he reasoned that current object identification and analysis capabilities are insufficient and improvements will come from maturing the technology. According to Munsell, the […]
The Department of Defense MyTravel program has been canceled and will no longer be operational effective Sept.13, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros said in a memorandum dated May 24. Cmdr. Nicole Schwegman, a Pentagon spokesperson, told Federal News Network via email lower than expected travel volume led to the program’s cancellation. […]
The U.S. Army is seeking a contractor that would serve as a third-party purchasing agent for cloud services. According to an Army presolicitation, the contractor will procure cloud services on demand and renegotiate rates to help the military branch get the best value for money and ensure competition. The presolicitation also stated that the contractor […]
The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center is assessing how generative artificial intelligence can support defense acquisition and contracting processes, according to Lt. Col. Robert Solano, a commander of the Defense Contract Management Agency. In a USAASC commentary, Solano noted that some acquisition officials believe that generative AI, such as ChatGPT, can help write contract requirements, […]
