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Madhu Gottumukkala also faced questions about a reported failed polygraph exam and attempts to reassign the agency’s chief information officer.

COMMENTARY | If the U.S. lacks consistent standards for protecting user data, other nations can develop algorithms and technologies that advance their own interests.

“By partnering directly with Broadcom, we’re expanding access to commercial-grade AI and cybersecurity capabilities — while reducing cost and complexity for agencies,” Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum said in a statement.

Lynch previously held the deputy administrator’s responsibilities from March to July 2025 under then-GSA acting administrator Stephen Ehikian.

DOGE employees also shared Social Security data using the third-party server Cloudflare, and according to new court documents, SSA still doesn’t know what data was shared and if its still on Cloudflare.

The congressional justification diverges from steps taken last year to curb the agency’s workforce and election security footprint.

The authorization for the Technology Modernization Fund had lapsed in December, leaving its leadership unable to make new investments.

It’s the first time the General Services Administration’s logo has been modified in more than 25 years.

A trio of new bills focus on the positives and negatives of emerging capabilities.

CMMC’s standard bearer is joining quantum computing company IonQ as its chief information officer.

Chinese entities are able to access a stockpile of high-performance computing tools funded by the U.S. government, creating potential technology transfer risks, Rep. John Moolenaar said in a letter sent this week.

Jen Easterly, who led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under Biden, was named CEO of RSAC Conference Thursday.

Ethical questions remain about how managers from the approximately 30 industry partners involved in the program will work for the government without triggering conflicts of interest.

VA’s OIG said it is concerned “about VHA’s ability to promote and safeguard patient safety without a standardized process for managing AI-related risks.”

“For decades I have had the opportunity to be a leader, consumer, enabler, generator and integrator of the intelligence and operational capabilities of the NSA and Cyber Command,” INDOPACOM Deputy Commander Josh Rudd said.

The hearing will feature staff from several scientific agencies to evaluate the law’s progress and future.

A revised licensing review policy will allow Chinese firms to purchase Nvidia’s H200 chips, although some members of Congress say the move will embolden Beijing’s own AI ambitions.

Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd currently serves as deputy commander of Indo-Pacific Command.

Several House lawmakers also worried over whether the Trump administration’s budget request for 2026 would fall short of the funding agencies need to successfully carry out the White House’s AI action plan.

Seven projects are to lead the charge to embed artificial intelligence ever more deeply in military affairs.

The cyberdefense agency has been without a permanent director for the past year.

House lawmakers passed a bipartisan proposal on Monday to give the Treasury Department’s Do Not Pay system permanent access to death records at the Social Security Administration.

COMMENTARY | Treating technology as a silver bullet, separate from its operational context, is a common pitfall.

The U.S. will be “hamstrung” until it fully integrates cyber and computer network matters into its military doctrine, the head of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure said.

A Boston startup is getting ready to test a new imagery method for orbital satellites.