President Donald Trump nominated Ryan Cote as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ assistant secretary of information and technology and chief information officer. The White House announced the nomination of Cote on Tuesday,
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The Department of Veterans Affairs must improve its procurement process for information and communication technology systems to better comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which mandates accessibility for
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Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has released a memorandum announcing an OMB initiative to improve financial accountability and oversight within the federal government. In the June 23
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The General Services Administration has asked leaders of McKinsey, BCG and four other consulting firms to justify their federal contracts and suggest ways to save costs, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
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A recent report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that NASA completed some cybersecurity tasks for its major projects, but did not fully execute key elements of its cybersecurity risk management program.
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The General Services Administration and Elastic have signed an agreement to reduce the price of the latter’s Search AI platforms for federal agencies through September 2027. GSA said Monday the strategic partnership
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Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has released a memorandum guiding how federal agencies should implement and incorporate “gold standard
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NASA is expected to launch a six-month mission in the coming days to measure sunlight reflected off the moon using the Arcstone instrument to establish a high-accuracy, universal calibration standard for Earth-observing
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The Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, or PPPL, has formed a partnership with venture capital firm SOSV and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, or NJEDA, to advance plasma technology. PPPL
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is advancing the use of generative artificial intelligence tools to streamline business operations and enable employees to focus more on high-impact work, Nextgov/FCW reported Tuesday. “The
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