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The State Department has released its fiscal year 2020 agency priority goal action plan detailing information technology modernization objectives the department seeks to achieve over the next year.

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is looking to incorporate AI capabilities into the Pentagon’s proposed enterprise multidomain platform. Nand Mulchandani, acting director of JAIC, told reporters that the center is “spending a lot of time and resources” on the Joint All-Domain Command and Control platform’s AI components.

IBM has developed a definitive agreement to acquire WDG Automation, a Brazilian software provider of robotic process automation (RPA) to expand its AI-infused automation capabilities across business processes and IT operations, IBM reported on Wednesday. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued its data and cloud strategies aimed at improving the agency’s use of data to support related strategies in areas such as artificial intelligence and unmanned systems.

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released a draft bill that would allocate $71.5 billion in fiscal year 2021 funds for the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Commerce (DOC), NASA, National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies.

Brig. Gen. Rob Collins, program executive officer for command, control, and communications – tactical at the U.S. Army, told C4ISRNET in an interview published Wednesday how the service supports the Department of Defense (DoD) to help advance the Joint All-Domain Command and Control program.

The House Armed Services Committee has proposed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021, which has included a bill that would create a national cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence research, Nextgov reported Thursday.

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) inspector general is recommending the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to establish an AI governance framework to help fortify the security of AI data and promote DoD-wide collaborative efforts.

The State Department is working to use artificial intelligence and cloud technology to combat propaganda and disinformation operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadband Breakfast reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) has established a team of technical experts that will work to forecast trends in areas such as biotechnology and space for potential warfare applications, Defense One reported Friday.