Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber
GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard
Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 53
Federal government of the United States
Probe finds US Coast Guard has left maritime cybersecurity adrift
Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry
Public Sector11 Feb 2025 | 13
Does DOGE have what it takes to actually tackle billions in US govt IT spending?
Comment (updated) Tesla’s DIY ERP legend meets the messy reality of entrenched federal contracts
Public Sector08 Feb 2025 | 274
Trump's Dept of Transport hits brakes on Biden’s EV charger build-out
Funding freeze while Feds review priorities
Science07 Feb 2025 | 64
DOGE geek with Treasury payment system access now quits amid racist tweet claims
Final update We did Nazi see that coming
Public Sector07 Feb 2025 | 222
Veterans Affairs reboots Oracle health records project for $330M
Concerns around unfixed problems remain after system resulted in harm to some 150 patients
Databases06 Feb 2025 | 12
Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM's network
Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia?
Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 153
DOGE latest: Citrix supremo has 'read-only' access to US Treasury payment system
CEO of Cloud Software a 'special government employee' probing for Team Elon
Public Sector05 Feb 2025 | 26
Trump admin seeks to reclassify federal CIOs, opening door to political appointees
Fall in line with executive policy or you're gone, acting OPM chief insists
CxO05 Feb 2025 | 48
China sticks antitrust probe into Google amid retaliation for Trump import tariffs
Updated Plus, Middle Kingdom announces levies and export controls of its own
Software04 Feb 2025 | 14
US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with ... downloads?
As UK proposes laws against neural-nets-for-pedophiles
AI + ML03 Feb 2025 | 41
Trump admin's purge of US cyber advisory boards was 'foolish,' says ex-Navy admiral
interview ‘No one was kicked off the NTSB in the middle of investigating a crash’
Security30 Jan 2025 | 114
White House attempts to 'explain' mystery drone sightings: The FAA authorized 'em
'Research and various other reasons' behind hullabaloo ... but why didn't someone say that a month ago?
Offbeat29 Jan 2025 | 64
You probably have more CIO experience than the incoming White House CIO
From AI startup CISO to running federal IT - sure, why not?
Public Sector28 Jan 2025 | 30
OpenAI cozies up to Uncle Sam with ChatGPT government edition
Pay no attention to the DeepSeek behind the headlines
AI + ML28 Jan 2025 | 8
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
Updated Uncle Sam will 'no longer blindly dole out money,' State Dept says
Public Sector27 Jan 2025 | 86
Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards
And: America 'has never been less secure,' retired rear admiral tells Congress
Security22 Jan 2025 | 94
Trump nukes 60 years of anti-discrimination rules for federal contractors
The (good old) boys are back in town
Offbeat22 Jan 2025 | 317
Trump hits undo on Biden AI safety order, EV mandate, emissions standards, and more
Also, prepare for paused wind projects and the Gulf of America from Trump 2.0 – and that's just day 1
Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 147
This is how Elon's Department of Government Efficiency will work – overwriting the US Digital Service
Tycoon's auditors to probe Uncle Sam's IT with full access to unclassified data
Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 171
Feds sue Southwest for chronic delays, unrealistic schedules
Department of Transportation wants in on last-minute Biden administration action too
Offbeat16 Jan 2025 | 8
Four plead guilty in US government tech procurement fraud case
Scheme involving bribes, bid rigging and insider info may have cost US taxpayers $1.3M
Public Sector15 Jan 2025 | 7
Nvidia snaps back at Biden's 'innovation-killing' AI chip export restrictions
'New rule threatens to squander America's hard-won technological advantage' says GPU supremo
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 23
I tried hard, but didn't fix all of cybersecurity, admits outgoing US National Cyber Director
In colossal surprise, ONCD boss Harry Coker says more work is needed
CSO08 Jan 2025 | 12
US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust's key leak
Data pilfered as miscreants roamed affected workstations
Cyber-crime31 Dec 2024 | 16
US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests
Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter
AI + ML19 Dec 2024 | 9
US reportedly mulls TP-Link router ban over national security risk
updated It could end up like Huawei -Trump's gonna get ya, get ya, get ya
Security18 Dec 2024 | 55
US airspace closures, lack of answers deepen East Coast drone mystery
Analysis Feds insist they still don't know what's happening – but note sightings cluster around airport flight paths
Offbeat17 Dec 2024 | 97
China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door
Chip imports up more than 14% this year in anticipation of fresh restrictions
Systems11 Dec 2024 | 3
Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump
Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI
Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 127
US senators propose law to require bare minimum security standards
In case anyone forgot about Change Healthcare
Security26 Nov 2024 | 16
Prepare for an AI policy upending under Trump, say experts
Analysis Biden executive orders are as good as dead, and the industry will probably have more say in what comes next
Public Sector21 Nov 2024 | 27
Congress ponders underwater alien civilizations, human hybrids, and other unexplained stuff
Video Because life's not weird enough in the United States these days
Science14 Nov 2024 | 48
All bark, no bite? Musk's DOGE unlikely to have any real power
Comment 'Department of Government Efficiency' expected to do little more than suggest changes, Congress will still decide
Public Sector14 Nov 2024 | 194
Flanked by Palantir and AWS, Anthropic's Claude marches into US defense intelligence
An emotionally manipulable AI in the hands of the Pentagon and CIA? Cool
AI + ML07 Nov 2024 | 4
Meta gives nod to weaponizing Llama – but only for the good guys
Change of mind follows discovery China was playing with it uninvited?
AI + ML06 Nov 2024 | 9
We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim
Updated Mr X ordered to show at Halloween hearing over election lottery as his lawyers file docs to dodge it
Offbeat31 Oct 2024 | 152
US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech
TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google
Security22 Oct 2024 | 6
US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China
Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5
GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns
A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies
Software10 Oct 2024 | 3
DoE awards next-gen nuclear fuel contracts backwards
'Deconversion' can begin now, but initial enrichment, transportation and storage to processors is still TBD
Science08 Oct 2024 | 5
Remote ID verification tech is often biased, bungling, and no good on its own
Only 2 out of 5 tested products were equitable across demographics
Public Sector30 Sep 2024 | 10
Ancient US air traffic control systems won't get a tech refresh before 2030
Updated If they don't crash first, say government auditors
Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 41
AI giants pinky swear (again) not to help make deepfake smut
Oh look, another voluntary, non-binding agreement to do better
AI + ML13 Sep 2024 | 17
FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you've bought them
Some brick devices they'd rather not support, kill apps that drive functions, or add post-sale subscriptions
Personal Tech06 Sep 2024 | 174
Trump taps Musk to lead 'government efficiency' task force
Surely this duty will be executed without bias toward NHTSA, FAA, DOJ, NLRB
Offbeat06 Sep 2024 | 146
White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec
Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please?
Security05 Sep 2024 | 21
House to grill CrowdStrike exec on epic IT meltdown... no, not the CEO
VP Adam Meyers to testify about that faulty software update which ruined July and some of August
Software02 Sep 2024 | 21
Zuckerberg admits Biden administration pressured Meta to police COVID posts
'The government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,' says Facebook founder
Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 182
Canceled meeting between US and UAE throws fresh scrutiny on Microsoft-G42 deal
All a simple misunderstanding, we're told
AI + ML31 Jul 2024 | 9
Kamala Harris's $7M support from LinkedIn founder comes with a request: Fire Lina Khan
FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binned
Public Sector26 Jul 2024 | 109
Oak Ridge casts nets in search of Frontier supercomputer's heir
US national lab expects Discovery to deliver 'three to five times more computational throughput'
HPC24 Jul 2024 | 9
Data pilfered from Pentagon IT supplier Leidos
Updated With numerous US government agency customers, any leak could be serious
Cyber-crime24 Jul 2024 | 2
Kamala Harris has a long history with Silicon Valley that could help – or hurt
Analysis The presumptive Democratic nominee has gone back and forth with Big Tech
Public Sector23 Jul 2024 | 51
Net neutrality in danger again: US appeals court puts FCC's resurrected rule on hold
'Likelihood of success is even clearer,' thanks to those Supremes
Networks15 Jul 2024 | 17
Engineers risk blasting US missile defense to smithereens, say auditors
Now the 2028 deadline is at risk
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20
US mayors urge Congress to ditch red-tape-slaying broadband expansion bill
What's the matter, you want China to win, huh?
Networks25 Jun 2024 | 17
From network security to nyet work in perpetuity: What's up with the Kaspersky US ban?
Kettle It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains
Security22 Jun 2024 | 44
US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations
Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 2
Snowflake tells customers to enable MFA as investigations continue
infosec in brief Also, industry begs Uncle Sam for infosec reg harmony, dueling container-compromise campaigns, and crit vulns
Security10 Jun 2024 | 2
Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all charges in US Autonomy fraud trial
Jury in San Francisco finds founder plus finance VP not guilty
Software06 Jun 2024 | 131
Pentagon 'doubling down' on Microsoft despite 'massive hack,' senators complain
Meanwhile Mr Smith goes to Washington to testify before Congress
Public Sector04 Jun 2024 | 5
Biting the hand that feeds IT
