All the world's a stage – except this deputy federal CIO job
$200K role promises authority, mission, and 'zero patience for theater'
Public Sector17 Feb 2026 | 3
Federal government of the United States
Trump's Genesis Mission gets its first set of 26 sure-to-succeed objectives
DoE bets AI can speed fusion, unlock decades of nuclear data, and probe fundamental physics
Public Sector13 Feb 2026 | 43
Next-gen nuclear reactors safe enough to skip full environmental reviews, says Trump admin
DoE trims NEPA paperwork for advanced reactors
Public Sector03 Feb 2026 | 77
Feeling taxed by layoffs, IRS turns to AI helpers
Fewer humans, more bots - just in time for filing season
Public Sector30 Jan 2026 | 9
Watchdog says US weather alerts are getting lost in translation
GAO urges NWS to firm up its AI language plans as policy shifts slow multilingual warnings
AI + ML27 Jan 2026 | 31
Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor
GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreement
PaaS + IaaS22 Jan 2026 | 7
House GOP wants final say on AI chip exports after Trump gives Nvidia a China hall pass
Bill still needs to pass the House and Senate before the president can sign or veto it
Public Sector21 Jan 2026 | 2
Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings
Encrypted files, Cloudflare sharing, and political outreach surface in DOJ filings
Public Sector21 Jan 2026 | 12
There was so much fraud on COVID loans, the feds trained an anti-fraud AI on the applications
Had it been around in 2020, it could have flagged tens of billions before payouts, PRAC tells Congress
Public Sector14 Jan 2026 | 14
US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired
Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itself
Public Sector15 Dec 2025 | 54
GAO report details faltering Veteran’s Administration records upgrade program
Watchdog highlights slate of unmet priorities
Public Sector15 Dec 2025 | 4
Trump gives state AI regulation the presidential middle finger
Executive order sidesteps Congress and sets up Litigation Task Force
AI + ML12 Dec 2025 | 65
Uncle Sam sues ex-Accenture manager over Army cloud security claims
Justice Department alleges federal auditors were misled over compliance with FedRAMP and DoD requirements
Off-Prem12 Dec 2025 | 10
Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill
A win for the contractors
Public Sector09 Dec 2025 | 53
Hegseth needs to go to secure messaging school, report says
He's not alone: DoD inspector general says the whole Defense Department has a messaging security problem
Security04 Dec 2025 | 41
AWS to build 1.3 gigawatts of government-grade supercomputing power for Uncle Sam
Aims to wash away Washington's vast tech woes with a dose of cloud magic
Off-Prem25 Nov 2025 | 7
Lawsuit seeks to probe Uncle Sam's role in ICE-tracking app takedowns
EFF wants to know if citizens had their First Amendment rights violated
Applications21 Nov 2025 | 42
Trump, Republicans try again to stop states from regulating AI
If at first you don’t succeed, swing again - Big Tech certainly isn’t complaining
AI + ML20 Nov 2025 | 24
Senators propose to let users sue tech giants for harmful algos
The latest attack on Section 230 is likely to face the same fate as many previous efforts
Legal19 Nov 2025 | 14
Take fight to the enemy, US cyber boss says
When? Sean Cairncross wouldn't say
Security18 Nov 2025 | 9
States that aren't nice to ICE still sharing key database full of personal info
Lawmakers warn of ‘information gap’ lets immigration agents sidestep states’ data safeguards
Public Sector13 Nov 2025 | 19
Critical federal cybersecurity funding set to resume as government shutdown draws to a close - for now
Resolution acquiesced to by 8 Dems includes CISA Act funding, layoff reversals, and could be easily undone
Public Sector10 Nov 2025 | 6
Blackwell a no-sell in China as trade deal fails to materialize
Xi and Trump haven't gotten to discuss the chips, though they were supposed to
AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 6
Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not
DHS rule would expand biometric collection to immigrants and some citizens linked to them
Public Sector04 Nov 2025 | 46
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's security falls apart amid layoffs
Security program fails to meet federal standards as government cuts drain resources
Security04 Nov 2025 | 3
Smile! Uncle Sam wants to scan your face on the way in – and out
Noncitizens, prepare to have your mugshot stored for up to 75 years
Public Sector29 Oct 2025 | 133
Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached
Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped
Devops27 Oct 2025 | 73
Uncle Sam's new power plan will plug AI farms into the grid faster
Proposal would fast-track hookups for the megawatt-hungry datacenters driving US electricity demand
AI + ML24 Oct 2025 | 18
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Updated Sharing views POTUS doesn't like? Say goodbye to that visa, First Amendment be damned
Legal17 Oct 2025 | 80
CISA cuts more staff and reassigns others as government stays shut down
America's main cybersecurity agency has lost almost 1,000 people this year
Public Sector14 Oct 2025 | 6
Texas senators cry foul over Smithsonian's pricey Space Shuttle shuffle
Can be shifted for a tenth of the price AND the wings don't have to come off – allegedly
Science08 Oct 2025 | 149
China is building a thriving semi industry off US leftovers, export controls be damned
House Committee on China wants more comprehensive ban on chipmaking equipment exports to Middle Kingdom
Public Sector07 Oct 2025 | 52
ICE plans to scour Facebook, TikTok, X, and even defunct Google+ for illegal immigration leads
Draft solicitation calls for nearly 30 contractors to mine social media and other open-source data
Public Sector03 Oct 2025 | 60
Pentagon decrees warfighters don't need 'frequent' cybersecurity training
Beards, body fat, and cyber refreshers now frowned upon
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2025 | 145
Ex-US cyber boss slams politics getting in the way of preparedness
interview And don't even get him started on AI
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2025 | 5
US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew
The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex federal CISO tells The Register
Cybersecurity Month01 Oct 2025 | 35
Cyber threat-sharing law set to shut down, along with US government
Act passed in 2015 is due to lapse unless a continuing resolution passes - and that's unlikely
Security26 Sep 2025 | 9
Federal agencies DOGE questions about what cost-cutting team is doing
Oversight efforts have been rebuffed, says Democratic report, 'putting Americans' personal data at risk'
Public Sector26 Sep 2025 | 25
AI that once called itself MechaHitler will now be available to the US government for $0.42
Elon Musk's AI appears to be more ideological than competitors
Public Sector25 Sep 2025 | 19
Google is very sorry for pulling down COVID misinfo and pledges never to use outside fact-checkers
It's all Biden's fault, Chocolate Factory claims
Legal24 Sep 2025 | 94
US Navy: I can't quit you, Azure
AWS, Google, and Oracle admitted they can't support current setup
PaaS + IaaS24 Sep 2025 | 33
Feds put finger on H-1B lottery scale to favor higher earners
The higher the wage level, the more entries they'll get in the draw
Public Sector23 Sep 2025 | 23
Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants
Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out
Science19 Sep 2025 | 19
Scale AI says 'tanks a lot' to Pentagon for data-classifying deal
First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong?
Public Sector17 Sep 2025 |
Social Security admin denies DB data leak, DOGEs questions about a copy
Carefully crafted response makes no mention of whether DOGE employees duplicated critical database
Public Sector17 Sep 2025 | 9
Small nuke reactors are really coming online by next year, US energy secretary insists
That's optimistic based on progress so far
Science16 Sep 2025 | 53
Trump backpedals as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages South Korea
Analysis Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to them
On-Prem16 Sep 2025 | 196
Dems wave hands, stomp feet about ICE using mobile face recognition app
Secretive app + unreliable tech + Trump administration policies = ANGRY LETTER
Public Sector15 Sep 2025 | 27
CISA program gave out $20k+ payments to unqualified employees, auditor says
The OIG says the Cyber Incentive program was rife with 'fraud, waste, and abuse'
Cybersecurity Month12 Sep 2025 | 1
All your vulns are belong to us! CISA wants to maintain gov control of CVE program
Get ready for a fight over who steers the global standard for vulnerability identification
Cybersecurity Month12 Sep 2025 | 9
Senator demands to know status of 'duplicate' Social Security database 'immediately'
It’s a Republican pressing after DOGE whistleblower flags hostile work environment
Public Sector11 Sep 2025 | 29
AI can't be woke and regulators should be asleep, Senator Cruz says
Video We went through two hours of Senate hearings so you didn't have to
AI + ML10 Sep 2025 | 22
How many federal agencies does it take to regulate AI? Enough to hold it back
Nearly 100 requirements laid down by 10 separate oversight and advisory groups leave agencies tangled in red tape
Public Sector10 Sep 2025 | 15
The US government has no idea how many cybersecurity pros it employs
Auditors find federal cybersecurity workforce data messy, incomplete, and unreliable
Public Sector08 Sep 2025 | 14
Perplexity wants to get discounted AI products into the US government too
$0.25-per-agency deal not finalized, and no FedRAMP approval either - so don’t get excited
AI + ML08 Sep 2025 |
FCC plans to kill Wi-Fi on school buses, hotspots for library patrons
Chair Carr calls E-Rate expansions unlawful, Ted Cruz warns of online risks for kids
Public Sector05 Sep 2025 | 59
HHS warns US health care industry to share data with patients or else
After years of foot-dragging, penalties for blocking access finally kick in
Public Sector05 Sep 2025 | 3
Sky-high budget gap: FAA launches air traffic overhaul, lacks cash to finish it
Agency wants a single private integrator to herd 74K bits of kit with only 40% of the funding so far
Public Sector04 Sep 2025 | 30
No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others
+Comment We’ve got hungry American datacenters to feed, argued the lawmaker - a revival Nvidia dubs ‘doomer science fiction’
Public Sector04 Sep 2025 | 41
ServiceNow signs Uncle Sam's latest short-term AI discount deal
The first one's always free - or at least deeply discounted for the first year
AI + ML03 Sep 2025 | 2
Biden stopped ICE from buying Israeli spyware, but Trump admin allows it to proceed
Privacy advocates don't care if Paragon is based in the US now - they still don't want ICE armed with spyware
Public Sector02 Sep 2025 | 48
Microsoft rewarded for security failures with another US government contract
Free Copilot for any agency who actually wants it
Public Sector02 Sep 2025 | 18
Biting the hand that feeds IT
