ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data
The DHS component has had no new requests for commercial telemetry services since December 2022, but a privacy impact assessment filed by ICE is currently in review.
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A person promotes the Direct File pilot program at the Internal Revenue Service building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) Tech Cost estimates for IRS’s Direct File program were incomplete, GAO says
The tax agency’s estimates for its electronic filing pilot didn’t include start-up costs for the technology behind the system.
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General Services Administration Administrator Robin Carnahan testifies before a House Oversight and Accountability Committee oversight hearing on the GSA in the Rayburn House Office Building on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) AI GSA’s latest 10x projects have notable AI bent
The phase one selections include an LLM chatbot and AI-fueled search.
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(Getty Images) Modernization Watchdog report ties veteran death to scheduling error in VA’s new electronic health record system
The VA’s Inspector General has linked the death of a veteran to a scheduling error with the department’s new modernized EHR system, built by Oracle Cerner.
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From left, NASA astronaut and pilot Michael Barratt, NASA astronaut and commander Matthew Dominick and Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin wave as they leave to launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images) Cyber NASA investigating 2023 theft of astronaut training devices
The incident comes amid ongoing cybersecurity concerns within the space agency.
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(Getty Images) Tech House lawmakers consider legislative options to combat generative AI sexual exploitative content
Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation Subcommittee seek to focus on legislative definitions to allow law enforcement to apply existing laws to artificial intelligence.
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer takes a biometric photo of a passenger prior to boarding a flight at Houston International Airport on Feb. 12, 2018. (Customs and Border Protection / Donna Burton / Flickr) Tech CBP leaning into biometrics on controversial app, raising concerns from immigrant rights advocates
As Customs and Border Protection looks to expand the use of biometrics in its CBP One app, two different internal components of the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the platform.
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The U.S. General Services Administration headquarters is seen April 19, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Acquisition GSA working on corrective action plan following OIG report on ‘noncompliant’ video-conferencing camera purchase
The agency will provide its Office of the Inspector General with the plan by March 25, detailing enhancements to purchasing procedures and compliance measures.
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President Joe Biden visits the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Cyber FEMA employees brought government devices abroad without authorization, including to China and Iraq, document shows
FEMA appears to have missed a December goal to address concerns related to government devices being taken abroad without authorization.
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A view of the Department of Justice headquarters on Jan. 20, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) AI DOJ picks Princeton computer scientist as its chief AI officer
Jonathan Mayer, a former FCC technologist and policy adviser to Kamala Harris, will lead the Justice Department’s artificial intelligence work, including its Emerging Technology Board.