On his personal LinkedIn, Pete Waterman apologized to civilian FedRAMP Cybersecurity Service applicants and called the practice “brutally unfair when taken to the extreme.”

Tech leaders from across agencies and industry said the government must work together to use AI to fix broken systems, not just use it as a band-aid.

Zack Schwartz, a top VA IT official, framed the change as a way to avoid “unnecessary delays” in procurement while maintaining security standards.

An independent review found the department was deficient in seven areas. The agency said many of the recommended actions are already underway.

Not every project has been a success, but the Technology Modernization Fund expects substantial savings are on the horizon, per the GAO report.

The VA’s Enterprise Software Asset Management (eSAM) initiative and software license inventory project lack governance frameworks and planning, per a new GAO report.

The bipartisan Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement Act would raise purchase thresholds and allow for pre-payments on cloud services.

Fraud and cybersecurity experts told House lawmakers that AI is exacerbating the problem. Improvements are needed to protect Login-dot-gov.

At a listening session, government contracting experts and AI companies said the revised rule is too vague and doesn’t follow current commercial contracting standards.

Leidos is spearheading the effort to replace paper flight strips and train controllers on its digitized version, aiming to onboard another dozen airports by the end of…