National Nuclear Security Administration CIO James Wolff discusses the ongoing friction between vendors and their customers, including the federal government, during a panel at the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Billington CyberSecurity Summit)
NNSA CIO James Wolff said he’s planning to add AI into vendor-vetting processes and that technology providers should aim to produce tools that are more secure.
A Department Of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection sign is displayed at the CBP headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The planned $2 million investment follows increased use of the tech in law enforcement operations, such as to support security operations during the World Cup.
The contract audit conducted by the Government Accountability Office is part of a forthcoming series of reports that aim to uncover the impact of last year’s cost-cutting…
Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence testifies before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on electronic health record modernization on Sept. 2, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/Scoop News Group photo)
Across the aisle, lawmakers expressed outrage over the recent contract ceiling hike after Oracle’s CEO told Congress four years ago that the company would not raise costs.
Using artificial intelligence for “personal convenience” does not have to conform to records retention regulations, per recent National Archives guidance.
A look at a Compliant Technologies Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, G.L.O.V.E., at Omaha Police Headquarters in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security unit will spend more than $16.7 million on 6,650 of the “conductive distraction and de-escalation” devices made by Compliant Technologies.