GAO cyber chief eyes workforce investments as watchdog does more with less
Jennifer Franks, director of the GAO’s Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, said the nonpartisan agency needs upskilling and adaptability to keep pace with AI-related threats.
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Jennifer Franks, director of the GAO’s Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, speaks during the Elastic Public Sector Summit on March 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo) Cyber -
(Getty Images) Federal CIOs often underestimated investment risks on IT dashboard, GAO says
The watchdog audited the process agency IT officials use to assess the risk of technology investments — though the IT dashboard where the information is posted is sunsetting.
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(Getty Images) Cyber Work needed to fortify systems against quantum threats, watchdog says
None of the 24 agencies the Government Accountability Office audited had fully addressed selected post-quantum cryptography practices.
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Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the Small Business Administration, testifies during her Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) AI SBA gets another push to step up its AI game
OIG says SBA needs an AI governance board, a generative AI strategy and better classifications for high-impact uses. GAO and Congress previously dinged the agency on AI issues.
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Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images) Data Agencies largely stonewall GAO on audit of DOGE’s data practices
The watchdog isn’t sure if the public’s data was protected after the CFPB, SEC, NOAA and Education provided incomplete information and the SBA and VA didn’t engage with it.
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Sign for the 988 Lifeline mental health emergency hotline, Walnut Creek, California, on Dec. 20, 2024. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Cyber HHS suicide, crisis lifeline needs cybersecurity improvements, watchdog finds
The 988 Lifeline has made progress on cybersecurity but still needs to implement improvements to contingency plans, as well as identity and access controls.
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A flight information display board shows several flights cancelled at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on August 27, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images) AI FAA unveils AI aviation data tool in Washington airspace
The platform, which launched in “a limited mode,” offers suggestions on handling congestion and other challenges by analyzing around 200 data streams.
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(Illustration by Shanima Parker/Scoop News Group. Sources: mtcurado, Kayla Bartkowski, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, DNY59, Getty.) Policy Inside the bipartisan backlash to the $27 billion VA-Oracle EHRM contract blindsiding Congress
Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.”
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A demonstrator holds a sign to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol on May 5, 2022 in Madison, Wis. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Tech Interior to use facial recognition AI for missing and murdered persons, human trafficking cases
The agency’s Missing and Murdered Unit will use Clearview AI tools to “rapidly identify and locate missing persons, crime victims, and suspects nationwide,” contracting documents said.
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(Getty Images) Commentary Government needs vertical AI’s rigor at a horizontal scale
To move beyond pilots, federal agencies need secure, mission-specific systems that can execute across the messy reality of government operations.