GAO finds spotty agency compliance with IDEA Act requirements; U.S. CHIPS office eyes $100 million competition focused on manufacturing and AI

Agencies’ reporting required on various website and digital services benchmarks required by the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act is often incomplete and inconsistent, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog found that full compliance with the 2018 law — which mandates annual reports from the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies on federal website standards and eight modernization requirements — is lacking, resulting in submitted reports with “varying levels of content and detail.”

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s CHIPS Research and Development Office plans to initiate competition with up to $100 million in funding focused on the sustainable manufacturing of semiconductor chips and artificial intelligence, according to a posting to the Federal Register published last week. The upcoming Notice of Funding Opportunity is meant to boost support for new materials in chip manufacturing and comes as the Biden administration continues to invest in the domestic tech industry.

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