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Washington, D.C. (August 10, 2021) Homeland Security Deputy Secretary John Tien swears in Robert Silvers as the new DHS Under Secretary for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans at DHS Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

DHS agrees new cybersecurity R&D partnership with Israel

The initiative will provide $1.5M grants to startups working on infrastructure cyber resilience.

Jul 1, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kitefre K. Oboho pins Expert Infantryman Badges (EIB) on paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade during an awards ceremony under COVID-19 prevention conditions at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy Oct. 30, 2020. (U.S. Army / Davide Dalla Massara)

Fitbit to study how to detect COVID-19 in soldiers before symptoms appear

The electronics company is part of the military's latest project on determining if it's possible to know if personnel have been infected before they start to show…

Nov 2, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

NOAA unmanned Z-Boat — Lt. Joseph Carrier, operations officer on the NOAA ship *Thomas Jefferson*, deploys an unmanned Z-Boat from the ship in 2015. (NOAA)

New unmanned systems program at NOAA will focus on cybersecurity, acquisition process

While use of "UxS" vehicles by air and sea isn't new, NOAA's reliance on them has increased tenfold since 2012.

Apr 2, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work delivering remarks to newly promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals serving in the United States military as part of the CAPSTONE course at the National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, DC on August 12, 2014. (DoD photo by Casper Manlangit)

Federal R&D spending on AI should be doubled, then doubled again, commission says

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence calls for an immediate doubling of funding for non-defense R&D around AI starting next fiscal year, and then again in…

Apr 1, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

DARPA wants to build AI that can be a true teammate

A new research project called Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST) holds the immodest goal of figuring out how to imbue machines with social intelligence.

Feb 18, 2020 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

intelligence, research, technology, espionage, digital — (Getty Images)

IARPA hires Catherine Marsh as its next director

Marsh was the agency's deputy director from 2013 to 2015, and since had been working at the CIA.

Nov 25, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

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NSF pushes for ‘large-scale’ AI research with new program

The $200 million National AI Research Institutes program will fund up to six institutes in the next six years.

Oct 8, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Capitol Building U.S. Congress — (Getty Images)

While the Office of Technology Assessment awaits comeback, lawmakers already have tweaks for it

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation would make tweaks to OTA's existing statute to make the office more "accessible" and "responsive to Members' needs."

Sep 19, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas — Rep. Will Hurd at the 2019 Dell Technologies Forum in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop)

Will Hurd wants a national AI strategy before he leaves office

An AI national strategy "is on my list for the next 14 months," the Texas Republican congressman says.

Sep 13, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Rick Perry, Department of Energy, Sandia Labs — Rick Perry speaks to employees of the Sandia National Laboratories in October 2018. (Sandia Labs / Flickr)

DOE creates an AI office to capitalize on the technology’s ‘Golden Age’

The office will "transform DOE into a world-leading AI enterprise," but there are few details available beyond that.

Sep 6, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier