Officials from the Department of Defense recently spoke about the importance of artificial intelligence subsets in automating decision making at the tactical edge. Alan Hansen, chief of intelligence systems and processing at the Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, told the attendees at a Booz Allen Hamilton-hosted webinar that today’s warfighting environment calls for the […]
John Goodman, chief executive officer of Accenture Federal Services, received his third Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic for his contributions to the government contracting industry. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the award to Goodman in recognition of his information technology efforts within federal agencies, innovations for emerging technology and excellent customer satisfaction. In a […]
The Army is taking steps to increase the level of data fluency across its enterprise to support the development of artificial intelligence technologies, according to an official. Lt. Col. Kristin Saling, the chief analytics officer for the Army Talent Management Task Force, said the future of AI in the Army will not be “one-size fits […]
NCI President and CEO Paul Dillahay, a Potomac Officers Club member, has received his second Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic for his impact on the government contracting sector. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the award to Dillahay in recognition of his contributions to growing NCI's information technology and engineering platform. He also led the […]
Government officials are determined to use the benefits of artificial intelligence but reiterated the importance of adhering to law and values to reduce potential dangers. At the National Defense Industrial Association’s Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict conference, Kevin Fahey, assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said the Department of Defense struggled with AI policy-wise. He […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will play a key role in creating standards for the Department of Defense’s new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. The program’s accreditation board will still have the final say over NIST’s standard recommendations, according to CMMC official and 2020 Wash100 winner Katie Arrington. NIST’s involvement […]
NASA Chief Information Officer Renee Wynn warned that the agency has been facing more cyber threats during the coronavirus pandemic. Wynn highlighted an increase in attacks aimed at personal networking, which she said are being blocked by NASA’s Security Operations Center migration tools. Wynn expects the attacks to continue and worsen during the public health […]
President Donald Trump has expressed support for Oracle’s potential acquisition of TikTok’s American operations, which Microsoft is also considering acquiring from parent company ByteDance. Earlier in August, Trump signed two executive orders that would ban video-sharing app TikTok and messaging app WeChat from operating in the United States after Sept. 20 for fear that they […]
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has warned the military against becoming fixated on artificial intelligence's target detection capabilities, saying it should also be used in other fields such as deployment planning. During Project Convergence, the Army used an experimental AI to find targets in satellite imagery and send the coordinates to artillery […]
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a new initiative meant to protect the critical infrastructure from potential threats to sustaining the country’s security and progress. The Operational Technology Defender Fellowship program is a partnership with DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center for Cyber and Technology Innovation. The collaboration […]
