The Office of the Performance Improvement Officer (PIO) at the Department of Defense (DOD) has published a document detailing the roles and responsibilities of multiple DOD components. The focus lies in providing information management and information technology support for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The original article can be found here .
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently collaborated with its counterparts from the United Kingdom and Australia to conduct field trials of various robotic vehicles and sensors. The trials took place in late 2023 at the Cultana Training Area in South Australia and are a testament to global cooperation in advancing defense technology.
A defining move in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to government services, Microsoft has launched its Azure OpenAI service on the Azure Government platform. This launch comes as the company is seeking FedRAMP authorization for handling high-impact data.
Revised and substantially expanded July 17, 2026, including the subsequent legislative and program record.
In February 2024, lawmakers supporting the Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act—the CREATE AI Act—were optimistic that Congress would formally establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR). At the same time, the National Science Foundation had already launched a pilot under executive direction and existing authorities.
That combination created an easy but misleading story: the pilot was underway, bipartisan support was growing, and legislation would simply make the program permanent.
The harder institutional question is what permanent should mean.
A pilot can demonstrate demand, test operating processes, and mobilize voluntary contributions. It cannot by itself guarantee multi-year infrastructure, stable access for long-running research, independent governance, predictable appropriations, enforceable duties, or continuity across administrations. Those are not administrative details surrounding a technical program. They determine what kind of national capability the program becomes.
NAIRR needs legislation not merely so that it continues to exist, but so that its public obligations survive the incentives and relationships that made the pilot possible.
As federal agencies increasingly rely on outsourcing their security operations center (SOC) staff, they must ensure the appointed personnel possess not only the required certifications but also the most current knowledge in the field.
In the last two decades, and more prominently over the past five years, the digital ecosystem has morphed into a competitive battlespace arguably on par with the physical domain. The near-universal presence of internet connectivity, linking approximately 17 billion devices to the internet as of this year, creates enormous opportunities and challenges. The original article can be found here .
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has made public its proposed recommendations for the implementation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of its responsibilities in encouraging secure and trustworthy usage and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
Modernization stands as a key priority for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), with senior authorities within the service branch citing artificial intelligence (AI) as a fundamental element in their transformation initiatives.