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In today’s Federal Newscast, a new report from a Senate committee shows at least eight cabinet agencies are failing to comply with federal cybersecurity standards.

In today’s Federal Newscast, two bills to protect federal employees’ health insurance benefits during future government shutdowns advanced to the full House for a vote.

Science-focused agencies have turned to citizen scientists to fill gaps in their data, or have urged members of the industry to develop innovative ideas to problems through government-funded prize challenges. 

Jim Wiggins, executive director at the Federal IT Security Institute joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the steps federal agencies can take to get up to date on their cybersecurity training.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has just over two months to submit a plan for artificial intelligence technical standards, and a lot needs to be considered.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command started wide-scale implementation of the Cyber Excepted Service this month.

Federal agencies testing the accuracy of facial recognition and biometrics see high rates with few flaws.

Congressional Research and Development Caucus co-chair Bill Foster (D-Ill.) shared concerns with NIST budget decreases on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Technology executive Jeremy Grant gives his thoughts on the current state of biometrics and facial recognition technology.

In today’s Federal Newscast, another former member of the intelligence community was found to have conspired with Chinese intelligence services.