#governmenttechnology — Public Fediverse posts

The Register: NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns. “The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is ordering all of its technology leaders to temporarily wall off the organization’s open source projects over concerns relating to advanced AI and Anthropic’s Mythos. According to guidance shared internally within the organization and seen by The Register, GitHub […]

France’s Digital Sovereignty Linux Migration Is Different This Time

France’s digital sovereignty Linux migration has proof it works.The Gendarmerie has run a custom Linux build in 103,000…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #cloudsovereignty #digitalsovereignty #DINUM #enterpriseIT #GendBuntu #governmenttechnology #linux #Microsoft #opensource
https://www.europesays.com/france/7601/

Politico: CIA is trusting AI to help analyze intel from human spies. “The CIA is starting to deploy artificial intelligence to boost one of its most hallowed missions: analyzing the plans, intentions and capabilities of foreign nations, the agency’s deputy director said Thursday.”

Michigan Advance: Michigan’s use of AI to process SNAP applications draws concerns about past automation failures. “The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has begun using artificial intelligence to help boost the number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cases it can review, a department official told members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DHHS last week.”

CNBC: Anthropic’s Claude hits No. 1 on Apple’s top free apps list after Pentagon rejection. “Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence assistant app jumped to the No. 1 slot on Apple’s chart of top U.S. free apps late on Saturday, a day after the Trump administration sought to block government agencies’ adoption of the startup’s technology.”

State of Massachusetts: Governor Healey Announces Massachusetts to Become First State to Deploy ChatGPT Across Executive Branch. Uh. “Today, Governor Maura Healey announced the launch of the ChatGPT-powered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant for the state’s workforce, with the goal of making government work better and faster for people…. Massachusetts will be the first state to adopt […]

ComputerWeekly: Large language models provide unreliable answers about public services, Open Data Institute finds. “Popular large language models (LLMs) are unable to provide reliable information about key public services such as health, taxes and benefits, the Open Data Institute (ODI) has found.”

Wonkette: Hootsuite Takes Heat For Collaborating With ICE. “The Globe & Mail reported on the $95,000 pilot project signed with ICE in September after someone passed along in-house documents, and government contractor Seneca Strategic Partners — the business arm of the Seneca Nation in New York — also has a $2.8-million contract with the Department of Homeland Security to use Hootsuite’s […]

Public Technology: Academics create network to connect officials with research experts. “Launching on 1 February, the Evidence Exchange aims to enable more universities and research organisations to offer ‘Policy to Research’ opportunities for civil and public servants. A consortium led by the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge is developing the project alongside […]

EFF: The Homeland Security Spending Trail: How to Follow the Money Through U.S. Government Databases. “This week, EFF and the Heinrich Boell Foundation released an update to our database of vendors providing technology to components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protections (CBP). It includes new […]

New York Times: In Ukraine, a New Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born This link goes to a gift article. “Across the roughly 800-mile front and over the airspace of both nations, drones with newly developed autonomous features are now in daily combat use. By last spring, Bumblebees launched from Ukrainian positions had carried out more than 1,000 combat flights against Russian targets, […]

Federal News Network: The hidden vulnerability: Why legacy government web forms demand urgent attention. “Government agencies face a security challenge hiding in plain sight: outdated web forms that collect citizen data through systems built years — sometimes decades — ago. While agencies invest heavily in perimeter security and advanced threat detection, many continue using legacy forms […]

Federal News Network: The hidden vulnerability: Why legacy government web forms demand urgent attention. “Government agencies face a security challenge hiding in plain sight: outdated web forms that collect citizen data through systems built years — sometimes decades — ago. While agencies invest heavily in perimeter security and advanced threat detection, many continue using legacy forms […]

Federal News Network: The hidden vulnerability: Why legacy government web forms demand urgent attention. “Government agencies face a security challenge hiding in plain sight: outdated web forms that collect citizen data through systems built years — sometimes decades — ago. While agencies invest heavily in perimeter security and advanced threat detection, many continue using legacy forms […]

Federal News Network: The hidden vulnerability: Why legacy government web forms demand urgent attention. “Government agencies face a security challenge hiding in plain sight: outdated web forms that collect citizen data through systems built years — sometimes decades — ago. While agencies invest heavily in perimeter security and advanced threat detection, many continue using legacy forms […]

Federal News Network: The hidden vulnerability: Why legacy government web forms demand urgent attention. “Government agencies face a security challenge hiding in plain sight: outdated web forms that collect citizen data through systems built years — sometimes decades — ago. While agencies invest heavily in perimeter security and advanced threat detection, many continue using legacy forms […]

Raw Story: Alarm raised as experts suspect ‘sloppy code’ used to overhaul sensitive govt websites. “Attempting to meet Donald Trump’s July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/03/raw-story-alarm-raised-as-experts-suspect-sloppy-code-used-to-overhaul-sensitive-govt-websites/

Raw Story: Alarm raised as experts suspect ‘sloppy code’ used to overhaul sensitive govt websites. “Attempting to meet Donald Trump’s July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/03/raw-story-alarm-raised-as-experts-suspect-sloppy-code-used-to-overhaul-sensitive-govt-websites/

Raw Story: Alarm raised as experts suspect ‘sloppy code’ used to overhaul sensitive govt websites. “Attempting to meet Donald Trump’s July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/03/raw-story-alarm-raised-as-experts-suspect-sloppy-code-used-to-overhaul-sensitive-govt-websites/

Raw Story: Alarm raised as experts suspect ‘sloppy code’ used to overhaul sensitive govt websites. “Attempting to meet Donald Trump’s July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/03/raw-story-alarm-raised-as-experts-suspect-sloppy-code-used-to-overhaul-sensitive-govt-websites/

Raw Story: Alarm raised as experts suspect ‘sloppy code’ used to overhaul sensitive govt websites. “Attempting to meet Donald Trump’s July 2026 deadline to refashion government websites where private information is shared, the National Design Studio is creating websites that have all the appearances of leaving gaping security holes, experts warned Monday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/03/raw-story-alarm-raised-as-experts-suspect-sloppy-code-used-to-overhaul-sensitive-govt-websites/

StateScoop: Mislabeled wires responsible for two-day IT outage in South Dakota, officials say. “A wiring issue at the South Dakota State Data Center was responsible for a two-day power outage that interrupted the state’s IT systems in August, two state officials told lawmakers on Thursday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/06/statescoop-mislabeled-wires-responsible-for-two-day-it-outage-in-south-dakota-officials-say/

PC Gamer: A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and ‘eight years’ worth of work’ stored in the cloud go up in smoke. “Allegedly, backups simply couldn’t be kept, due to the G-Drive system’s massive capacity. But it gets worse. It turns out that before the fire, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety had apparently instructed government employees to store […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/11/pc-gamer-a-data-center-fire-in-south-korea-sees-858-tb-of-government-files-and-eight-years-worth-of-work-stored-in-the-cloud-go-up-in-smoke/

PC Gamer: A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and ‘eight years’ worth of work’ stored in the cloud go up in smoke. “Allegedly, backups simply couldn’t be kept, due to the G-Drive system’s massive capacity. But it gets worse. It turns out that before the fire, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety had apparently instructed government employees to store […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/11/pc-gamer-a-data-center-fire-in-south-korea-sees-858-tb-of-government-files-and-eight-years-worth-of-work-stored-in-the-cloud-go-up-in-smoke/

PC Gamer: A data center fire in South Korea sees 858 TB of government files and ‘eight years’ worth of work’ stored in the cloud go up in smoke. “Allegedly, backups simply couldn’t be kept, due to the G-Drive system’s massive capacity. But it gets worse. It turns out that before the fire, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety had apparently instructed government employees to store […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/11/pc-gamer-a-data-center-fire-in-south-korea-sees-858-tb-of-government-files-and-eight-years-worth-of-work-stored-in-the-cloud-go-up-in-smoke/

Ars Technica: The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware. “In 2024, 20 new US-based spyware investors were identified, bringing the total number of American backers of this technology to 31. This growth has largely outpaced other major investing countries such as Israel, Italy, and the United Kingdom, according to a new report published today by the Atlantic Council.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/14/ars-technica-the-us-is-now-the-largest-investor-in-commercial-spyware/

NC Newsline: Stein launches AI council, paving way for wider use of technology across NC government. “North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Tuesday he is creating a council to study and begin using artificial intelligence within state government, signing an executive order and sketching out what he described as a years-long plan to use the technology for ‘economic growth and attract innovation.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/03/nc-newsline-stein-launches-ai-council-paving-way-for-wider-use-of-technology-across-nc-government/

NC Newsline: Stein launches AI council, paving way for wider use of technology across NC government. “North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Tuesday he is creating a council to study and begin using artificial intelligence within state government, signing an executive order and sketching out what he described as a years-long plan to use the technology for ‘economic growth and attract innovation.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/03/nc-newsline-stein-launches-ai-council-paving-way-for-wider-use-of-technology-across-nc-government/

NC Newsline: Stein launches AI council, paving way for wider use of technology across NC government. “North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Tuesday he is creating a council to study and begin using artificial intelligence within state government, signing an executive order and sketching out what he described as a years-long plan to use the technology for ‘economic growth and attract innovation.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/03/nc-newsline-stein-launches-ai-council-paving-way-for-wider-use-of-technology-across-nc-government/

NC Newsline: Stein launches AI council, paving way for wider use of technology across NC government. “North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Tuesday he is creating a council to study and begin using artificial intelligence within state government, signing an executive order and sketching out what he described as a years-long plan to use the technology for ‘economic growth and attract innovation.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/03/nc-newsline-stein-launches-ai-council-paving-way-for-wider-use-of-technology-across-nc-government/

NC Newsline: Stein launches AI council, paving way for wider use of technology across NC government. “North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Tuesday he is creating a council to study and begin using artificial intelligence within state government, signing an executive order and sketching out what he described as a years-long plan to use the technology for ‘economic growth and attract innovation.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/03/nc-newsline-stein-launches-ai-council-paving-way-for-wider-use-of-technology-across-nc-government/

The Register: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project. “Evidence of the deal appeared on Monday in the Department’s (DoD’s) daily list of newly-awarded contracts. That document mentions an award of up to $200 million for OpenAI. According to the brief details, the AI upstart will receive $2 million immediately, with more to come.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/18/the-register-defense-department-signs-openai-for-200-million-frontier-ai-pilot-project/

FAA to retire floppy disks and Windows 95 amid air traffic control overhaul - On Wednesday, acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau told ... - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/06/faa-to-retire-floppy-disks-and-windows-95-amid-air-traffic-control-overhaul/ #governmenttechnology #airtrafficcontrol #vintagecomputing #chrisrocheleau #infrastructure #transportation #legacysystems #modernization #usgovernment #floppydisks #retrotech #seanduffy #windows95 #aviation

TechCrunch: Anthropic unveils custom AI models for US national security customers. “The new models, a custom set of ‘Claude Gov’ models, were ‘built based on direct feedback from our government customers to address real-world operational needs,’ writes Anthropic in the blog post. Compared to Anthropic’s consumer- and enterprise-focused models, the new custom Claude Gov models were designed […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/techcrunch-anthropic-unveils-custom-ai-models-for-us-national-security-customers/

ScanGov: Government digital experience map. “Project ScanGov now has a map that visualizes how U.S. states fare on government digital experience. Each state on the map is clickable to a full government digital experience report card. The grades are based on scans of state government website homepages and how each fares on key indicators.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/22/scangov-government-digital-experience-map/

Tom’s Hardware: U.S. Gov’t eliminates tape data storage at the GSA to save $1M per year, but tape isn’t dead yet. “Hopefully, no official installed at DOGE or GSA assumed that because magnetic tape has been around for such a long time, it is outdated and, therefore, a prime target for replacement with new and improved storage tech. Recently, we reported that the tech behind tape storage, the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/toms-hardware-u-s-govt-eliminates-tape-data-storage-at-the-gsa-to-save-1m-per-year-but-tape-isnt-dead-yet/

Route Fifty: Government websites are littered with accessibility issues, research finds. “Web accessibility software company AudioEye scanned almost 35,000 pages across nearly 800 government websites for its 2025 Digital Accessibility Index and found that the average page had 307 accessibility violations, including images without alt text, a lack of clear color contrast, keyboard […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/30/route-fifty-government-websites-are-littered-with-accessibility-issues-research-finds/

NC Newsline: NC treasurer announces 12-week artificial intelligence pilot. “The state Treasurer’s Office is using ChatGPT in a 12-week artificial intelligence pilot program. State Treasurer Brad Briner said the department is using the OpenAI product to identify businesses with unclaimed property and analyze local government financial data.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/nc-newsline-nc-treasurer-announces-12-week-artificial-intelligence-pilot/

StateScoop: New chief data officer tracker compares state efforts. “The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation on Thursday published a new tracker that catalogs the growing number of chief data officers working inside of state governments. The new tracker includes details on the 32 state chief data officers, or equivalent roles, including their names, year the role was established and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/09/statescoop-new-chief-data-officer-tracker-compares-state-efforts/