Amy Kluber

United States, Washington, D.C.

Editor-in-Chief at GovernmentCIO

Editor-in-Chief, you can find me at @GovCIOMedia #GovCast #CyberCast #HealthCast … or #DisneyWorld.

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Articles

Opinion: AI Is Reshaping Government, Can Contractors Keep Up?

3 weeks ago | govciomedia.com | Jonathan Aberman |Amy Kluber

To compete in the new AI-driven public sector, contractors must demonstrate the one thing machines can’t deliver: human originality. The government contracting industry hasn’t been in a market this dynamic since the “Peace Dividend” of the early 1990s. This time, the cause is the federal government’s ongoing artificial intelligence transformation. This once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity is currently defined by expectations and innovation models built by and for Silicon Valley.
Mark Green: ROTC-Like Program, Automation Can Impact Federal Cyber

2 months ago | govciomedia.com | Amy Kluber |Nikki Henderson

Policies like the proposed Cyber PIVOTT Act could be critical boosts to federal cybersecurity challenges fraught with compliance burdens. A new bill proposes an ROTC-style scholarship program approach to hiring cybersecurity talent, a move among Rep. Mark Green’s cybersecurity policy priorities that include filling a workforce shortage, reducing compliance burdens and disincentivizing threat actors.
VA Secretary Pledges to Protect Benefits Amid Spending Cuts

Feb 23, 2025 | govciomedia.com | Amy Kluber

Doug Collins pledged to divert spending toward direct veteran care and benefits as veteran organizations outline upcoming priorities. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, in his first major address to a veterans service organization since taking office, vowed to put veterans first and defend their hard-earned benefits and health care. This comes as the agency looks for cost-cutting measures amid sweeping government-wide spending cuts.
CBP Leads Federal Post-Quantum Cryptography Work

Dec 3, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Silvia Oakland |Amy Kluber

The agency began its post-quantum cryptography migration two years ago and thinks others would benefit from its lessons learned. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is already seeing some returns on its post-quantum cryptography preparation work that included being an early adopter for NIST’s first quantum-related standards released this year.
AI Boosts DOD Cyber Crime Center Digital Forensics

Oct 23, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Amy Kluber

The center sees opportunity for artificial intelligence to support data collection and processing in cyber crime investigations. A new program at the Defense Department Cyber Crime Center (DC3) is incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning to help its analysts parse through enormous amounts of sensor data and better analyze cyber threats and forensics.
DISA Eyes Growth in Private, Commercial Cloud Programs

Oct 23, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Amy Kluber

Agency leaders anticipate more sites joining its private and commercial cloud solution programs to support military units globally. DISA rolled out its new Joint Operational Edge (JOE) commercial cloud capability to sites in Japan and Germany as agency leaders aim to add additional sites soon.
Micky Tripathi: ASTP Getting a New Digital Service

Sep 20, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson |Amy Kluber

Department of Health and Human Services’ newly reorganized policy arm is getting a new digital service division to provide digital and technical expertise across its various operating and staff divisions, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi said Thursday at the Health IT Summit in Rockville, Maryland.
Feds Prioritize Open-Source Software Security Initiatives

Sep 13, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Silvia Oakland |Amy Kluber

With the first open-source office established at CMS, a White House-led open-source group aims to advance many other initiatives in 2025. A White House working group comprising federal agencies released a series of initiatives it will tackle regarding ongoing work to secure open-source software as the technology becomes more critical to combatting growing security concerns following high-profile cyberattacks like Log4j and SolarWinds.
VA Delivers Record-Breaking Care Amid Surging Demand

Sep 10, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Amy Kluber

Agency officials Dr. Shereef Elnahal and Joshua Jacobs said additional funding would sustain increased services to veterans. Department of Veterans Affairs leaders report growing levels of health care delivery and benefits distribution amid PACT Act payouts and outreach efforts. “Since the PACT Act was signed in August 2022, we have enrolled nearly three quarters of a million new veterans into our system,” said VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal at a briefing Monday.
NSF Funds 5 Centers to Expand Biotechnology Research

Sep 9, 2024 | govciomedia.com | Nikki Henderson |Amy Kluber

The agency sees biotechnology as one of five emerging industries for its applications in health and the environment. The National Science Foundation is investing $75 million into creating five new biofoundries as part of its effort to support scientific discovery for the goods and services that would benefit the economy and society.