The Fed Mission Success Round Up: U.S. Leading in Digital Transformation; Zero-Trust Deadline Inflection Point; and VA Announces Creation of New AI Testing Ground

Welcome to the Fed Mission Success News Round Up brought to you by Makpar. Each week, we will provide a summary of actionable news and insights to help aid in overall mission success for Federal agency IT decision-makers and influencers.

U.S. Leading Its Counterparts in Digital Transformation at Scale

At the recent ACT-IAC’s Imagine Nation ELC conference, General Services Administration CIO David Shive said that the U.S. is at the top of the class in one very important measure: digital transformation at scale, according to FedScoop.

Inside the HHS Reorganization to Prioritize AI and Emerging Tech

The Department of Health and Human Services announced in July that it was reorganizing its internal operations to place more of an emphasis on data and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, and NextGov dives further into this reorganization.

NIST Approves 14 New Quantum Encryption Algorithms for Standardization

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a new series of digital signature algorithms ready for the agency’s post-quantum cryptographic standardization process, following the finalization of the inaugural three earlier this year.

Agencies Face ‘Inflection Point’ Ahead of Looming Zero-Trust Deadline, CISA Official Says

As federal agencies race to hit a White House deadline to submit updated zero-trust implementation plans next week, a top Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official said she’s seen promising data leading up to that “inflection point,” according to CyberScoop.

FTC on Track to Publish Its First AI Use Case Inventory by the End of this Year, Official Says

The Federal Trade Commission expects to make its first artificial intelligence use case inventory public before 2025, according to Mark Gray, the agency’s chief information, AI and data officer, as highlighted by FedScoop.

VA Announces Creation of New AI Testing Ground with the FDA

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Food and Drug Administration are partnering to launch an interagency testing ground for healthcare-related artificial intelligence tools, according to NextGov.