DOD, Army looking to streamline, fast-track AI acquisition; but it’s slow
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) hopes that its new Open Data and Applications Government-Owned Interoperable Repositories (Open DAGIR) Challenge…
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Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
US Justice developing AI use guidelines for law enforcement, civil rights
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to advance draft guidelines for the use of AI and biometric tools like…
US Army awards $249 million to Leidos for global biometric facility access
The US Army awarded a six-year, $249 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Reston, Virginia-based Leidos for the next…
DHS S&T awards contracts to further privacy enhancing synthetic data
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that it has awarded contracts under its Silicon Valley…
NYU Tandon Computer Science faculty tackling deepfakes
With the support of Google’s Cyber NYC Institutional Research Program (IRP), a team of NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers…
Texas DPS solicits contractor to maintain biometric ID services
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) issued a Request for Offers (RFO) for a contract to maintain its Multimodal…
RAND warns of hostile use of AI deepfakes, risks to privacy, democracy
Of the many risks that are explored in a new RAND Europe report, one of the most pressing involves rogue…
Parsons gets $1.9M US Army technical direction letter for next-gen biometrics
The US Army granted a technical direction letter worth $1.9 million to Centreville, Virginia-based Parsons Corporation for the acquisition of…
White House issues new directive for responsible federal acquisition of AI
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a new memorandum directing federal agencies to improve their responsible…
Report: ‘High-risk’ noncitizens allowed into US, identification lacking
Two agencies of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement…
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