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.
Republicans Want Treasury to Study Free Tax Filing Options — Again
A provision tucked inside Republicans’ reconciliation text would officially end IRS Direct File and establish a task force to replace it and Free File, the public-private program the IRS has long used to offer most taxpayers a free way to file online, according to NextGov.
The Tax System Modernization Program That Would Not Die
Despite numerous initiatives and significant investments, the IRS continues to face challenges in modernizing its outdated technology infrastructure, highlighting the complexities and persistent obstacles in its overall federal IT modernization efforts, according to Forbes.
What Americans Really Think About AI
The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan received more than 10,000 comments, and Compiler analyzed all of them to find out how Americans feel about artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs, human rights, competition with China and more.
With Trust in AI Flagging, Senators Want Commerce to Lead Education Campaign
As the internet becomes overrun with AI noise and public trust in artificial intelligence plummets, a bipartisan group of senators want to enlist the Commerce Department in an education operation about the emerging technology, according to FedScoop.
Industry Reps Urge Congress to Renew Backbone Cyber Information-Sharing Last week, industry officials made a strong case to Capitol Hill that a foundational cyber threat information-sharing law must be renewed by this fall, arguing a lapse would give foreign adversaries arrant latitude to access sensitive U.S. data, according to NextGov.
Air Force Digitizes Hundreds of Classification Guides to Improve Information Sharing
The Air Force has digitized more than 500 security classification guides and is using them to identify inconsistencies between the guides that are blocking the service’s ability to share data across systems, according to Federal News Network.
NSA Cyber Chief to Retire at End of Month
The head of the National Security Agency’s cybersecurity directorate will retire at the end of May, and comes at a time as the intelligence community has already undergone several workforce changes under the Trump administration, according to NextGov.
