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  1. EHR
    Lawmakers: Resuming VA EHRM Deployments Could Pose ‘Disaster’
    As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is preparing to restart deployment activities for its Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program in fiscal year (FY) 2025, lawmakers are asking the agency to hold off – and in the words of one of them – to avoid a potential “disaster.”
  1. Cricket Alert: Fed CIOs vs. IT Industry at Sept. 13 Match
  2. Wales Stepping Down at CISA; Bean Named Executive Director
  3. DoD’s New Arctic Playbook: Cutting-Edge Tech for Better Monitoring, Response
  4. Rep. Torres Planning Bill to Codify Cyber Safety Review Board
  5. Holmgren Named NCTC Acting Director Succeeding Abizaid
  6. Tech Biggies Launch Secure-by-Design AI Coalition

People

  1. MeriTalk Celebrates the 2024 Cyber Defenders at Tech Tonic
    Top cybersecurity professionals from across the Federal government and industry gathered on Thursday evening at Morton’s in Washington, D.C., to honor the 2024 Cyber Defenders Award winners.
  1. State Dept. Paying Down Cyber Skills Debt With AI
  2. Senate Vote Brings Federal Labor Relations Authority to Full Strength
  3. Acting Principal Deputy NCD Jake Braun Steps Down
  4. Leslie Beavers Elevated to Acting DoD CIO
  1. NARA Chief Records Officer Laurence Brewer Stepping Down
  2. Steve Lang Begins New Tech Policy Post at State Dept.
  3. Former CISA Cyber Lead Lands at Capital One
  4. TMF Names Larry Bafundo as Permanent Director

Progress

  1. Air Force
    AFRL Plans ‘Sprint Week’ to Test ABMS Solutions
    The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to launch a weeklong series of experiments to test software solutions for enhanced command and control (C2).
  1. Feds Recovering From CrowdStrike Outage, Congress Demanding Answers
  2. White House Advisors Offer Recs to Bolster Federal STEM Workforce
  3. Top Intel Officials: Russia ‘Close’ to Having Nukes in Space
  4. DoD Ops Unaffected by CrowdStrike Outage, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says
  1. TMF Awards $10M for AI Safety Institute, $3.8M to DoE
  2. Army’s Scale, Size Present Challenge to Zero Trust Success
  3. Neuberger: CrowdStrike Outage Highlights Need for Digital Resilience
  4. Crowdstrike Outage Causes Disruption to Federal, SLG Services

Policy

  1. DoD Pentagon Military
    US, Singapore Ink SOI to Elevate Data, Analytics, AI Cooperation
    The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Singapore’s Ministry of Defence signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) on Monday to enhance their cooperation in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
  1. FCC Tees Up Vote on AI Robocall Consumer Protections
  2. New Senate Bill Wants Healthcare Cyber Liaison at CISA
  3. ITI Releases AI Framework to Help Advance Government Policy
  4. USPTO Updates Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance for AI Inventions
  1. Marine Corps Unveils New AI Strategy
  2. New Senate Bill to Curb Feds Purchasing IT From ‘Grey-Market’
  3. OSTP Issues Guidelines to Improve Federal Research Security
  4. New Senate Bill Aims to Advance AI at Energy Dept.