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  1. EO Survivor Game: Biden’s Cyber, CHIPS Orders Remain Standing
    From overturning numerous Federal workforce policy pillars to canceling a well-regarded executive order about how the government should approach artificial intelligence technologies, the new Trump administration has been issuing a small blizzard of more than two dozen executive orders since taking office on Monday that are sweeping away numerous orders issued by President Biden during his term in office.
  1. Trump Pledges US Policy Help for Stargate AI Consortium
  2. Trump Administration Shelving Federal DEI Office Employees
  3. OPM CIO Brown Moved to new Modernization Role
  4. DISA CTO: Agency ‘On the Cusp’ of Concierge AI Integration
  5. Cyber PIVOTT Bill Tops House Homeland Chair’s Agenda
  6. USPTO Unveils 2025 AI Strategy, IP Protections, Innovation

People

  1. Senate Panel Advances Hegseth DoD Nomination
    The Senate Armed Services Committee narrowly approved Pete Hegseth’s nomination to become Defense Secretary on Monday afternoon. The 14-13 committee vote sets the stage for a full Senate vote expected later this week.
  1. Trump Taps CIOs to Temporarily Head USDA, USAID
  2. Trump Picks IBM’s Darío Gil for DoE Science and Innovation Post
  3. Bordelon Heads to Commerce as New CTO, DCIO
  4. DoT Nominee Duffy Aims to Balance Safety, Innovation
  1. DoE Nominee Signals Support for Nuclear Tech, AI, Quantum
  2. Senate Dems Rip OMB Nominee Vought on Spending, Schedule F Plans
  3. USAID Taps Steven Hernandez as CISO
  4. Connolly Slams DOGE Subcommittee, Criticizes Elon Musk

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  1. Trump Executive Order Likely to Boost Access to Energy for AI
    After taking office today, President Donald Trump announced that his top priorities include bolstering the nation’s energy sector – which could help boost the power grid’s capacity for artificial intelligence.  
  1. Trump Pledges to ‘Plant the Stars and Stripes’ on Mars
  2. Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategies: Key Considerations and Best Practices for Federal Agencies
  3. DHS Nominee Plans to ‘Refocus’ CISA Mission
  4. Capito, Himes Back Plan to Accelerate Federal Cloud Service Adoption
  1. Lawmakers Mount Fresh Effort to Block Schedule F Move
  2. GSA-Microsoft Pact Aims to Boost Security, Cut Costs
  3. OMB Sets OPEN Government Data Act Guidance, Re-Ups CDO Council
  4. CIA Nominee Vows to Help US Win Tech Race

Policy

  1. Trump’s Energy Orders Aim to Support Emerging Tech
    President Trump’s slew of energy-related executive orders issued on Monday have declared a national energy emergency that aims in part to juice the United States’ natural energy supplies to help meet power demands required to support emerging technologies.  
  1. White House Sets Temp Federal Hiring Freeze, Aims at Headcount Cuts
  2. President Reinstates ‘Schedule F’ Classification for Feds
  3. Trump Installs DOGE at White House With Focus on Fed Tech Fixes
  4. Trump Ends Biden-Era AI Executive Order
  1. Trump Slashes Federal DEI Policies, Instates ‘Equal Dignity and Respect’
  2. Trump Signs Order Ending Remote Work for Many Federal Employees
  3. Trump Announces Plan to Bring Teleworkers Back to the Office
  4. Trump Inauguration Speech: Fed Hiring Freeze, DOGE, DEI Get Airtime