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  1. White House
    New Cybersecurity Order Keys on Fed Systems, Cloud, Software Steps
    President Biden’s latest cybersecurity-themed executive order issued today aims to engineer security improvements in at least a dozen major areas, with Federal agency systems, cloud services, and software emerging as prominent topics on an exhaustive list of security policy items.
  1. House Oversight Members Clash Over Telework’s Future
  2. DoT Nominee Duffy Aims to Balance Safety, Innovation
  3. DoE Nominee Signals Support for Nuclear Tech, AI, Quantum
  4. CIA Nominee Vows to Help US Win Tech Race
  5. Pentagon Advisory Group Calls for DIU Expansion
  6. OMB Sets OPEN Government Data Act Guidance, Re-Ups CDO Council

People

  1. Senate Dems Rip OMB Nominee Vought on Spending, Schedule F Plans
    Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee offered up a combative reception today to Russell Vought – President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – on a host of issues.
  1. USAID Taps Steven Hernandez as CISO
  2. Connolly Slams DOGE Subcommittee, Criticizes Elon Musk
  3. HHS Restocks Top Tech Ranks With CTO, CDO, AI Chief
  4. OPM Taps Melvin Brown to Serve as Permanent CIO
  1. DIU Names David Henry Deputy CIO
  2. NASA Names Schlesinger to Lead Commercial Lunar Payload Services
  3. MeriTalk Q&A: Lumen’s Finke Charts Network, AI Intersections
  4. Former DoD CIO Dana Deasy Joins Boeing as CIDO

Progress

  1. NCSC Chief Warns of Rising Cyber Threats from China, Russia
    Increasing numbers of spyware firms are popping up around the globe and more nations are turning to their cyber tools, warned National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Director Michael Casey. 
  1. Kendall Predicts Nations Leading in AI Will Dominate Global Tech by 2050
  2. HHS Unveils AI Roadmap With Focus on Innovation, Cybersecurity
  3. DCSA Publishes NBIS Product Roadmap
  4. Commerce Finalizes $53M Award to HP Under CHIPS Act
  1. Trump Defense Nominee Outlines Pentagon Tech Vision
  2. Commerce to Award Additional $210M to 6 Tech Hubs
  3. Air Force Secretary Calls for a Much Bigger, Stronger Space Force
  4. SDA Demos LEO Laser Communication Link for Future PWSA

Policy

  1. Gerry Connolly
    Connolly, Schatz Reintroduce FAIR Act to Give Feds 4.3% Pay Raise
    Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, today introduced the latest version of their Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, which would provide Federal employees with a 4.3 percent pay increase in calendar year 2026.
  1. OPM’s Shriver Says ‘Schedule F Is Bad Policy’
  2. Commerce Blocks China/Russia Import of Connected Vehicles
  3. White House EO Puts DoD, Energy Dept. in AI Data Center Mix
  4. White House Proposes New Restrictions on AI Chips
  1. Sens. Reintroduce Bill to Flag Eavesdropping Appliances
  2. Sen. Ernst Reintroduces Bills to Crack Down on Fed Telework, Spending
  3. Feds Getting CX Leader After Biden Signs Bill Into Law
  4. EXIM Bank OIG Identifies ‘Potential Breach’ of PII