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  1. TMF TMF Awards Over $9M to DoT, FTC to Boost Consumer Protection
    The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) announced two new investments today totaling over $9 million that will help the Department of Transportation (DoT) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to improve consumer protection systems.
  1. Shutdown Diary: Federal Agencies Issue Marching Orders
  2. PMA Update: GSA’s Login.gov Reaches 38.8M Users
  3. DoD IG Plans to Review CMMC Program’s Adequacy
  4. Lawmakers Eyeing Tech to Help Recoup Pandemic Loan Fraud
  5. NSA Launching New AI Security Center
  6. GAO Clobbers State Dept. for Slow Walk on Cyber Work

People

  1. government shutdown government closed option-min DHS Shutdown Plan Sidelines 79% of CISA Staff
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) parent agency – said yesterday that only 571 of CISA’s 3,117 employees would continue to work through a government shutdown – meaning that 79 percent of the agency’s staff would be staying home until government funding is restored.
  1. Former Air Force CIO Knausenberger Lands at SAIC
  2. DHS Adds Chief AI Officer Title for CIO Eric Hysen, Sets AI Policy
  3. Senate Confirms Michael Casey to Head NCSC
  4. Senate Confirms VA Deputy Secretary Tanya Bradsher
  1. Erin Lavik Named CTO at National Cancer Institute Division
  2. House Oversight Republicans Keep Pressing White House on Telework
  3. SBA Names Douglas Robertson New CTO
  4. Wendy Noble Named New Deputy Director at NSA

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  1. Education, Health Officials Want More Help Mitigating Ransomware Attacks
    Officials from the health care and education sectors called on Congress Wednesday to provide better Federal aid to state and local governments to not only respond to ransomware attacks, but also to help prevent them.
  1. ONCD, CISA Must Resolve Info Sharing Weaknesses, Watchdog Says
  2. Sen. Warner Calls for Overarching Legal Framework on Foreign Tech
  3. Sen. Klobuchar Aims for AI Election Guardrails by Year’s End
  4. GAO Looking to Modernize Audits, Databases With AI
  1. DoD CIO Sherman Eyes Strong Guidance on Cutting Legacy Tech Debt
  2. DoD CDAO Seeks Insight into Risks, Benefits of Gen-AI
  3. stackArmor Releases ATO for AI Accelerator
  4. Fed CDOs: AI, Automation Enabling Data Readiness

Policy

  1. OSTP Chief: Biden’s AI EO Coming This Fall
    The head of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) said Thursday that the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) will be unveiled this fall.
  1. Sen. Warner Presses OMB to Evaluate Agency Cyber IoT Policies
  2. Senate Bill Looks to Improve Federal Technology Accessibility
  3. FITARA Scorecard 16.0: EIS, Other Improvements Lift Federal Agency Scores
  4. CISA Unveils Hardware Bill of Materials Framework
  1. FITARA 16.0 Scorecard Set for Release Tuesday
  2. OMB Issues New IDEA Act Guidance for a Digital Federal Government
  3. IRS CIO Lays out Three Priorities in Modernization Effort
  4. Sen. Wyden Reintroduces AI Bias Bill