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  1. Veterans Affairs
    White House Nominates Ryan Cote as VA CIO
    President Donald Trump has nominated Ryan Cote to become the assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the White House announced on Tuesday.
  1. DoD Cutting Off Weather Satellite Data by End of July
  2. Senate Drops Workforce, State Cyber, Open RAN Items in Budget Blizzard
  3. Space Force Pushes Back Launch of First MEO Missile Warning Satellites
  4. OPM Plans FedScope Platform Modernization
  5. VA Not Prioritizing Accessibility When Purchasing IT Systems, IG Says
  6. DoJ Disrupts North Korean Remote IT Worker Fraud Schemes

People

  1. White House
    NCD, MSPB Nominations Sail Through Senate Panel
    Two key Trump administration nominations for national cyber director (NCD) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) advanced with ease out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee earlier this week and are now headed to the full Senate for further consideration.  
  1. DoE’s NNSA Component Names Ross Graber CISO
  2. Army Names Chaney to Head PEO IEW&S Office
  3. Antalis Named Director of CISA’s Joint Cyber Coordination Group
  4. Cyber Command Names Patrick Ware Executive Director
  1. SSA Taps Fourth New CIO Since January
  2. Trump’s NCSC Pick: Drones Now Top Threat to US Intelligence
  3. Cyber Command Executive Director Adamski Stepping Down
  4. DoD Nominees Pledge to Speed Emerging Tech Acquisitions

Progress

  1. Future of Tranche 3 in SDA’s Transport Sats Uncertain Pending DoD Review
    The future of one of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) flagship satellite constellations is in limbo as the Department of Defense (DoD) weighs whether to replace the planned Tranche 3 Transport Layer with commercial satellite communications solutions.
  1. DHS Cancels 2 Major Tech-Related Contracts
  2. CISA Warns of Iranian Attacks Against US, DIB Networks
  3. Brown, Mace Debut Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Federal Casework
  4. Run – Don’t Walk – to Tech Tonic July 17 in D.C.
  1. Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s Universal Service Fund
  2. GAO Finds Gaps in NASA’s Cybersecurity Defenses
  3. DoD Sets Rules to Implement IT Consulting Limits
  4. GSA Presses 6 ‘Traditional’ Consulting Firms for Better Pricing

Policy

  1. Senate Overwhelmingly Strikes AI Regulation Moratorium from Bill
    The U.S. Senate voted early Tuesday morning to drop from its reconciliation legislation a controversial 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence tech after the proposed ban met significant bipartisan pushback.  
  1. House Lawmakers Reintroduce FIT Procurement Act
  2. Pentagon Unveils $1.01T FY2026 Budget with Cyber, Space, AI Focus
  3. House Panel Advances DHS Budget With Higher CISA Spending
  4. Congress Moves to Block CCP-Linked AI From US Agencies
  1. House Panel Votes to Slash GAO Budget, Democrats Cry Foul
  2. House Appropriators Push for Space Force Acquisition Reform
  3. Congress Eyes EHR Overhaul with VA Regulatory Plan
  4. House Members Want AI Security Playbook to Counter Foreign Cyber Threats