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  1. Trump Order Makes It Easier to Cut Federal Probationary Employees
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that makes it easier for the government to cut loose probationary employees, or those who have typically served in their position for less than two years.
  1. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan Resigns
  2. CISA Taps Gottumukkala as Deputy Director
  3. VA OIG Flags Testing Gaps in $8.6B Financial System Overhaul
  4. Cyberspace Warfare Poses Significant Threat to Joint Force
  5. Watchdog Nonprofit Sues DOGE Over Record-Keeping Failures
  6. Air Force Taps Heitmann to Serve as Permanent CTO

People

  1. Alexis Bonnell Departs AFRL, Heads to OpenAI
    Alexis Bonnell has stepped down as the chief information officer (CIO) and director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and said on Tuesday that she is joining OpenAI.
  1. CISA ‘Secure by Design’ Initiative Leaders Resign
  2. Douglas Matty Wins Pentagon CDAO Job
  3. OSTP Taps Dean Ball as Senior AI, Emerging Tech Advisor
  4. US Navy CISO Alvin ‘Tony’ Plater Retires, Heading to Private Sector
  1. Census Bureau CIO to Retire at End of April
  2. Energy Nominee Gil: US Must Lead in Quantum Supercomputing Race
  3. NASA Nominee Suggests Parallel Moon, Mars Landing Pushes
  4. CISA Sizzle: Wyden Blocks Plankey Nomination, Trump Trashes Krebs

Progress

  1. Harnessing AI to Advance National Security and Foster Innovation
    In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Aaron Mulgrew, solutions architect at Everfox, examines the governmental imperative for safeguarding sensitive data amid widespread AI adoption.
  1. House Oversight Calls Fed CIOs to IT-Driven Efficiency Hearing
  2. FedRAMP 20x Calls for Comment on 3 Program Changes
  3. DoD Launches Review of Key Acquisition Programs
  4. DoD CIO Arrington Unveils Software ‘Fast-Track’ Acquisition Process
  1. DoD Prepping RFI on Fast-Track Software Authorization
  2. FedRAMP Frameworks Group Pondering Formats, Automation Payoffs
  3. FinOps Experts Advise Agencies to Start Small, Build Solid Foundation
  4. When DOGE Comes Knocking, TBM Has the Answers

Policy

  1. TMF
    Reps. Connolly, Mace Reintroduce Bill to Reauthorize TMF Until 2032
    Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Thursday reintroduced the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Reform Act, a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize and reform the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) and its governing board.
  1. Trump Launches AI Push in Schools, Apprenticeships
  2. 10 Years Later, Cyber Sharing Law Faces Pressure to Evolve
  3. Senators Push to Extend Cyber Threat-Sharing Law to 2035
  4. OPM Sees 50,000 Feds Impacted by ‘Policy/Career’ Reclassification
  1. ICA Uncertainty Puts All Eyes on Congress for FY26 Appropriations
  2. Trump Extends Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Until July 15
  3. Fed Tech Experts Like ‘Commercial’ EO, Waiting on Implementation
  4. White House: Feds Should Buy ‘Commercial’ Gear, Not ‘Custom’-Made