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  1. Trump Signs Order to Preempt State AI Laws and Push Single Federal Framework
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to undermine state laws on artificial intelligence (AI), calling instead for a “minimally burdensome” single framework to regulate the AI industry. 
  1. GSA Plans Refresh of Major GWACs by End of January
  2. FedRAMP 20x Names 3 Cloud Services for Phase 2 Pilot
  3. Pentagon UAP Briefings Added in NDAA
  4. Bipartisan Legislation Aims to Create Tech and AI Talent Hiring Teams
  5. GAO Finds Coast Guard Disability Backlogs
  6. Automation Accelerates DOD Cloud Readiness, Security, and Resilience

People

  1. VA Names Lawrence Acting CIO as Department Shifts IT Leadership
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has tapped Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence to serve as acting chief information officer (CIO) and assistant secretary for information and technology.
  1. Round 2: Isaacman Shifts NASA Focus to Moon
  2. Senate Confirms Correll as USSTRATCOM Chief
  3. Cyber Command Taps Reid Novotny as New AI Chief
  4. Bredenkamp Takes Helm of NGA
  1. Garfield Jones Leaves CISA, Joins QuSecure
  2. Longtime CIO Gary Washington Departs USDA
  3. Zimmer Named Permanent DOE CIO
  4. Pentagon CAPE Nominee Vows to Modernize Systems

Progress

  1. FMCSA Modernizes USDOT Number System for the First Time in 25 Years
    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) updated its system used to track commercial truckers’ safety compliance records for the first time in 25 years, the agency’s acting chief technology officer (CTO) said Thursday morning. 
  1. Pentagon CIO Orders Rapid Shift to Post-Quantum Crypto
  2. OPM, OMB Share Additional Details on Single, Governmentwide HR System
  3. DISA Reports Growth in JWCC Cloud Orders
  4. GSA OneGov Signs Agreement With Tenable for Cloud Security
  1. DOT Launches Department-Wide Modernization With Salesforce AI Agents
  2. Lawmakers Question Feasibility, Costs of Trump’s Genesis AI Mission
  3. TMF Awards Over $28M to NNSA to Modernize Emergency Response Systems
  4. House Democrats Launch AI Commission to Steer Future Regulations

Policy

  1. Trump Greenlights Nvidia AI Chip Sales to China, Prompting Security Alarms
    Lawmakers and industry experts are warning that President Donald Trump’s decision on Monday to allow the sale of Nvidia-manufactured chips used in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to China puts national security at risk. 
  1. NDAA Drops AI Moratorium, TMF Renewal, but Packs Major Cyber Provisions
  2. Trump National Security Strategy Centers Tech Dominance, Western Hemisphere Power
  3. HHS Rolls Out Department-Wide AI Strategy
  4. AI Civil Rights Act Returns as GOP Weighs Another Moratorium
  1. House Bill Taps ONCD to Attribute, Identify Foreign Cyberattackers
  2. FCC Urges Action After Obscene Material Airs in Hack
  3. Marine Corps Seeks New CI/HUMINT Specialists
  4. DOD Issues Zero Trust OT Guidance