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  1. Fix Fed Tech Event
    Congress Wants to Hear From You on Future of Fed Tech and FedRAMP
    You’ve got questions, and gov tech Hill leaders want to hear from you. That’s why Congress – led by the local Virginia delegation Reps. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., and Don Beyer, D-Va. (invited) – is participating in the Fix Fed Tech working group kick-off session.
  1. GSA Signs OneGov Deal With SAP to Speed Federal IT Modernization
  2. Pentagon Drone Task Force Hosts First Summit
  3. DISA Issues Draft Comms Modernization RFP 
  4. Army Debuts ATIS Training Management System
  5. Beyond the Hype: Operationalizing AI for Resilient and Trusted Public Services
  6. Why Congress Must Reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund

People

  1. Pentagon Military Defense DoD
    Senate Confirms Correll as USSTRATCOM Chief
    The U.S. Senate on Thursday, Nov. 20, confirmed Vice Adm. Richard Correll as the new commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), a key position overseeing the nation’s nuclear forces. The confirmation also includes Correll’s promotion to four-star admiral.
  1. Cyber Command Taps Reid Novotny as New AI Chief
  2. Bredenkamp Takes Helm of NGA
  3. Garfield Jones Leaves CISA, Joins QuSecure
  4. Longtime CIO Gary Washington Departs USDA
  1. Zimmer Named Permanent DOE CIO
  2. Pentagon CAPE Nominee Vows to Modernize Systems
  3. Dhamer Urges Agile Innovation in Defense Planning
  4. Senate Confirms Wilsbach as Next Air Force Chief of Staff

Progress

  1. OPM Eyes Slimming Down Agency Senior Executive Ranks
    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is on the prowl through Dec. 19 to identify potential cuts to federal agency senior executive rosters in line with a White House executive order issued in October of this year.
  1. Senate Appropriators Propose $5M for TMF as Sunset Date Nears
  2. DISA Awards HPE $931M Deal to Modernize Agency Data Centers
  3. DOD Awards SAIC $1.4B COBRA Contract
  4. FAA Begins Next Phase of ATC Modernization With New Centralized Platform Search
  1. VA Uses AI to Eliminate CHAMPVA Application Backlog
  2. Space Command Forms Task Force to Guide Headquarters Move
  3. AWS to Invest $50B in AI, Supercomputing for Government Agencies
  4. Democrats Slam Vought as CFPB Cybersecurity Craters

Policy

  1. Cybersecurity
    Senators Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Cybersecurity Grant Program
    Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced a bipartisan bill today that would reauthorize the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), a key program that helps state, local, and tribal governments prevent cyberattacks.
  1. OSTP Wants Policy Proposals to Bolster S&T Ecosystem
  2. USPTO Withdraws Guidance, Reaffirms AI Cannot Be Considered in Inventorship
  3. Senate Appropriators Stabilize OMB Budget, Push Cyber Upgrades for Courts
  4. OPM: Trump Administration Has Surpassed Federal Workforce Cut Targets
  1. Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Republicans Against AI Moratorium in Defense Bill
  2. Senators Back Liquid Cooling for AI Data Centers to Curb Water Usage and Costs
  3. Trump Launches ‘Genesis Mission’ to Supercharge AI-Driven Science
  4. Lawmakers Move to Boost Access to AI-Powered Medical Devices