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  1. GSA Promises Lawmakers Smoother Sailing for Login.gov
    A top official from the General Services Administration (GSA) today pledged the agency’s commitment to fully implement recommendations from a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that revealed that GSA misled Federal agencies for years by falsely claiming that its identity-proofing website – Login.gov – met government standards for identity-proofing.
  1. Why Excelling in AI is Business Critical
  2. Senate HSGAC Okays Open Source, Data Center, Digital ID Bills
  3. Austin: DoD FY2024 Budget Request Driven by China Concerns
  4. NASA Looking to Consolidate Cloud Contracts
  5. GAO: DoD Needs to Track Cyber Personnel in Retention Push
  6. White House Issues Marching Orders on Space Cyber

People

  1. Google HQ Former Navy CIO Weis Joins Google Public Sector
    Aaron Weis, the former Department of the Navy chief information officer (CIO), started a new job Monday as the managing director of technology at Google Public Sector (GPS).
  1. State Dept. Appoints Laura Williams Deputy CIO for Foreign Operations
  2. DARPA Official Warns Against Generative AI Impact
  3. U.S. Digital Response Names GSA Vet Hillary Hartley CEO
  4. CISA Advisory Committee Adds Inglis, Katko, Langevin
  1. U.S. Access Board Elects Fehribach, GSA’s Kale to top Posts
  2. Jeff Robinson Tapped To Be New Assistant Director at HHS
  3. FirstNet Names DISA Cyber Vet Joseph Wassel Executive Director
  4. Senate Homeland Security Committee Clears NARA Nominee

Progress

  1. DHS DHS Looks to AI to Fight U.S. Opioid Battle
    The Senate Judiciary Committee held its annual oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today, where conversations about leveraging emerging technologies – like AI – took center stage amidst the growing, bipartisan concern surrounding the nation’s opioid crisis.
  1. DoT Modernizing FAA Tech With First-Ever TMF Award
  2. Six Fed Agencies Working on ‘Open Knowledge Network’ Prototype
  3. IC Community Looks to College Athletes as New Potential Talent Pool
  4. Commerce’s OS Cyber Deficiencies Increase Risks, IG Says
  1. New Tech Stack Helps Agencies Simplify AI Deployment in Hybrid, Multi-Cloud
  2. Reps. Offer Bipartisan Support for NCS, Eager for Implementation
  3. GAO Prods CISA to set Timelines for Critical Infrastructure Work
  4. USSOCOM CTO Talks Benefits of Multi-Cloud Hybrid Strategy

Policy

  1. supply chain Biden Expands DPA Use to Support Printed Circuit Boards
    President Biden has signed a presidential determination (PD) authorizing the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to support the nation’s domestic Printed Circuit Boards (PrCB) and Advanced Packaging industrial base.
  1. White House Eyes June to Launch NCS Implementation Plan
  2. Bipartisan House Bill Looks to Modernize 9-1-1 Systems
  3. Federal Data Center Security Bill Reintroduced in Senate
  4. CTA Rolls Out Principles to Curb ‘Cyber Mercenaries’
  1. White House Order Bans Agencies’ Commercial Spyware Use
  2. House Bill Aims to Apply Quantum Tech to Agriculture
  3. Rep. Swalwell Plans Bill to Clarify Role of CISA’s JCDC Program
  4. Sens. Peters, Hawley Refresh Open Source Software Bill