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Weslan Hansen

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Weslan Hansen is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.
White House

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.   […]

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DoD

The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking for input from industry on its plans to “blow up” the agency’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) while switching to a real-time cybersecurity posture.  […]

The United States is on track to “experience a DeepSeek moment in quantum” unless it takes accelerated action on the quantum tech front, witnesses told lawmakers this week as they warned of “catastrophic” consequences if China wins the global race in quantum computing.   […]

House Republicans pushed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s fiscal year 2026 budget plan out of committee on June 24 with higher levels of funding for the agency’s cybersecurity efforts than under the budget cut proposed by President Donald Trump.   […]

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill during a congressional hearing today that would prevent Federal agencies from buying or using artificial intelligence models created by companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other foreign adversaries.  […]

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