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  1. White House
    Barbaccia Named Federal Chief AI Officer as Action Plan Rolls Out
    Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia has been appointed to the additional position of Federal chief AI officer as the Trump administration begins work executing on the ambitious agenda laid out in the AI Action Plan released by the White House on July 23.
  1. Configuration vs. Customization: Why It Matters for Federal Agencies
  2. Senate Panel Advances Plankey CISA Nomination
  3. Kratsios Says Winning the AI Race ‘Requires Congress’
  4. AI ‘Sandbox’ Bill Touches Back Down in House, Senate
  5. Senate Panel Okays Roberti Nomination as Pipeline Safety Boss
  6. New NIH AI Tool Reduces Hallucinations in Gene Analysis

People

  1. Air Force
    Air Force Research Lab CTO Bunning Retires
    Timothy Bunning, chief technology officer of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), has announced his retirement after30 years of work with the  Air Force. 
  1. Former CISA Officials to Continue Secure by Design Efforts at IST
  2. CISA SBOM Boss Allan Friedman Stepping Down
  3. CISA Nominee Pledges Mission Focus, Push for Required Resources
  4. Rep. Garbarino Chosen to Lead Homeland Security Committee
  1. DoD Deputy CDAO Margie Palmieri to Step Down
  2. Leslie Beavers Stepping Down as DoD Deputy CIO
  3. Trump Withdraws Ryan Cote’s Nomination as VA CIO
  4. Michael Rigas Takes Over as Acting GSA Chief

Progress

  1. Pentagon Military Defense DoD
    GAO Warns DoD on Supply Chain Blind Spots
    A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the Defense Department (DoD) lacks sufficient visibility into its sprawling supplier base, leaving the U.S. military vulnerable to foreign dependency risks that could undermine national security.
  1. FTC Secures $14.6M TMF Grant for Cloud-Based Data Analytics
  2. Judge Halts DoD Cap on University Research Funding
  3. GSA Launching GO.gov Travel Management System in November
  4. Space Systems Command Activates New Units to Deliver Space Sensing Capabilities
  1. FedRAMP 20x Hails First 4 Authorizations
  2. SSA Lacks Oversight on $2 Billion in IT Spending, GAO Finds
  3. DoD Replacing DS Logon With New Authentication System
  4. Rural Veterans Struggle to Access VA Care as Broadband Gaps Persist

Policy

  1. Budget Federal spending
    GAO Flags ICA Violations, Remains Undecided on Lawsuits
    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Trump administration has violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by withholding billions of dollars in funds that were congressionally approved.
  1. Federal AI Plan Calls Out States With AI Regulations
  2. Fed Chief AI Officers Council Emerges as Key Action Plan Coordinator
  3. AI Action Plan Breakdown: Chips, Cybersecurity, Workforce Training
  4. White House Proposes NATO-Style AI Alliance
  1. AI Action Plan Calls for Compute Commodity Market
  2. Permits to Power: White House Plots AI Infrastructure Revolution
  3. AI Action Plan: Trump Calls for Rapid AI Development Across DoD
  4. Trump’s AI Action Plan Receives Mixed Feedback From Industry