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    Commerce Inks $750M CHIPS Deal With Wolfspeed
    The Department of Commerce (DoC) announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with Wolfspeed, Inc., for up to $750 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the construction of a new silicon carbide wafer manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
  1. Digital Dozen: Top Federal CIOs Lay Out FY2025 Priorities
  2. Army Threading Needle Between Legacy, Modernized Systems
  3. CISA Advisory Panel Approves Recs to Bolster CI, OSS
  4. NIST Awards $15M to ASTM for New Emerging Tech Center
  5. AFRL Seeks Input on Flight Autonomy, AI Mission Management
  6. MSPB Clears 94% of Backlogged Cases After 5-Year Quorum Drought

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    Keith DeVries Tagged to Lead DoD ManTech
    Keith DeVries has been appointed as director of the Defense Department’s (DoD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) program, which operates under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Research and Engineering, the DoD announced on Oct. 9.  
  1. FCC’s Enforcement Bureau Names Andy Hendrickson CTO
  2. Thomas Flagg Takes Over as Education Dept. CIO
  3. HHS CHCO Bob Leavitt Heading to Private Sector
  4. Gen. Stanton Takes Command of DISA, JHQ-DoDIN
  1. One Great Way to Help Today With Hurricane Relief
  2. NAPA Names Blockwood President, Adds Fed Tech Fellows
  3. MeriTalk Special: Why CR Fundings Hurt Federal IT Progress
  4. GSA Taps Army Corps CIO Dovarius Peoples as Deputy IT Chief

Progress

  1. OSTP Unveils National Spectrum R&D Plan
    The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) unveiled its National Spectrum Research and Development (R&D) Plan on Oct. 9 to serve as a tool to guide government decisions on spectrum-related research, shape private sector efforts, and provide a shared reference for stakeholders.
  1. IST Report: AI Empowers Cybersecurity, Supercharges Threats
  2. Army CIO: Unified Network Plan Relies on Cyber, ATOs, AI/ML
  3. GAO: DoD Must Address Financial Management Workforce Issues
  4. IG: Peace Corps’ Information Security Program ‘Falling Short’
  1. SDA Unveils Plans to Buy Nearly 200 Satellites in FY2025
  2. Congress Wants Answers After Alleged China-Linked Telecom Hack
  3. Feds Point to Collaboration on Cyber, Disaster Preparedness
  4. OSTP: Budget Caps Hurt Full Breadth of Federally Funded R&D

Policy

  1. HHS Updating AI Strategic Plan, Release Set for January
    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is set to release a new enterprise-wide AI strategy in January, HHS Acting Chief AI Officer (CAIO) Micky Tripathi said last week.
  1. White House Publishes ‘Trust Regulation’ for Federal Statistics
  2. Pentagon Issues Final CMMC Rule for DIB Cyber Compliance
  3. Senate Bill Aims to Create IRS Tax Return Status Dashboard
  4. Senators Press DoD for More Info on Quantum Sensing Efforts
  1. OMB Unveils First Governmentwide AI Acquisition Policy
  2. DoJ Unveils New Strategy for Countering Cybercrime
  3. FERC Rule Aims to Tighten Bulk-Power Supply Chain Security
  4. House Science Okays NIST AI Vulnerability, DoE Labs AI Bills