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  1. Gottumukkala Moves to New DHS Role, Andersen Named Acting CISA Director
    Madhu Gottumukkala is departing as the interim leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), with current agency executive director for cybersecurity Nick Andersen stepping in as the agency’s acting director.
  1. Marine Corps to Expand Digital Transformation Teams
  2. Pentagon Drone Task Force Debuts Marketplace for Counter-UAS
  3. DOD Surpasses 1.1M AI Users, Preps New Model Rollouts
  4. Data in Motion Becomes Critical Front in DOD’s Zero Trust Strategy
  5. Lee, Durbin Move to Tighten Surveillance Law Ahead of Deadline
  6. DOT, Air Force, Tech Leaders to Headline March 5 ServiceNow Government Forum

People

  1. DOJ Elevates Nikki Collier to CIO Role
    The Department of Justice (DOJ) elevated Shantrell “Nikki” Collier, who previously served as the agency’s deputy chief information officer (CIO), to the permanent CIO role.
  1. James Adams Takes Helm of DIA
  2. GSA Names Greg Barbaccia Acting Director of TTS
  3. SBA IG William Kirk Named PRAC Chair
  4. OMB Is Looking for a Deputy CIO
  1. Sen. Wyden Pledges Further Efforts to Block CISA Nominee
  2. VA Elevates Zack Schwartz to OIT’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
  3. Pentagon Names Six Tech Area Leaders
  4. GSA Officially Appoints Michael Lynch as Deputy Administrator

Progress

  1. GAO Awards $95M IT Modernization Contract to SAIC
    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) awarded a $95 million IT services and solutions contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC).  
  1. Navy Designates 7 Services Under Innovation Adoption Kit
  2. Treasury Sanctions Russian Exploit Broker ‘Operation Zero’
  3. Pentagon Seeks AI-Enabled Coding Tools
  4. State of the Union: Trump Says Tech Companies Must Power Their AI Data Centers
  1. CIA Enters ‘Scale Phase’ of AI Adoption
  2. CISA Calls on Agencies to Secure Cisco SD-WAN Systems
  3. GenomeOcean: How DOE’s JGI Is Using AI to Read and Write DNA at Scale
  4. CrowdStrike Reports 89% Increase in Attacks by AI-Enabled Adversaries

Policy

  1. OPM Moves to Tighten Federal Employee Performance Ratings, Limit Appeals
    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) wants to overhaul the way some federal employees are evaluated and make it easier to identify poor performers by setting quotas for ratings and limiting challenges to performance scores. 
  1. Senate-Passed ROTOR Act Fails in House After Pentagon Pulls Support
  2. Army’s PIT Program Accelerating Technology Innovation
  3. Bipartisan Proposal Would Give Companies a Tax Break to Train Workers in AI
  4. FAR Council Proposes Ban on Adversary-Linked Chips in Federal Contracts
  1. Trahan Calls for Overhaul of Privacy Act Amid Federal Data-Sharing Scrutiny
  2. DISA Unveils New Cloud Environment
  3. New Legislation Denies Tax Incentives to Companies Using Adversarial Technology
  4. CISA Launches Town Halls on CIRCIA Cyber Incident Reporting Rule