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  1. House Passes Spending Package to End Partial Shutdown 
    The House on Tuesday passed a spending package to end a short-term partial government shutdown and fund most federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year. 
  1. Klein: US Pushing Performance-Based AI Regulations Abroad
  2. DOJ Says AI Use Cases Grew Nearly 31% in 2025
  3. Hudson, Landsman Urge Faster BEAD Deployment as States Near Buildout Phase
  4. Walkinshaw Leads Bill to Pay Federal Workers During Shutdowns
  5. GSA Announces US Withdrawal From Open Government Partnership
  6. DOD Debuts LYNX Business Assistance Platform

People

  1. VA
    VA Elevates Zack Schwartz to OIT’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) tapped Zack Schwartz to serve as the principal deputy assistant secretary for the VA Office of Information and Technology (OIT).
  1. Pentagon Names Six Tech Area Leaders
  2. GSA Officially Appoints Michael Lynch as Deputy Administrator
  3. Trump Taps Lt. Gen. James Adams to Lead DIA
  4. Arrington Named CIO at Quantum Firm IonQ
  1. Trump Renominates Sean Plankey for CISA Chief
  2. Pentagon Names Cameron Stanley Next AI Chief
  3. Timothy Kosiba Tapped as NSA’s No. 2
  4. Shila Cooch Departs as DOE’s Acting CISO for FEMA Role

Progress

  1. DOD Selects 25 Firms for Drone Dominance Program
    The Pentagon has invited 25 companies to compete for approximately $150 million in the first phase of its Drone Dominance Program (DDP), an acquisition reform effort aimed at rapidly fielding low-cost, unmanned, one-way attack drones.
  1. Air Force Adopts GenAI.mil Platform
  2. Pentagon to Form New Innovation Board
  3. After Years of Bid Protests, NITAAC Cancels CIO-SP4
  4. Partial Shutdown Aftermath: Cyber Programs in Limbo Again
  1. NSA Releases Phase One, Two Zero Trust Guidelines
  2. House China Chair Warns Nvidia Chips Are Powering China’s Military AI
  3. Edge to Enterprise, Scaling Sustainability Across Civilian and DOD Missions
  4. How the VA Leveraged AI to Accelerate Claims Processing

Policy

  1. Cairncross Lays Out 6 Pillars of Coming National Cyber Strategy
    National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross on Tuesday outlined six core pillars of the forthcoming national cybersecurity strategy, signaling a streamlined approach aimed at better aligning cyber policy and resources across the federal government.
  1. Lawmakers Propose Federal Grants to Boost Secure Digital IDs
  2. New Bill Would Deploy AI to Identify Outdated Federal Rules
  3. OMB Rescinds Biden-Era Software Security Requirements
  4. Marine Corps Adopts GenAI.mil Platform
  1. House Approves SBA-Focused AI for Main Street Bill
  2. House Bill Targets Feds’ Downloads of Chinese Apps
  3. OMB Signals Imminent Cyber Policy Updates, Compliance Relief
  4. Bipartisan Senators Move to Revive USDA Middle-Mile Broadband Program