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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. Cairncross Lays Out 6 Pillars of Coming National Cyber Strategy
  2. VA Elevates Zack Schwartz to OIT’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
  3. Lawmakers Propose Federal Grants to Boost Secure Digital IDs
  4. Walkinshaw Leads Bill to Pay Federal Workers During Shutdowns
  5. Air Force Adopts GenAI.mil Platform
  6. Edge to Enterprise, Scaling Sustainability Across Civilian and DOD Missions

People

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    Pentagon Names Six Tech Area Leaders
    The Pentagon named six senior officials to lead its top technology priorities, assigning leadership for each of the newly restructured critical technology areas (CTAs) for the Defense Department (DOD), which was rebranded as the War Department by the Trump Administration.
  1. GSA Officially Appoints Michael Lynch as Deputy Administrator
  2. Trump Taps Lt. Gen. James Adams to Lead DIA
  3. Arrington Named CIO at Quantum Firm IonQ
  4. Trump Renominates Sean Plankey for CISA Chief
  1. Pentagon Names Cameron Stanley Next AI Chief
  2. Timothy Kosiba Tapped as NSA’s No. 2
  3. Shila Cooch Departs as DOE’s Acting CISO for FEMA Role
  4. Senate Confirms Edward Forst as GSA Administrator

Progress

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    Pentagon to Form New Innovation Board
    The Pentagon plans to merge two of its advisory bodies to create a new Science, Technology, and Innovation Board (STIB) that will work to speed the development and delivery of capabilities to U.S. warfighters and address national security challenges.
  1. After Years of Bid Protests, NITAAC Cancels CIO-SP4
  2. Partial Shutdown Aftermath: Cyber Programs in Limbo Again
  3. NSA Releases Phase One, Two Zero Trust Guidelines
  4. House China Chair Warns Nvidia Chips Are Powering China’s Military AI
  1. How the VA Leveraged AI to Accelerate Claims Processing
  2. Federal CIO: Government at ‘Inflection Point’ for Service Delivery
  3. ICE, CBP Drive DHS’ Expanding AI Footprint in Biometrics, Surveillance
  4. FCC Jumpstarts Effort to Find Cyber Trust Mark Administrators

Policy

  1. New Bill Would Deploy AI to Identify Outdated Federal Rules
    A new legislative proposal introduced by Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, on Friday would use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify redundant and outdated rules in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).  
  1. OMB Rescinds Biden-Era Software Security Requirements
  2. Marine Corps Adopts GenAI.mil Platform
  3. House Approves SBA-Focused AI for Main Street Bill
  4. House Bill Targets Feds’ Downloads of Chinese Apps
  1. OMB Signals Imminent Cyber Policy Updates, Compliance Relief
  2. Bipartisan Senators Move to Revive USDA Middle-Mile Broadband Program
  3. Garbarino Seeks Answers From Verizon, FCC Over Nationwide Service Outage
  4. New House Proposal Targets ICE Use of Mobile Biometrics