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    FedRAMP Panel Aiming to Reduce Barriers to Entry, Speed Certifications
    The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC) voted today to focus on two main priorities over the next year to make the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) easier to use and able to provide more rapid certifications of cloud products and services.
  1. Best Places to Work 2023: Teleworking Feds More Satisfied
  2. Pentagon Shuffles Space Policy Leads
  3. House Lawmakers Want Improper Payment Crackdown
  4. OPM Looking to Hire a Chief AI Officer
  5. House Oversight Clears Fed Contractor Vulnerability Disclosure Bill
  6. DLA Chief: Better Culture, Data Needed to Meet Future Challenges

People

  1. Tech Tonic: Female Tech Leaders Offer Career Advice to Women
    It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in leadership roles in the Federal government – especially when it comes to Federal IT management roles. Three female IT leaders joined MeriTalk’s Tech Tonic on Thursday evening to celebrate women in tech and inspire women to reach their full potential.
  1. Biden Nominates Air Force Information Warfare Commander
  2. CISA’s Eric Goldstein Stepping Down Next Month
  3. DISA Taps Sharon Woods to Lead J6 Directorate
  4. MeriTalk Q&A: GSA CISO Berlas Talks Zero Trust Progress
  1. NASA Names CDO David Salvagnini First AI Chief
  2. Federal CISO, Deputy NCD DeRusha Stepping Down
  3. Biden Nominates New Navy Information Force Commander
  4. Dustin Brown Named SSA Chief Operating Officer

Progress

  1. DoE’s Dunkin Talks Challenges of AI/Zero Trust Integration
    As the proliferation of AI technologies across the private and government sectors continues to pick up steam, the top technology official at the Department of Energy (DoE) pointed this week to several areas that are presenting challenges to integrating AI within zero trust architectures moving forward.
  1. Locked Shields Cyber Defense Exercise Keys on Collaboration
  2. OPM Using Cloud Savings to Fund AI Pilots, CIO Says
  3. CISA Issues Encrypted DNS Implementation Guidance
  4. Majority of Fed Cyber Experts Prioritizing OT, but Gaps Remain
  1. NSF Director ‘Extremely Worried’ as Critical Tech Resources Run Thin
  2. Labor Dept. Centers AI Guidance on ‘Worker Empowerment’
  3. NIST Sets Updated Guidance on Protecting Unclassified Data
  4. Feds: U.S. Elections Threats ‘Supercharged’ by Rise of AI

Policy

  1. Lawmakers Frustrated by Slow Pace of Crypto, Blockchain Bills
    Two leading congressional voices on cryptocurrency this week reaffirmed their support for creating a regulatory framework to oversee digital assets and expressed frustration at the slow pace of crypto legislation in Congress.
  1. New Bill Eyes Chopping Block for VA EHRM Absent Improvements
  2. Senate Panel Advances IT Procurement, Telework Bills
  3. Senate Rules Panel Passes 3 AI Bills Aimed at Protecting Elections
  4. Senate Working Group’s AI Policy Roadmap Calls for $32B Funding Boost
  1. House NDAA Bursting With Tech, Cyber, R&D Provisions
  2. OMB Circular to Drive New Federal Acquisition Data Strategy
  3. Connolly Prods EPA to Replace Legacy Air Quality Systems
  4. Army CIO: Policy Driving Agile Development; GenAI Plan Coming Soon