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  1. OPM Launches US Tech Force to Recruit Early Career Talent
    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced on Monday the US Tech Force, a new effort to hire early-career technologists who will serve two-year employment terms across the federal government.
  1. OMB Orders Agencies to Ensure AI Is ‘Truthful’ and ‘Unbiased’ by Spring
  2. SOCOM Seeks Agentic AI Demos
  3. DOD Ties ICAM Deadline to 2028 Audit Goal
  4. NSF Launches ‘Tech Labs’ to Speed Emerging Platform Technologies to Market
  5. GAO Reports Progress on CHIPS-Funded Semiconductor Projects
  6. The Federal AI Evolution: Top Takeaways From GTC DC

People

  1. VA Names Lawrence Acting CIO as Department Shifts IT Leadership
    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has tapped Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence to serve as acting chief information officer (CIO) and assistant secretary for information and technology.
  1. Round 2: Isaacman Shifts NASA Focus to Moon
  2. Senate Confirms Correll as USSTRATCOM Chief
  3. Cyber Command Taps Reid Novotny as New AI Chief
  4. Bredenkamp Takes Helm of NGA
  1. Garfield Jones Leaves CISA, Joins QuSecure
  2. Longtime CIO Gary Washington Departs USDA
  3. Zimmer Named Permanent DOE CIO
  4. Pentagon CAPE Nominee Vows to Modernize Systems

Progress

  1. FedRAMP 20x Names 3 Cloud Services for Phase 2 Pilot
    The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has named three cloud services that will be participating in the first cohort of the Phase Two pilot recently launched as part of the FedRAMP 20x initiative.
  1. GSA Plans Refresh of Major GWACs by End of January
  2. GAO Finds Coast Guard Disability Backlogs
  3. Automation Accelerates DOD Cloud Readiness, Security, and Resilience
  4. FMCSA Modernizes USDOT Number System for the First Time in 25 Years
  1. Pentagon CIO Orders Rapid Shift to Post-Quantum Crypto
  2. OPM, OMB Share Additional Details on Single, Governmentwide HR System
  3. DISA Reports Growth in JWCC Cloud Orders
  4. GSA OneGov Signs Agreement With Tenable for Cloud Security

Policy

  1. Trump Signs Order to Preempt State AI Laws and Push Single Federal Framework
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to undermine state laws on artificial intelligence (AI), calling instead for a “minimally burdensome” single framework to regulate the AI industry. 
  1. Pentagon UAP Briefings Added in NDAA
  2. Bipartisan Legislation Aims to Create Tech and AI Talent Hiring Teams
  3. Trump Greenlights Nvidia AI Chip Sales to China, Prompting Security Alarms
  4. NDAA Drops AI Moratorium, TMF Renewal, but Packs Major Cyber Provisions
  1. Trump National Security Strategy Centers Tech Dominance, Western Hemisphere Power
  2. HHS Rolls Out Department-Wide AI Strategy
  3. AI Civil Rights Act Returns as GOP Weighs Another Moratorium
  4. House Bill Taps ONCD to Attribute, Identify Foreign Cyberattackers