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  1. HHS Rolls Out Department-Wide AI Strategy
    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy on Thursday, which will integrate a five-pillar approach to the technology across all HHS components. 
  1. GSA Strikes OneGov Deal With Palo Alto Networks
  2. Senators Sound Alarm After First AI-Driven Cyberattack Hits 30 Targets
  3. Round 2: Isaacman Shifts NASA Focus to Moon
  4. AI Civil Rights Act Returns as GOP Weighs Another Moratorium
  5. House Bill Taps ONCD to Attribute, Identify Foreign Cyberattackers
  6. States, Schools Harness Data and Workforce Programs to Combat Fraud, Cyber Threats, and Service Outages

People

  1. Pentagon Military Defense DoD
    Senate Confirms Correll as USSTRATCOM Chief
    The U.S. Senate on Thursday, Nov. 20, confirmed Vice Adm. Richard Correll as the new commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), a key position overseeing the nation’s nuclear forces. The confirmation also includes Correll’s promotion to four-star admiral.
  1. Cyber Command Taps Reid Novotny as New AI Chief
  2. Bredenkamp Takes Helm of NGA
  3. Garfield Jones Leaves CISA, Joins QuSecure
  4. Longtime CIO Gary Washington Departs USDA
  1. Zimmer Named Permanent DOE CIO
  2. Pentagon CAPE Nominee Vows to Modernize Systems
  3. Dhamer Urges Agile Innovation in Defense Planning
  4. Senate Confirms Wilsbach as Next Air Force Chief of Staff

Progress

  1. GDIT Opens Mission Emerge Center to Showcase Tech Solutions
    General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) announced on Wednesday the opening of a new Mission Emerge Center in Springfield, Va., designed to give customers a hands-on environment to rapidly build, test, and validate technology solutions for intelligence and defense missions.
  1. Pentagon Maps Major Drone Purchases
  2. FTC Hits Illuminate for Student Data Breach, Discusses Settlement Terms
  3. Senators Consider Tougher Chip Controls to Halt China’s AI Rise
  4. House Oversight Committee Advances SAMOSA Act
  1. From Chatbots to Agents: Splunk Stakes Out ‘Machine Data Fabric’
  2. ARPA-H Turns to AI ‘Prompt Masters’ to Boost Agency Efficiency
  3. GAO Calls for Tighter AI Oversight in Homebuying
  4. Army Debuts ATIS Training Management System

Policy

  1. FCC, Federal Communications Commission
    FCC Urges Action After Obscene Material Airs in Hack
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is warning broadcasters that they must maintain cybersecurity standards after a cyber breach resulted in the broadcast of obscene materials and a false emergency alert. 
  1. Marine Corps Seeks New CI/HUMINT Specialists
  2. DOD Issues Zero Trust OT Guidance
  3. Senators Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Cybersecurity Grant Program
  4. OSTP Wants Policy Proposals to Bolster S&T Ecosystem
  1. USPTO Withdraws Guidance, Reaffirms AI Cannot Be Considered in Inventorship
  2. Senate Appropriators Stabilize OMB Budget, Push Cyber Upgrades for Courts
  3. OPM: Trump Administration Has Surpassed Federal Workforce Cut Targets
  4. Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Republicans Against AI Moratorium in Defense Bill