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  1. State Dept. CIO Kelly Fletcher Eyes AI Agents to Modernize User Experience
    State Department Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kelly Fletcher said Wednesday that the agency is preparing to “aggressively deploy” artificial intelligence (AI) agents across the enterprise, using them to improve employee experience while buying time for broader IT modernization.
  1. CMS Eyes AI, Interoperability in Major Systems Modernization
  2. Navy Details Hedge Strategy, Drone Plans
  3. DHS Funding Lapse Could Stall Cyber Progress, CISA and Secret Service Warn
  4. DOD Consolidates Defense Tech Security, Sales Authority
  5. CIA Unveils New Acquisition Framework
  6. BEAD Nears Finish Line as NTIA Clears 8 More Final Approvals

People

  1. Ron Wyden Oregon
    Sen. Wyden Pledges Further Efforts to Block CISA Nominee
    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is promising to continue his thus-far successful efforts to block confirmation of Sean Plankey as the Trump administration’s nominee to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
  1. VA Elevates Zack Schwartz to OIT’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
  2. Pentagon Names Six Tech Area Leaders
  3. GSA Officially Appoints Michael Lynch as Deputy Administrator
  4. Trump Taps Lt. Gen. James Adams to Lead DIA
  1. Arrington Named CIO at Quantum Firm IonQ
  2. Trump Renominates Sean Plankey for CISA Chief
  3. Pentagon Names Cameron Stanley Next AI Chief
  4. Timothy Kosiba Tapped as NSA’s No. 2

Progress

  1. Military AI
    DOD Adds ChatGPT to GenAI.mil
    The Pentagon announced a new partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
  1. Lutnick: Commerce Weighs Unspent BEAD Funds, Says States Can Drop SpaceX
  2. DOL’s Sonderling Touts AI Literacy as Key to Workforce Readiness
  3. Delaney Hints at New Quantum, AI Legislation
  4. New FTC Report Says Ransomware Makes Up Just 2% of Fraud Reports
  1. FCC Details ‘Build America’ Infrastructure Plan
  2. VA Reports 367 AI Use Cases in 2025 as Deployments Expand
  3. DOE Launches Genesis Mission Consortium to Coordinate AI Science Push
  4. Red Hat, NIH Make the Case for Model Meshes to Scale Agentic AI With Trust and Transparency

Policy

  1. Walkinshaw, Schatz Renew Effort to Increase Federal Pay by 4.1%
    Federal workers would receive a 4.1% pay increase in 2027 under a new proposal introduced Tuesday by Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii.  
  1. FCC Weighs SpaceX Proposal for Orbital Data Centers
  2. House Panel Advances 5 Cybersecurity Bills Targeting Energy Infrastructure
  3. CISA Orders Agencies to Rip and Replace Unsupported Edge Devices
  4. GSA Rethinks Federal Acquisitions as AI Reshapes Contracting
  1. House Panel Advances Tech, Cyber Bills
  2. House Panel Advances Bill to Reauthorize TMF
  3. Cairncross Lays Out 6 Pillars of Coming National Cyber Strategy
  4. Walkinshaw Leads Bill to Pay Federal Workers During Shutdowns