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  1. GSA’s OneGov Deals Headed Toward Long-Term, Scalable Programs
    With roughly a year left on many of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) initial OneGov agreements, GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch said Tuesday that the agency is working to turn those short-term deals into longer-term, scalable programs. 
  1. GAO: Federal Agencies Need to Share AI Knowledge
  2. Space Force Taps 14 Vendors for Satellites Under Andromeda Program
  3. Final Education Dept. Rule Prioritizes AI in Federal Grants
  4. Space Force Expands Front Door Program to Include USSPACECOM
  5. MeriTalk Research: Legacy Systems Cost Federal Finance Teams 35% of Their Time
  6. DOE Pledges $135 Million for Fusion Technologies

People

  1. Pentagon Military Defense DoD
    Pentagon’s CIO Announces Staff Changes
    The Defense Department’s (DOD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) announced several personnel changes via LinkedIn over the weekend. It said the moves would support efforts to modernize defense information systems and broader priorities across the DOD, which has been rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration.
  1. Lawmakers Urge Trump to Center Workers in AI Policy, Procurement
  2. Moran Tapped as Space Force’s Acting Lead for Data, AI, Software
  3. Chandra Donelson to Step Down as Space Force CDAO
  4. George Forbes Heads Over to Commerce
  1. CDC Acting CAIO Travis Hoppe Departing
  2. Hardiman Named Air Force Deputy CIO
  3. FCC Taps Farhan Khan as New CIO
  4. Army Corps of Engineers Announces IT Leadership Hires

Progress

  1. FBI Takes Down Phishing Ring
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on April 10 that it has dismantled a global phishing operation while working with Indonesian authorities in what officials described as a first-of-its-kind joint cyber investigation.
  1. VA Restarts EHR Rollout With 4 Michigan Hospital Deployments
  2. OPM Opens Applications for New Cybersecurity Role
  3. Appeals Court Clears DOGE Access to SSA Data, New Privacy Concerns Mount
  4. NTIA Launches Portal to Streamline Space Launch Spectrum Approvals
  1. US-China AI Model Gap Narrows as US Leads in Data Centers
  2. Anthropic Limits Release of New AI Model Over Cyber Concerns
  3. Federal Court Denies Anthropic’s Bid to Temporarily Block DOD Blacklisting
  4. Federal Workforce Cuts Have Cost $71B, New Data Tool Estimates

Policy

  1. DoD Pentagon Military
    From Golden Dome to Drones: Breaking Down DOD’s $1.5T Budget Request
    President Donald Trump has requested a record $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027, and a closer look shows how funding would be allocated across cyber, artificial intelligence (AI), missile defense, and drone efforts.
  1. CISA Budget Request Targets Partnerships, Cuts Nearly 900 Jobs
  2. DOE Budget Proposal Shifts CESER’s Cyber R&D Toward AI, Cuts Spending
  3. Trump’s 2027 Budget Request Cuts $5.6B From NASA
  4. Pentagon’s FY 2027 Budget Request Cuts R&D Funding Despite Overall Increase
  1. Trump FY2027 Budget Cuts CISA by $707M, Reduces S&T Agencies
  2. White House Proposes $1.5T Defense Budget for 2027
  3. House, Senate Bills Aim to Boost Cyber Apprenticeships
  4. Bipartisan DHS Plan Falters in House, Shutdown Persists