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  1. Navy Designates 7 Services Under Innovation Adoption Kit
    The U.S. Navy’s Chief Technology Officer, Justin Fanelli, announced today that the service has identified seven enterprise services under its Innovation Adoption Kit (IAK), with additional services currently being evaluated. He did not disclose specifics about the seven selected services.
  1. DOJ Elevates Nikki Collier to CIO Role
  2. Pentagon Drone Task Force Debuts Marketplace for Counter-UAS
  3. GAO Awards $95M IT Modernization Contract to SAIC
  4. Treasury Sanctions Russian Exploit Broker ‘Operation Zero’
  5. OPM Moves to Tighten Federal Employee Performance Ratings, Limit Appeals
  6. CGI Snags $64M EPA Financial System Modernization Deal

People

  1. Pentagon Military Defense DoD
    James Adams Takes Helm of DIA
    Marine Lt. Gen. James Adams officially took the helm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) on Friday during an assumption of directorship ceremony.
  1. GSA Names Greg Barbaccia Acting Director of TTS
  2. SBA IG William Kirk Named PRAC Chair
  3. OMB Is Looking for a Deputy CIO
  4. Sen. Wyden Pledges Further Efforts to Block CISA Nominee
  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

Progress

  1. Army DoD military Defense AI
    Pentagon Seeks AI-Enabled Coding Tools
    The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is partnering with the Department of the Army to rapidly adopt AI-enabled coding tools across the workforce of the Defense Department (DOD) – rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration.
  1. State of the Union: Trump Says Tech Companies Must Power Their AI Data Centers
  2. CIA Enters ‘Scale Phase’ of AI Adoption
  3. CISA Calls on Agencies to Secure Cisco SD-WAN Systems
  4. GenomeOcean: How DOE’s JGI Is Using AI to Read and Write DNA at Scale
  1. CrowdStrike Reports 89% Increase in Attacks by AI-Enabled Adversaries
  2. DCSA Acting Director Pledges NBIS Schedule by Spring
  3. US Backs New Delhi AI Pact Emphasizing Innovation, Voluntary Safeguards
  4. NIST Seeks Industry to Host AI Models for National Security Reviews

Policy

  1. Senate-Passed ROTOR Act Fails in House After Pentagon Pulls Support
    A bill that was hailed by the Senate for its aviation safety provisions and unanimously passed, was shot down by the House in a narrow vote Tuesday after the Pentagon withdrew its support. 
  1. Army’s PIT Program Accelerating Technology Innovation
  2. Bipartisan Proposal Would Give Companies a Tax Break to Train Workers in AI
  3. FAR Council Proposes Ban on Adversary-Linked Chips in Federal Contracts
  4. Trahan Calls for Overhaul of Privacy Act Amid Federal Data-Sharing Scrutiny
  1. DISA Unveils New Cloud Environment
  2. New Legislation Denies Tax Incentives to Companies Using Adversarial Technology
  3. CISA Launches Town Halls on CIRCIA Cyber Incident Reporting Rule
  4. GAO: Data Sharing Delivers Millions, but SSA’s Cost Model Falls Short