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Modernization

Labor cancels unemployment modernization grants for states

The grant dollars — which the agency has been doling out since Congress allocated funding for fraud and access work in 2021 — don’t align with department priorities anymore, Labor says.

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Booz Allen plans 7% workforce cut

The civil business is where Booz Allen will focus most of these layoffs as part of broader “resetting and restructuring” of that business, the company's CEO and finance chief told investors.

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Aligned with efficiency: How infrastructure modernization drives federal cost savings

As new federal mandates prioritize efficiency and modernization, agencies face mounting pressure to cut costs, streamline operations, and replace outdated infrastructure.

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Most major agencies are now indefinitely barred from issuing mass layoffs

The Trump administration's plans to reorganize agencies are "likely unconstitutional," judge says.

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Judge says she is inclined to further pause layoffs at most major agencies

RIF plans have been frozen for two weeks, but federal court suggests they are unconstitutional and implementation will remain prohibited indefinitely.

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New SSA chief praises DOGE for ‘making things better’

Frank Bisignano said he has no current plans to institute further reductions in force and hopes to use AI to make the historically sluggish Social Security disability determination processes move faster.

Cybersecurity

An 18th-century war power resurfaces in cyber policy talks

An old-world legal concept is seeing renewed interest in the cybersecurity community as a tool to give the private sector more runway to combat hackers, though many agree it’s more metaphor than mandate.

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Keeping the lights on: How agencies can build cyber resilience for critical infrastructure

As cyberthreats to critical infrastructure grow, we empower operational technology agencies with secure-by-design solutions and real-time threat visibility.

Artificial Intelligence

Proposed moratorium on state-level AI regs aims to level the playing field, lawmaker says

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick, a GOP member of last Congress’ House AI Task Force, spoke on Wednesday night about the need to avoid a jumble of different rules of the road for AI developers.

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More than 2,100 GSA employees have accepted deferred resignations

Combined with those employees that have been impacted by reductions in force, the losses amount to nearly a quarter of what the agency’s workforce totals were last fall.

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Judge overturns firing of Democrats on intelligence and privacy oversight body

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has played a major role as a watchdog of controversial intelligence collection programs.

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GSA prepping plans to move NASA SEWP and NIH contract vehicles under its management

The General Services Administration’s role in federal acquisition may soon expand further.

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Gerry Connolly remembered for his passion and bipartisanship

The long-time representative from Northern Virginia has died at 75 following a battle with cancer. He is being remembered for his advocacy of federal workers and the contractor community as well as championing initiatives to improve how the government buys goods and services.

Cybersecurity

US, international and industry partners topple infrastructure of popular info-stealer malware

The collaborative effort worked to seize the takedown of some 2,300 domains that backed the web infrastructure of Lumma Stealer, sold to help hackers steal passwords and deploy ransomware around the world.

Acquisition

Inside GSA’s AI strategy: Using the tech while learning how to buy it

In deploying its own AI chatbot, the General Services Administration is also developing frameworks for government-wide acquisition at the same time.

Digital Government

VA now has ‘100% visibility’ into its software license inventory, official says

Jeff VanBemmel, director of end user operations at VA’s Office of Information and Technology, told lawmakers that the department’s total inventory of software licenses includes 4,433 commercial off-the-shelf products and another 224 software-as-a-service offerings.