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Modernization

Omni Federal awarded $427M background check IT modernization contract

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency sought a managed service provider amid ongoing efforts to enroll all federal employees in continuous vetting.

Artificial Intelligence

AWS GovCloud gets high-level security approvals for Anthropic and Meta AI models

Select versions of the Claude and Llama foundation models will be available for public sector customers via the AWS GovCloud.

Cybersecurity

CISA’s executive director is leaving the agency

Bridget Bean had been with CISA for over three years, during which time she also briefly served as the acting director of the cyber agency.

Sponsor Content

Agentic AI in Government: Balancing Autonomy and Accountability

Agentic AI transforms government by making autonomous decisions, acting independently, and raising urgent questions about oversight, trust, and accountability.

Artificial Intelligence

Democrats raise alarm over AI-driven contract cuts at VA

Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said DOGE’s use of an AI tool resulted in the “wholesale slashing” of VA contracts.

Artificial Intelligence

Senate reconciliation bill text tweaks state AI regulation ban

The Senate Commerce Committee would block some funding from states that want to regulate the technology. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have said any moratorium should be dropped altogether.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump’s AI and Crypto Czar touts AI policy that prioritizes U.S. proliferation and innovation

David Sacks called for removing regulatory red tape that is getting in the way of broader AI innovation and adoption.

Acquisition

US spy chief wants intel community to get away from building its own tech

Speaking at the AWS Summit in D.C., Tulsi Gabbard pushed for industry to provide the U.S. spy community with tech tools, and said AI systems have already been helping analysts with major tasks like document declassification.

Ideas

Tech Trends Transforming the Public Sector

Emerging technologies like generative AI are already transforming public sector services.

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Operationalizing zero trust: A practical guide for modern federal agencies

Orchestration and automation are key to zero trust success. Learn how agencies use next-gen tech to simplify and accelerate their journey.

Emerging Tech

IBM bets on novel error-correction for scalable quantum computing

The company’s forthcoming quantum processor, IBM Starling, was unveiled today, with officials saying it promises efficiency without burdensome overhead.

Digital Government

Trump guts Biden-era digital identity policies, citing false claims about immigrants

The rollback of policies that were intended to help counter fraud comes even as the Trump administration says that fighting fraud is a top priority.

People

FBI’s Brett Leatherman to take lead of bureau’s cyber division

Leatherman said in a recent LinkedIn post that FBI Director Kash Patel elevated him to the role.

Cybersecurity

US agencies assessed Chinese telecom hackers likely hit data center and residential internet providers

Data center giant Digital Realty and mass media titan Comcast were documented as likely victims of the Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group, people familiar say, marking a potentially major expansion of the group’s initial telecom hacking campaign discovered last year.

Ideas

SecDef’s recipe for procurement: A dash of DOGE with a pinch of Obama

The Defense Department’s recent contracting directives are sweeping, but will they be successful?

Cybersecurity

Trump cyber executive order aims to amend ‘problematic’ parts of Biden, Obama cyber orders

The order strips certain Biden-era cyber directives and looks to orient federal cyber policy around concrete technical measures, including secure software development, quantum-resistant encryption and labeling standards for IoT devices.

Cybersecurity

DOJ files complaint to get nearly $8 million in stolen funds back from North Korea

The DPRK has long been tracked as a cyber actor that uses worker schemes to steal funds for its missile program and other regime goals.

Exclusive Digital Government

Direct File is 'beloved by its users,' internal IRS report says

The IRS is reportedly ending the Direct File, but a report obtained via the Freedom of Information Act says that 94% of users rated their experience as “excellent” or “above average.”

Artificial Intelligence

Inside OpenAI’s wishlist for the House AI-Energy working group

Comments submitted by OpenAI leadership to a House group dedicated to AI and energy reiterated the need for broad infrastructure investments.

Ideas

This CISA Project should serve as the roadmap to managing cyber risk and efficiency in a cloud era

COMMENTARY | Advanced threats, including ransomware, supply chain breaches and nation-state attacks, exploit the fact that the current approach to cloud security needs improvement.