Acquisition
Google, GSA agree to major governmentwide software discount
Google estimates the discount could save federal agencies up to $2 billion over the next three years.
Cybersecurity
Top NSA, Cyber Command officials pulled from premier cybersecurity conference
Notifications about their speaking engagements went out Tuesday afternoon, just days after President Trump fired the head of NSA and Cyber Command.
Artificial Intelligence
Industry awaits how OMB AI guidance on paper will be implemented in practice
The Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence use and acquisition guidance touches on safeguarding civil liberties, but experts have expressed skepticism about its implementation.
People
Industry layoffs mount as cancelled contracts and DOGE efforts take hold
Just shy of 2,500 workers in Maryland and Virginia are poised to lose their jobs as 13 companies issue mass layoff notice.
Cybersecurity
Contractors could hack back against adversaries, top cyber Democrat says
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said the federal government can’t protect everyone and the concept of asking private sector security companies to conduct offensive cyber operations is worth exploring.
Artificial Intelligence
New bill would codify an AI resource piloted under Biden
This year's version of the CREATE AI Act attempts to relieve the burden of funding the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource by inviting the private sector to help.
Acquisition
GSA issues major changes to Multiple Awards Schedule program
Contracts that do not meet sales thresholds will be allowed to expire, among other changes introduced through a new initiative.
Artificial Intelligence
NVIDIA and MITRE announce AI-powered 6G project
The chip manufacturer and defense research firm will work with telecommunications companies to embed artificial intelligence into next generation wireless networking.
Artificial Intelligence
Inside industry’s wishlist for a new national AI strategy
Private sector companies and industry advocated highlight U.S. dominance, export controls and federal adoption as their biggest wants in a new national AI policy.
Ideas
From bureaucracy to brilliance: AI in federal IT
Here's how government ought to better unlock AI's potential.
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI anticipates rapid data center scaling thanks to Trump
OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil said the company’s AI offerings will benefit from the Trump administration’s tech policy and industry infrastructure projects.
Cybersecurity
IBM contract for overseas cyber assistance canned amid USAID shutdown
The foreign aid agency — a prime target of President Donald Trump’s agenda to eliminate perceived government waste — declared cybersecurity an economic development issue in 2021.
Breaking News
Acquisition
Trump administration asks agencies to cull consultants
A memo dated Wednesday asks agencies to review their contracts with 10 of the “highest paid” companies.
Cybersecurity
US spy chief directs legal review of UK’s Apple backdoor demand
Tulsi Gabbard called the order, which demands Apple permit the United Kingdom backdoor access into global users’ iCloud backups, a “clear and egregious” violation of Americans’ privacy.
Emerging Tech
AWS unveils its quantum chip prototype, Ocelot
The company joins the ranks of IBM, Google and Microsoft in launching an early stage chip designed to further quantum computing needs.
Cybersecurity
Salt Typhoon hackers exploited stolen credentials and a 7-year-old software flaw in Cisco systems
The Chinese hacking collective has widely leveraged vulnerabilities in communications infrastructure to breach dozens of telecom providers in the U.S. and overseas.
Emerging Tech
Microsoft debuts new superconductor chip designed for quantum computing
The newly termed “topoconductor,” Majorana 1, is designed to support large qubit data processing for a future quantum computer.
Artificial Intelligence
GOP lawmakers seek industry input on crafting US-first AI regulatory regime
Republican lawmakers used a House hearing to seek input from industry representatives for how lawmakers can craft policies that enable manufacturers to successfully leverage AI.
Defense
What Google’s return to defense AI means
More competition in a hot market—and the plain fact that only the Pentagon will set boundaries.
Artificial Intelligence