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  1. GSA Unveils FedRAMP 20x Phase 2 Pilot, Previews Phases to Come
    The General Services Administration (GSA) officially unveiled the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) 20x Phase Two pilot on Wednesday afternoon, following the successful completion of Phase One last month.
  1. DOD Unveils New Cybersecurity Risk Management Construct
  2. GSA Strikes OneGov Deal With Musk’s xAI
  3. Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia Backs FedRAMP 20x, Shares OMB’s Priorities
  4. CISA Orders Agencies to Patch Cisco Flaws by Friday
  5. Appeals Court Orders Disclosure of Trump’s RIF Plans
  6. Sandboxing, Training, and Cloud Upgrades Help FSIs Push AI Beyond Pilots

People

  1. CISA
    CISA Names Casapulla as Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security
    Steve Casapulla has been tapped to serve as the assistant director for infrastructure security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the agency announced on Tuesday.  
  1. Senate Confirms Darío Gil, Conner Prochaska to Top Energy Posts
  2. Senate Confirms Katie Sutton as DOD Cyber Policy Lead
  3. Senior CISA Executive Sandy Radesky Announces Departure
  4. Washington Steps Down as USDA CIO, Berry Takes Over
  1. Mission First: Reimagining Federal Citizen Services
  2. Chris Kraft Steps In as Acting CIO at Secret Service
  3. James Walkinshaw Wins Special Congressional Election
  4. SDA Director Derek Tournear Steps Down

Progress

  1. DoD Pentagon Military
    Survey: Many Contractors Unprepared for DOD Cyber Rule
    Nearly half of the organizations in the defense industrial base (DIB) are unprepared to meet looming cybersecurity standards under the Pentagon’s finalized Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule, a new Kiteworks survey warns.
  1. Space Force Relaunches ‘Front Door’ With New Name, Expanded Features
  2. Interior Dept. Misclassified $40M in IT Purchases, OIG Finds
  3. IRS, SSA to Phase Out Paper Checks This Month
  4. VA to Resume EHR Deployments With New Wave-Based Strategy
  1. AI, Quantum, and Security Top OSTP’s Research Priorities
  2. Meink Stresses Readiness, Modernization, People
  3. AI Action Plan Spurs Training Push Across Health Agencies
  4. USMC Reaches Deal With Palantir for AI-Powered Command Platform

Policy

  1. Critical Cyber Programs at Risk as Stopgap Funding Stalls in Senate
    Stopgap funding legislation deadlocked in the Senate puts key cybersecurity programs at risk if the measure is not passed ahead of a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.  
  1. NSF AI Education Act Targets Cyber Workforce Shortage
  2. Congress Weighs Impact of AI Data Centers on Rural Communities
  3. Pentagon Announces Final Rule on CMMC
  4. DAF Unveils New Plan for Adoption of Commercial Network Tech
  1. HHS Looking to Simplify IT Policies for Greater Transparency
  2. House Panel Gets Ball Rolling on New CISA Threat Sharing Bill
  3. Trump Lines Up 1% Pay Raise for Most Feds in 2026
  4. Trump Adds Additional Agencies to Union-Busting Executive Order