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The Department of Defense (DoD) has cut nearly 21,000 civilian employees as part of its ongoing workforce reduction effort, with about 40,000 more cuts needed to meet its goal of trimming up to 8 percent of its civilian workforce, according to a Pentagon official.
- Rep. Garbarino Wants More Transparent Cyber Safety Review Board
- Tech Leaders Tell Trump to Keep AI Regulations Light
- House Democrats Toss FOIA Into DOGE Data Fight
- Cyber Apprenticeship, Contractor Wage Orders Get Trump Axe
- IRS Firings Imperil Refunds, Tech Upgrades, Former Employees Say
- Google Buying Cloud Security Provider Wiz for $32 Billion
People
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The Senate on Friday confirmed Stephen Feinberg as the new deputy secretary of defense with a 59-40 vote, officially filling the Department of Defense’s (DoD) second-highest civilian position.
Progress
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Industrial control systems are just as vital to government programs and operations as they are to traditional critical infrastructure operators (power, telecom, utilities, etc.). These systems are more susceptible to cyber threats due to legacy infrastructure, complex supply chains, and inadequate IT-based cyber protection that doesn’t meet the needs of Operations Technology (OT) and stringent compliance requirements.
It’s clear that artificial intelligence (AI) has moved beyond emerging technology to acceptance – but Federal organizations don’t have to be all-in, all at once. As the incoming administration considers new AI policies, agencies can adopt what the co-chair of a U.S. House AI task force calls a “bite-sized” approach.
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A Federal judge in Baltimore is set to consider whether to block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to personal data of and about millions of Americans that is held by the Social Security Administration (SSA).