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  1. AI Congress Still Near Square One on Possible AI Regulation
    As the pros and cons of emerging generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have become a hot topic of policy debate in recent months, Congress appears to be just lining up at the starting gate with its own efforts to explore possible regulation of the technology.
  1. VA’s DelBene: Contractors Playing Integral Innovation Role
  2. GAO: Pentagon Must Reassess GPS Modernization
  3. VA Leaning on Tech, Hiring to Deal with Claims Backlog
  4. USAID Awards $329M Cyber Contract to Accenture
  5. NIH Looking to Strengthen Data in Cancer Moonshot Effort
  6. Industry Partnerships Critical to CIA Mission, Intel Official Says

People

  1. NIST NIST Sets CHIPS Research and Development Leadership Team
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced new leadership to head the agency’s CHIPS Research and Development Office as part of the Federal government’s larger efforts to reinvigorate semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S.
  1. White House Nominates Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse to Lead DIA
  2. VA’s Morton: Deliberate Pace can Yield Better CX Results
  3. Thomas Keller Appointed Acting Director of DISA’s JP2 Cyber Center
  4. How the Agriculture Department is Reimagining Customer Experience
  1. VA Nominee: Fixing EHR System is Number One Priority
  2. OSTP’s Denice Ross Promoted to U.S. Deputy CTO
  3. Navy Acting CTO Moving Over to DHS
  4. President Biden Names FCC Nominees, Pushing for Democratic Majority

Progress

  1. Verizon sign-min 75% of Data Breaches Involve Human Error, Annual Verizon Report Says
    It’s time for businesses to start people-proofing their systems. According to Verizon’s 16th Annual Data Breach Investigations Report released today, 74 percent of all breaches include the human element through error, privilege misuse, social engineering, or use of stolen credentials.
  1. FCC’s ACP Program Grades Well; Funding Needs Loom
  2. DHS Reaches CX Goal, Cutting Paperwork Burden by 20M Hours
  3. DoD Bridging ‘Valley of Death’ with Second Year of Tech Funding
  4. NOAA Finalizes $8 Billion ProTech Contract RFP
  1. Peeling Back the Layers of Modernization: A Pragmatic Approach
  2. Rep. Waltz Calls for Special Committee on AI, More Regulation
  3. CRS: Congress Should Consider Data Privacy in Generative AI Regulation
  4. Pentagon Ramping up Sensory Capabilities for UFO Detection

Policy

  1. OMB Needs to Kick-Start Action on Federal Data Strategy, ITIF Argues
    The Biden administration and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) need to take several big steps to reinvigorate action on the 2021 Federal Data Strategy (FDS) in order to realize the strategy’s goals, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) think tank argues in a new report.
  1. DoD CIO Tweaks Digital Tech Acquisition Guide, With Cloud Emphasis
  2. Biden Inks Bill to Create FAA NOTAM Task Force
  3. Debt Ceiling Bill Wraps up, Skinny Fed Civ Budgets Come Next
  4. Federal Contractors Now Covered by TikTok Ban
  1. DISA Unveils Workforce Initiative to Meet ‘Pacing Challenge’
  2. Senate Bill Aims to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Abraham Accords
  3. Senate Pledges Speedy Action on Debt Ceiling Bill
  4. NIST Releases New Vulnerability Management Guideline