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  1. IT IT Remains Feds’ top Challenge for Five Years Running, IGs Report
    The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) issued a summary today of the top challenges facing Federal agencies, as identified by those agencies’ respective Offices of the Inspector General (OIG) – and once again IT issues headed up the list.
  1. Hill Gets Input on ‘Biggest Bang’ for Broadband Funding
  2. Hill Witnesses Argue for Market Forces in Defense Innovation
  3. House Multi-Cloud Adoption Bill Gets Senate Companion
  4. New OPM Handbook Promotes Skills-Based Hiring Across Government
  5. Sen. Wyden Reintroduces AI Bias Bill
  6. AFRL Seeks Input on Nano, Other Next-Gen Computing Capabilities

People

  1. Lauren Knausenberger, Air Force CIO Former Air Force CIO Knausenberger Lands at SAIC
    Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has hired former Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) Lauren Knausenberger as the company’s chief innovation officer.
  1. DHS Adds Chief AI Officer Title for CIO Eric Hysen, Sets AI Policy
  2. Senate Confirms Michael Casey to Head NCSC
  3. Senate Confirms VA Deputy Secretary Tanya Bradsher
  4. Erin Lavik Named CTO at National Cancer Institute Division
  1. House Oversight Republicans Keep Pressing White House on Telework
  2. SBA Names Douglas Robertson New CTO
  3. Wendy Noble Named New Deputy Director at NSA
  4. Accenture Names Laura Kurup Data Science Innovation Chief

Progress

  1. TMF TMF Board Member Seeing Zero Trust Demand, Welcomes AI Projects
    Sheena Burrell, chief information officer at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and a voting board member of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) run by the General Services Administration (GSA), said today that the fund is seeing a lot of interest from Federal agencies in zero trust security-related projects.
  1. Rep. Lieu: Congress Keying on Most Harmful AI Scenarios
  2. Senate Intel Hears AI Development, Workforce Strategies
  3. DoD Makes CHIPS Award, Warns on Shutdown Impact
  4. DHS Sets GPS Spoof Testing Event for 2024
  1. Easterly: AI Posing Risks to Election Information Environment
  2. DISA Seeking Industry Support for Hybrid Cloud Center Efforts
  3. DHS Launches Homeland Intelligence Experts Group
  4. Looming Shutdown Called ‘Terrible’ for CISA Cyber Programs

Policy

  1. Lawmakers Offer Bill to Revive Office of Tech Assessment
    Sens. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Thom Tills, R-N.C., have reintroduced legislation in the Senate to revive the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to help members of Congress get a better handle on science and technology issues.
  1. House Cyber Bill Calls for a National Risk Management Cycle
  2. Report Pushes for More Action on Cyber Solarium Recs
  3. House Oversight Clears Federal Procurement Security Bill
  4. DHS Pushes for Common Cyber Incident Reporting Definitions
  1. Weed Bill Clears House Oversight Despite Markup Headwinds
  2. House Oversight Approves Bill to Reauthorize TMF
  3. DeRusha: AI Guidance for Agencies Coming Soon
  4. DoC Secretary Warns Shutdown Would be ‘Crushing’ to CHIPS Development