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  1. Fed Agencies Pumping Brakes on Decisions During Transition
    Major Federal agencies appear to be taking a go-slow approach to making decisions both major and minor while the new Trump administration and its leadership ranks for agencies take time to settle in.
  1. Heads Up DOGE: GAO Says Fed IT Problems Deeply Rooted
  2. OPM Directs Agencies to Make Plans to End Telework by Tomorrow
  3. Senate Panel Greenlights Collins Nomination for VA Secretary
  4. DoT Nominee Duffy Breezes Through Senate Panel Vote
  5. Noem, Ratcliffe Nominations Move Toward Confirmation
  6. Space Force Seeks Bids for $2.3B COMSATCOM Contracts

People

  1. OPM CIO Brown Moved to new Modernization Role
    Melvin Brown II has been replaced as chief information officer (CIO) of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), just a week after starting the new role and on the second day of the Trump administration, according to his LinkedIn.
  1. Senate Panel Advances Hegseth DoD Nomination
  2. Trump Taps CIOs to Temporarily Head USDA, USAID
  3. Trump Picks IBM’s Darío Gil for DoE Science and Innovation Post
  4. Bordelon Heads to Commerce as New CTO, DCIO
  1. DoT Nominee Duffy Aims to Balance Safety, Innovation
  2. DoE Nominee Signals Support for Nuclear Tech, AI, Quantum
  3. Senate Dems Rip OMB Nominee Vought on Spending, Schedule F Plans
  4. USAID Taps Steven Hernandez as CISO

Progress

  1. Cyber PIVOTT Bill Tops House Homeland Chair’s Agenda
    Legislation that would provide Federal scholarship support in exchange for two years of service in cybersecurity roles with governments at all levels sits at the top of the legislative agenda for House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., who talked about the measure’s importance during a committee hearing today.
  1. Trump Pledges US Policy Help for Stargate AI Consortium
  2. DISA CTO: Agency ‘On the Cusp’ of Concierge AI Integration
  3. USPTO Unveils 2025 AI Strategy, IP Protections, Innovation
  4. Trump Executive Order Likely to Boost Access to Energy for AI
  1. Trump Pledges to ‘Plant the Stars and Stripes’ on Mars
  2. Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategies: Key Considerations and Best Practices for Federal Agencies
  3. DHS Nominee Plans to ‘Refocus’ CISA Mission
  4. Capito, Himes Back Plan to Accelerate Federal Cloud Service Adoption

Policy

  1. Trump Administration Shelving Federal DEI Office Employees
    The Trump administration is moving to put on administrative leave all Federal employees who have been working in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility offices since Election Day, with a deadline for 5 p.m. today for layoffs to get underway.
  1. EO Survivor Game: Biden’s Cyber, CHIPS Orders Remain Standing
  2. Trump’s Energy Orders Aim to Support Emerging Tech
  3. White House Sets Temp Federal Hiring Freeze, Aims at Headcount Cuts
  4. President Reinstates ‘Schedule F’ Classification for Feds
  1. Trump Installs DOGE at White House With Focus on Fed Tech Fixes
  2. Trump Ends Biden-Era AI Executive Order
  3. Trump Slashes Federal DEI Policies, Instates ‘Equal Dignity and Respect’
  4. Trump Signs Order Ending Remote Work for Many Federal Employees