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  1. Federal money spending government A group of 27 Democratic and independent House and Senate lawmakers are calling on President Biden to enact pay parity across the Federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2025 and equalize civilian government employee pay raises with those in the works for members of the military.
  1. DoD Working on Zero Trust for OT Guidance, Expected Summer 2025
  2. Republicans Want Trump to End IRS Direct File Program
  3. Pentagon CDAO Sunsets Task Force Lima; Launches AI RCC
  4. HHS Putting People First in Human-Centered Design for Tribal Grants
  5. Trump Taps Rep. Bishop for Deputy OMB Director
  6. GSA CISO Bo Berlas Moves to Private Sector

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  1. President-elect Trump’s decision to appoint a prominent Silicon Valley investor to oversee Federal artificial intelligence (AI) policy points to changes that may be coming in how the government approaches its use of the technology – including what is expected to be a looser regulatory style and a possible repeal or modification of President Biden’s AI executive order (EO).
  1. Army G-6 Appoints new Director of Network C4 Systems
  2. Cropsey to Lead new Air Force Information Dominance Center
  3. CIGIE Elects SBA IG Ware as New Chair
  4. HHS Taps Jennifer Wendel as Permanent CIO
  1. Trump Lines Up Vought for OMB, Here’s What to Expect
  2. Dawn Zimmer Joins Energy Department as Deputy CIO
  3. Air Force Intelligence Community Taps Laura Drummer as CDO
  4. NIST Names Melissa Midzor Director of Comms Technology Lab

Progress

  1. David Walker – who served as the seventh comptroller general of the United States and the head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008 – told members of Congress today that President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group could help to cut Federal government spending to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars per year.
  1. Agencies Fall Short on IoT Cyber Deadlines, GAO Warns
  2. Commerce Finalizes $6.1B CHIPS Award for Micron Technology
  3. Quantum Czar? Industry Experts Say U.S. Needs Bold Quantum Leadership
  4. DoE Needs to Invest in Enterprise-Wide Data Analytics, OIG Says
  1. Spinks: Improving Warfighter UX Drives Technology Success
  2. NIST Wants Feedback on Zero Trust Architecture Guide
  3. FCC Names IoT Security Device Labeling Administrator
  4. Polaris GWAC Nears BIC Designation, Features On-Ramps, Tech Refreshes

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