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  1. Senators Plan Bill to ‘Reset’ VA’s EHRM Program
    Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., and his Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee colleagues Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, are planning to introduce legislation in the coming days that would increase oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program, order technical fixes to current problems with the system, and leave room for the agency to pursue alternative tech strategies if need be.
  1. Why Excelling in AI is Business Critical
  2. DoD Moving Quickly on Cloud, Zero Trust Adoption, Top Officials Say
  3. OPM Rolling out Cyber Workforce Dashboard
  4. DoD Remote Networks Remain Vulnerable, IG Says
  5. Army Keys on BYOD for Secure Data Access, Connectivity
  6. Beat Back Ransomware on March 31 – World Backup Day

People

  1. Google HQ Former Navy CIO Weis Joins Google Public Sector
    Aaron Weis, the former Department of the Navy chief information officer (CIO), started a new job Monday as the managing director of technology at Google Public Sector (GPS).
  1. State Dept. Appoints Laura Williams Deputy CIO for Foreign Operations
  2. DARPA Official Warns Against Generative AI Impact
  3. U.S. Digital Response Names GSA Vet Hillary Hartley CEO
  4. CISA Advisory Committee Adds Inglis, Katko, Langevin
  1. U.S. Access Board Elects Fehribach, GSA’s Kale to top Posts
  2. Jeff Robinson Tapped To Be New Assistant Director at HHS
  3. FirstNet Names DISA Cyber Vet Joseph Wassel Executive Director
  4. Senate Homeland Security Committee Clears NARA Nominee

Progress

  1. General Services Administration GSA GSA Seeks Industry Input on Login.gov Following Critical Findings
    The General Services Administration (GSA) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) organization has released a new request for information (RFI) for Login.gov’s next-generation identity proofing solutions.
  1. GSA Promises Lawmakers Smoother Sailing for Login.gov
  2. NASA Looking to Consolidate Cloud Contracts
  3. GAO: DoD Needs to Track Cyber Personnel in Retention Push
  4. DHS Looks to AI to Fight U.S. Opioid Battle
  1. DoT Modernizing FAA Tech With First-Ever TMF Award
  2. Six Fed Agencies Working on ‘Open Knowledge Network’ Prototype
  3. IC Community Looks to College Athletes as New Potential Talent Pool
  4. Commerce’s OS Cyber Deficiencies Increase Risks, IG Says

Policy

  1. White House Issues Marching Orders on Space Cyber
    The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) and the National Space Council convened government and industry leaders this week to discuss bolstering cybersecurity in the space systems ecosystem, and the White House tasked several Federal agencies with new marching orders to start pushing toward that goal.
  1. Biden Expands DPA Use to Support Printed Circuit Boards
  2. Austin: DoD FY2024 Budget Request Driven by China Concerns
  3. Senate HSGAC Okays Open Source, Data Center, Digital ID Bills
  4. White House Eyes June to Launch NCS Implementation Plan
  1. Bipartisan House Bill Looks to Modernize 9-1-1 Systems
  2. Federal Data Center Security Bill Reintroduced in Senate
  3. CTA Rolls Out Principles to Curb ‘Cyber Mercenaries’
  4. White House Order Bans Agencies’ Commercial Spyware Use