Smarter Gov Tech, Stronger MerITocracy
VA, Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is in line for a $5.4 billion funding increase in fiscal year (FY) 2026 under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget published on Friday, including a $2.17 billion increase for the agency’s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. […]

NASA

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on April 30 to advance Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA, moving the astronaut and entrepreneur one step closer to confirmation. […]

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem outlined her plans on Tuesday for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which she said is undergoing an assessment to better align the nation’s cyber defense agency to its original mission. […]

A Federal judge has blocked an executive order from the Trump administration last month that direct Federal agencies to cease collective bargaining with Federal employee labor unions.  […]

Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modernizing its finance and acquisition systems by implementing the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS), but a new watchdog report reveals major gaps in usability testing that could jeopardize future implementation. […]

A new executive order from President Donald Trump is directing the integration of artificial intelligence into K-12 schools in an aim to equip the future U.S. workforce with skills needed to further the technology’s innovation capabilities.   […]

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s (FedRAMP) Applying Existing Frameworks Working Group reported on April 22 that it has been gathering initial input on ways to maximize the program’s use of existing commercial security frameworks, and is drilling further down into that topic by posing questions about machine-readable formats and shared commercial-Federal framework environments. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on Friday that it is terminating awards and funding opportunities that do not align with the agency’s research priorities under the Trump administration, including research on misinformation and disinformation. […]

A group of Senate Democrats is pressing the Trump administration for information on pending Federal agency layoffs and warning of possible “catastrophic” consequences from what they called the administration’s “strategic hollowing out” of the government workforce.  […]

As the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) prepares to make cuts to its workforce, the agency needs to brief Congress on those decisions and their impact, according to a top House Democrat on security issues.  […]

General Services Administration GSA

The General Services Administration (GSA) and Google announced a new agreement today to offer Google Workspace to Federal agencies at a significant discount, marking a significant step forward in GSA’s efforts to create IT cost savings for the Federal government. […]

Tech experts and lawmakers on Tuesday emphasized the importance of codifying the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot as a way for the U.S. to maintain its global leadership in artificial intelligence. […]

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DoD Pentagon Military

President Donald Trump has nominated aerospace engineer Joseph Jewell to become the next assistant secretary of defense for science and technology (S&T), according to a notice posted on Congress.gov. […]

CISA

Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland Security have said that while the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) isn’t going anywhere despite Federal funding and workforce cuts, the agency needs to get back to its “core mission.”  […]

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cybersecurity
Karen Evans

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that the Small Business Administration (SBA) failed to fully heed recommendations from its Office of Inspector General (OIG) when distributing COVID-19 relief loans, which contributed to billions of dollars lost to fraudulent payments.   […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the latest Federal entity to make major cuts to its workforce including moves to centralize its information technology (IT) employees, according to a Thursday notice from the department.  […]

The Pentagon is a very large building that houses a lot of the authorities for the U.S. Military. It's big. This photo doesn't do it justice, but they're kinda rightly concerned about people flying drones around there.
FCC, Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a large-scale investigation into China-based telecommunications equipment and service providers as its first major action under the agency’s newly formed Council on National Security.  […]

Terry Carpenter, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) chief information officer (CIO), has left his role at the agency and Clyde E. Richards has since fulfilled the role of acting CIO.  […]

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