The Department of Education’s IT shop lost more than half of its employees to Trump’s reduction in force last year
And, NASA makes 2,100 awards under SEWP’s sixth generation
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Following new quantum EOs, Energy launches Quantum Genesis initiative
And, new details on DOGE’s downsizing efforts at DOD.
Over 1,000 pages on FAR overhaul heads to formal rulemaking process
Public comment will open on Tuesday on four proposed rules to update the federal acquisition process.
Trump executive orders speed up post-quantum migration, boost industry
The orders accelerate the federal government’s transition to post-quantum encryption and will boost the domestic quantum computing industry.
The VA hosts IT industry day, telling contractors to bring their ‘A’ games for the age of AI
And, a defense contractor gets hit with a cyber-related False Claims Act suit
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Oracle wins OPM’s massive governmentwide HR modernization contract
And, CISA calls for agencies to “patch smarter, not harder.”
CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way
A vulnerability that meets all four criteria would need to be fixed within three days, for instance.
Treasury’s Bessent backs Trump’s AI order, voluntary cyber callout
The secretary told Sen. Mark Warner that the executive order “strikes a very good balance between innovation and safety,” and disputed that the EO was scaled back…
The CIA wants to turbocharge commercial tech buying with a new acquisition framework
CIA’s chief procurement officer, Effie Frangogiannis
EHR modernization effort lacks cyber performance measures, GAO finds
A report found two years of missing measures and undefined fiscal 2026 goals for the health records’ interagency cybersecurity and privacy protections.
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