OPM CIO Greg Hogan has left the role; Stephen Ehikian leaves GSA to be CEO of a leading AI firm
Hogan was a day-one installment at the Office of Personnel Management and was often associated with DOGE efforts.
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Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes on new White House design chief role; Wyden seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing ‘incompetence,’ ‘negligence’
Gebbia will help lead Trump’s initiative to redesign the federal government’s digital services.
Trump threatens executive order on elections; Watchdog says OMB must prioritize federal IT spending framework, or scrap it
The provisions mentioned by the president, such as banning mail-in voting and voting machines, are viewed by many experts as plainly unconstitutional.
The Army looks to build a drone marketplace; DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models
The marketplace is intended to be a trusted repository for service members to reliably see what systems are available and can suit their mission needs.
Democrats demand answers on Grok’s use in government; Starlink outage impacted Starshield services for military users
A letter to GSA seeks information surrounding the xAI tool following FedScoop reporting that revealed the agency’s testing of the platform.
Starlink outage impacted Starshield, its defense communications service
Several civilian federal agencies said they weren’t aware of any effect on operations.
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James Walkinshaw details his tech agenda; IRS has lost 25% of its IT workforce since Trump took office
Running for his old boss’s seat in Virginia’s 11th district, Walkinshaw details his tech agenda in an interview with FedScoop.
Army awards $100M contract for Next-Gen command and control prototype; House bill eyes digitization to fix arcane federal permitting process
Anduril and its team of vendors secured a $99.6 million OTA to continue prototyping effort for the Army's Next Generation Command and Control.
Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks; Pentagon’s AI office eliminates CTO directorate in pursuit of ‘efficiencies’
Brett Leatherman told CyberScoop in an interview that while the group still poses a threat, the bureau is focused on resilience and victim support, and going on…
Trump nominates former Transportation CIO to lead IT at VA; DOD creating joint counter-drone task force
The CIO role at the VA is one of two in the federal government that requires Senate confirmation.