A pair of departures in the federal technology community
Nand Mulchandani leaves the CIA and Winston Beauchamp retires from the Air Force.
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Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward; Anthropic makes generative AI widely available at major national lab
Employees at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California will have access to the enterprise version of Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot.
CDC data chief announces departure from agency; Oracle products discounted under GSA OneGov deal
On top of significant discounts, Oracle will also provide “white-glove migration services” for cloud, stop charging data egress fees and promote pricing parity under the deal.
Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks; Pentagon’s AI office eliminates CTO directorate in pursuit of ‘efficiencies’
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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.
Trump admin issues internal federal guidance on AI reporting; GSA’s newly expanded acquisition data reporting program is riddled with ‘shortcomings’
The updated guidance on use case reporting broadly resembles that of the Biden administration, though it abbreviates the process.
The State Department’s innovation-driven approach to security at the edge
Gharun Lacy, State’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber & Technology Security
SSA makes another DOGE switch at CIO; Federal workers at at least one agency have tried to use Deepseek
The agency has selected Aram Moghaddassi as its IT chief, at least the third DOGE-affiliated individual to hold the position during the Trump administration.