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.
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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.
DOD CIO solicits industry to inform revamp of ‘cumbersome’ cybersecurity risk framework; Congress seeks ban on government use of foreign adversary AI
The Pentagon CIO is seeking industry feedback on a new construct that will modernize the notoriously burdensome Risk Management Framework.
VA secretary pledges progress on EHR rollout amid workforce cuts; GSA inks deal with Elastic to discount products for agencies
VA secretary pledges progress on EHR rollout amid workforce cuts
How the CIA is using AI for its open source intelligence mission
CIA’s Kevin Carlson
ICE seeks proprietary data, tech to monitor up to a million people; GSA plans to ‘flip’ the role of tech resellers with OneGov strategy
The DHS component published an RFI seeking the services of a company to scour data sources and help identify “potentially criminal and fraudulent behavior before crime and…