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GSA to reinstate FedRAMP director, taps Treasury CIO for 3 roles

The General Services Administration is seeing a string of personnel changes leading up to the federal chief information officer’s departure from government at the end of the month.

Acquisition

GSA says it’s uncovered ‘record-setting’ $13B in suspected procurement fraud

The White House added General Services Administration fraud estimates to its website that serves as a ledger for suspected fraud across the federal government.

Policy

Lawmakers press Commerce to restrict Americans from aiding foreign spy agencies

A bipartisan group says unfinished export control rules leave civilian intelligence services able to obtain U.S. cyber, surveillance and AI assistance.

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Cybersecurity

Treasury sanctions Iranian hackers tied to critical infrastructure breaches

Four of the five people named in the cyber action were also charged last week in the Justice Department’s expanded Mabna Institute case.

Emerging Tech

White House space transportation policy calls for integration with air traffic control modernization

The guidance directs the Transportation Department and other agencies to “implement a plan to integrate space launch and reentry management into airspace and traffic control modernization efforts.”

Artificial Intelligence

Dem lawmaker hopes to add AI containment language to FRONTIER Act

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., is pushing for a September markup of the landmark AI legislation along with new language on model containment following the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident.

Cybersecurity

Treasury launches task force to prepare financial sector for quantum cyber threats

The public-private task force will focus on moving financial institutions to quantum-resistant technology and addressing risks created by vendors and digital assets.

Modernization

VA deploys new EHR at 3 Indiana-based medical facilities

The latest round of go-lives brings the total number of site rollouts this year to 11.

Emerging Tech

GSA begins quantum security efforts for digital and physical systems

The General Services Administration is updating an existing identity and access management framework and expanding a physical security testing program to support a government-wide migration to post-quantum cryptography.

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Ideas

Compliance theater is over: What FedRAMP 20x means for every vendor selling to government

COMMENTARY | Attacks now move faster than human-paced patch cycles can keep up with and a compliance program built around periodic reviews will not catch them.

Policy

Tech bills of the week: Overseeing algorithm-set rental prices; and halting federal overreach in data center construction

Legislation introduced this week seeks to police the use of algorithmic price-setting for home rentals and rein in how the federal government influences new data center construction.

Defense

Counties and cities sue over counterterrorism grant rule changes

The four local governments said the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to tie the grants to election security measures were unconstitutional, as states run elections, not the feds.

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House Democrats ask GAO to review CISA workforce cuts

Lawmakers want Congress’ watchdog to assess what capabilities were lost after the cyber agency shed roughly one-third of its staff.

Modernization

VA boosts EHR modernization contract with Oracle by $17B

The modified agreement raises the contract’s total value to just under $27 billion.

Ideas

Closing federal security gaps in an era of AI-enabled attacks

COMMENTARY | Agencies that align IT, security, data and AI leadership can be prepared for the speed and scale of tomorrow’s AI threats.

Artificial Intelligence

FDA considers doctor-like ‘competency-based’ tests for medical generative AI

The Trump administration released ideas for regulating large language models used in health care as companies roll out chatbots to help patients manage mental health, diabetes and other medical conditions.

Defense

What Trump’s tech strategy means for the military, deterring China, and the future of AI

The strategy includes key provisions to encourage innovation—but also has a glaring omission.

Artificial Intelligence

AI is already on the job, and Census is keeping count

New U.S. Census Bureau data shows that AI is quickly becoming a routine workplace tool, while government leaders are finding that training, guardrails and employee-led experimentation can help turn everyday use into meaningful adoption.

Policy

The watchdog gets watched: GAO’s hiring process length faces scrutiny

In a new report by the inspector general for the Government Accountability Office, investigators also found that in fiscal 2024 the agency excluded certain data from time-to-hire calculations and was inconsistent about when the hiring process started.