Anthropic suspends top AI models after U.S. export control order
Anthropic suspends top AI models after U.S. export control order
Defense
US counterintelligence agency looks to AI to accelerate background checks
A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours.
Emerging Tech
Lynx supercomputing cluster enters production at Lawrence Livermore
The lab welcomed the operational launch of its Lynx supercomputing cluster that will handle modeling and simulation efforts for the country’s nuclear stockpile.
Cybersecurity
Warner presses CISA on whether staff cuts weakened regional cyber support
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat is asking the cyber agency for workforce charts, vacancy details and service data as state and local support comes under strain.
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Acquisition
SBA partners with Perplexity to launch $25M Main Street AI Accelerator
Administration officials have stressed the importance of supporting small businesses amid the global AI race between the U.S. and China.
Acquisition
DHS finalizes first Cumulus cloud contract with AWS
The Homeland Security Department is working on contracts with the other three major hyperscalers and a separate, multiple-award competition for support services.
Artificial Intelligence
Industry and academia call on administration to free Anthropic’s AI model
Over 30 industry and academic professionals signed a letter to the Trump administration asking it to lift export controls, citing international competition and patches to network vulnerabilities.
Ideas
NSPM-12: The NSS cyber memo agencies cannot ignore
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People
Push for new Cyber Force service branch narrowly fails in the Senate
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s amendment aimed to place a new service under the Army.
Policy
A key spying power will sunset on Friday — here’s why
A months-long standoff over privacy and the future of the nation’s top spy office has pushed a cornerstone surveillance law to the brink.
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Digital Government
Anti-fraud overhaul clears House despite Democratic concerns over privacy and IG independence
Many Democrats opposed the measure due to fears the Trump administration would exert more political influence on inspectors general as well as concerns about privacy risk.
Policy
Tech bills of the week: Standardizing DHS communications; Nuclear power for space exploration; and more
New legislation also looks to create guardrails on the Pentagon’s use of AI, understand how the emerging capabilities are affecting the U.S. job market and determine the environmental impact of data centers.
Artificial Intelligence
VA’s AI chatbots not designated high-impact, despite clinical use, watchdog says
VA’s Inspector General noted that the agency’s two internal chatbots “are not designed specifically for clinical use,” although they have been deployed for such purposes.
People
CISA sees leadership shakeup after infrastructure security chief moves to ONCD
The personnel moves come as CISA prepares to hire hundreds of new employees following a year of layoffs, buyouts and internal restructuring.
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House vote puts Section 702 on brink of historic lapse amid fight over acting spy chief
Trump’s plan to nominate Jay Clayton as permanent top spy may ease Democrats’ concerns, but lawmakers remain at odds over whether Bill Pulte will lead the intelligence community during the transition.
Artificial Intelligence
GSA’s AI adoption is driving significant time savings, officials say
GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch said 70% of the agency’s workforce now regularly uses AI, which equates to “about 400,000 hours of just automation we've been able to unlock with technology.”
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Artificial Intelligence
White House discussions are weighing giving CISA Mythos access
Officials have considered having the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leverage the advanced AI model that was designed to detect previously undiscovered cyber vulnerabilities to scan federal agencies’ networks.
Modernization
Trump’s return-to-work mandate for feds helped drive MetTel’s GSA upgrades
The company said it completed the network revamp under the General Services Administration’s $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Modernization
Oracle wins $396M federal HR systems overhaul contract
The Office of Personnel Management is using the contract to consolidate more than 100 systems into a single platform covering 2 million federal employees.
Cybersecurity
US seizes alleged China-linked sites targeting security clearance holders
Prosecutors said the domains posed as legitimate consulting companies to recruit current and former U.S. officials into sharing sensitive government information for payment.
