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  1. GSA OIG CIO Warns AI Is Forcing Zero Trust Rethink on Risk, Control
    A senior federal cybersecurity leader said on Tuesday that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing agencies to rethink how they manage risk within zero trust architectures because machine-speed decision-making strains traditional security controls.
  1. House Democrats Seek OPM Update on Delayed Federal Retirements Processing
  2. Defense Officials Say AI Now Embedded in Core Workflows; Baltimore Expands Pilots
  3. Senate Commerce Approves Quantum Reauthorization Bill
  4. Space Force Expands Front Door Program to Include USSPACECOM
  5. Funding Pressures Reshape Zero Trust Strategies for State and Local Governments
  6. DOE Pledges $135 Million for Fusion Technologies

People

  1. Pentagon Military Defense DoD
    Pentagon’s CIO Announces Staff Changes
    The Defense Department’s (DOD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) announced several personnel changes via LinkedIn over the weekend. It said the moves would support efforts to modernize defense information systems and broader priorities across the DOD, which has been rebranded as the War Department by the Trump administration.
  1. Lawmakers Urge Trump to Center Workers in AI Policy, Procurement
  2. Moran Tapped as Space Force’s Acting Lead for Data, AI, Software
  3. Chandra Donelson to Step Down as Space Force CDAO
  4. George Forbes Heads Over to Commerce
  1. CDC Acting CAIO Travis Hoppe Departing
  2. Hardiman Named Air Force Deputy CIO
  3. FCC Taps Farhan Khan as New CIO
  4. Army Corps of Engineers Announces IT Leadership Hires

Progress

  1. FBI Takes Down Phishing Ring
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on April 10 that it has dismantled a global phishing operation while working with Indonesian authorities in what officials described as a first-of-its-kind joint cyber investigation.
  1. GAO: Federal Agencies Need to Share AI Knowledge
  2. GSA’s OneGov Deals Headed Toward Long-Term, Scalable Programs
  3. Final Education Dept. Rule Prioritizes AI in Federal Grants
  4. Space Force Taps 14 Vendors for Satellites Under Andromeda Program
  1. MeriTalk Research: Legacy Systems Cost Federal Finance Teams 35% of Their Time
  2. VA Restarts EHR Rollout With 4 Michigan Hospital Deployments
  3. OPM Opens Applications for New Cybersecurity Role
  4. Appeals Court Clears DOGE Access to SSA Data, New Privacy Concerns Mount

Policy

  1. DoD Pentagon Military
    From Golden Dome to Drones: Breaking Down DOD’s $1.5T Budget Request
    President Donald Trump has requested a record $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027, and a closer look shows how funding would be allocated across cyber, artificial intelligence (AI), missile defense, and drone efforts.
  1. CISA Budget Request Targets Partnerships, Cuts Nearly 900 Jobs
  2. DOE Budget Proposal Shifts CESER’s Cyber R&D Toward AI, Cuts Spending
  3. Trump’s 2027 Budget Request Cuts $5.6B From NASA
  4. Pentagon’s FY 2027 Budget Request Cuts R&D Funding Despite Overall Increase
  1. Trump FY2027 Budget Cuts CISA by $707M, Reduces S&T Agencies
  2. White House Proposes $1.5T Defense Budget for 2027
  3. House, Senate Bills Aim to Boost Cyber Apprenticeships
  4. Bipartisan DHS Plan Falters in House, Shutdown Persists