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New OPM guidance details skill areas needed to fill AI-centric jobs in the federal government, via @not_amazn_alexa. buff.ly/3PMDuLI

Security experts warned that a federal ruling barring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and others from contacting social media sites may have implications that go far beyond First Amendment-protected speech, via @ChrisRiotta. fcw.com/security/2023/…

The Technology Modernization Fund, operated within GSA, made new awards to five agencies looking to modernize their cybersecurity and digital services operations, via @AlmsNatalie. fcw.com/it-modernizati…

The Environmental Protection Agency cited a lack of resources among reasons for its inability to patch its systems under federally required timeframes, via @ChrisRiotta. buff.ly/46Dp1rq

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wants to know why the Pentagon decided to terminate a multi-million dollar contract to replace its Defense Travel System, via @EdwardJGraham1. fcw.com/it-modernizati…

A Department of Health and Human Services official said attackers gained access to data by exploiting a major vulnerability found in the popular MOVEit file transfer service, via @ChrisRiotta. buff.ly/3CRgNhI

Civic tech organizations and former federal officials are behind the IRS plans to pilot e-filing service, but there are divides on Capitol Hill. buff.ly/43dhRY4

Former congressman and Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy said lawmakers need to be focused “like a bulldog on a bone” to compete with China’s tech ambitions, via @EdwardJGraham1. fcw.com/congress/2023/…

The Biden administration wants agencies to align their fiscal 2025 budget requests with recent guidance that prioritizes strengthening federal networks and systems against cyber intrusions. buff.ly/443WSI8

A new national strategy to grow the U.S.’s domestic biotechnology sector focuses on workforce training and curriculum development, via @not_amazn_alexa. buff.ly/44gkAAG

Key Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate warned that tweaked language in a new Commerce Department rule could lay the groundwork for TikTok to store U.S. users’ data in the country, via @edwardjgraham1. buff.ly/437VHpL

A new @CISAgov resource center will allow federal agencies and industry stakeholders to get their hands on practical tools to help meet new cyber supply chain risk management, via @chrisriotta. buff.ly/3XsOfo1

Workforce attrition, modernization troubles and a lack of caller ID contributed to a slowdown in disability determinations at the Social Security Administration, its OIG says, via @thisismaz. buff.ly/3r7pkKL

New House and Senate bills aim to extend DHS and DOJ’s authority to mitigate drone threats, while also providing state and local law enforcement with enhanced counter-detection capabilities, via @EdwardJGraham1. buff.ly/3phsCL0

New white paper from the National Academy of Public Administration claims risk aversion among government managers is blocking needed CX improvements to key programs, via @AlmsNatalie. buff.ly/3NrQPpZ

Alongside cost savings and efficiency, sustainability also should be a target for agencies' IT modernization goals, according to a recent guide for agency CIOs, and to Energy Department CIO Ann Dunkin, via @AlmsNatalie. buff.ly/3Pw4C1m

YouTube’s decision to stop removing false content about previous U.S. elections “threatens to weaken our democracy,” several top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee said in a letter to the platform’s leaders, via Edward Graham. buff.ly/46jTPNw

A new NIST initiative will bring together technical experts from across the public and private sectors to explore the benefits and challenges associated with generative artificial intelligence, via @ChrisRiotta. buff.ly/3Nps6m1

Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, are looking to prod agencies to ditch legacy systems with new legislation, via @thisismaz. buff.ly/3CyYptD