New from me yesterday: Vivek Ramaswamy, co-lead of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed DOGE, said the advisory group’s success hinges on the need to modernize technology across the Federal government.
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NEW: Anne Neuberger – a top Biden administration cybersecurity official – laid out her wish list📝 today for how the incoming Trump-Vance administration should prioritize #cybersecurity🔒 challenges and regulations.
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JUST IN: A top Federal election security official reported no national-level incidents that would impact the security of election infrastructure🗳️ as of Tuesday afternoon. @CISAgov #Election2024
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I’m tracking the #security of the elections this week. Follow along:
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JUST IN: Top @CISAgov officials highlighted today that the agency has been working with critical infrastructure operators across all sectors to ensure that #ElectionDay runs smoothly tomorrow. #Election2024 meritalk.com/articles/cisa-…
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My story last week for @MeriTalk:
Spoke to several Federal and industry #IT experts about what this latest CR means for #technology projects
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"IT leaders across the Federal government agreed this week that CRs are harmful to agency operations, particularly when it comes to modernizing technology or starting new projects" buff.ly/4eWbkHq via @cateburgan @MeriTalk
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More @OMBPress #AI guidance as a result of @POTUS AI EO (which is almost a year old!).
The policy wants feds to bolster internal and cross-gov info sharing for AI acquisition. OMB’s Miller says this is meant to establish a “tight loop” b/w gov leaders.
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I’m in Augusta this week for @AFCEA’s TechNet. You can follow my coverage @MeriTalk or come say hi!
Today, @USDISA director said the agency is “hitting accelerator” on DoDNet migration 👇🏼
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NEW: @NIST unveiled its first 3 post #quantum crypto algorithms today after nearly a decade of research.
Project lead says full integration will take time, so start using these standards immediately. My full story for @MeriTalk ⬇️
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New & interesting data from @OMBPress that @GOPoversight has been asking for for over a year.
Shows that Feds as a whole have reached the admin’s expectation of 50% time in-person, but it varies by agency. 10 are still failing to hit that target. More ⬇️
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“CISA has observed threat actors taking advantage of this incident for phishing and other malicious activity. CISA urges organizations and individuals to remain vigilant…”
ARCHIVED: Jen Easterly@CISAJen
🤯...Coming up for air to confirm we're working aggressively with @CrowdStrike as well as fed, SLTT, int'l & critical infrastructure partners to assess impacts and support remediation. We’ll share more as it becomes available: go.dhs.gov/38C
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JUST IN: @SecBlinken and the @StateDept's CDAO Matthew Graviss today announced the launch of a new online AI🧠 resource hub at the agency.
AI.State will serve as a central hub “for all things #AI in the department,” Blinken said.
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NEW: @ONCD is launching a pilot reciprocity framework for #cyber to eventually scale across critical infrastructure sectors.
Today’s announcement follows nearly 90 orgs overwhelmingly calling for cyber regulatory harmonization in response to a WH RFI.
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ICYMI: The @ODNIgov on Thursday released its inaugural Vision for the Intelligence Community Information Environment: An #IT Roadmap.🗺️
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After more than two decades leading global teams in #IToperations and #cybersecurity in the Federal government, Gerry Caron is heading to the private sector. @TradeGov
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NEW: With the end of the @FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program, the White House announced voluntary commitments from over a dozen internet service providers to offer plans at $30💰 or less to low-income households through the end of 2024. #broadband
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NEW: @NIST is launching a new #AI effort: ARIA 0.1
The pilot program will test LLMs to assess risks and impacts of #GenAI on society. My latest for @MeriTalk digs into the three different scenarios NIST will test starting this summer. ⬇️
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Busy day for #AI in the Senate.
The Rules Committee passed three AI bills that aim protect the upcoming #2024Elections, with two of the bills seeing some pushback from the panel’s Repubs.
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Also new from me today @MeriTalk, an exclusive interview with @USGSA’s CISO Bo Berlas.
We talked all things #zerotrust at the agency - where they’ve been and where they’re headed.
Check it ⬇️⬇️
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