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Acquisition

Google is ‘all in’ on government business

The company’s cloud offering for government customers achieved more important security milestones last week, allowing it’s tech tools to be used in the most sensitive, classified environments.

People

Trump is planning to slash 107,000 federal jobs next year. See where

New details in the president's budget detail some of the proposed workforce reductions, though the final cuts will likely be steeper.

Artificial Intelligence

FDA unveils ‘Elsa’ generative AI tool for staff

Following a successful pilot, the Food and Drug Administration unveiled its in-house large language model designed to help agency staff in drug clinical evaluations and reviews.

Sponsor Content

Government Security Update: Trends to Watch

Government surveillance is evolving fast, with AI, cloud services, and cybersecurity driving smarter, compliant, and more adaptive video monitoring solutions.

People

FBI Cyber Division deputy director departs for anti-ransomware firm

Cynthia Kaiser will serve as senior vice president for Halcyon’s Ransomware Research Center.

Artificial Intelligence

Public-private partnerships need more ‘efficiency,’ Energy official says

The agency’s national labs can offer high performance computing capabilities for artificial intelligence innovation, several leaders noted, but it requires an expedited negotiation process.

Policy

White House budget request includes $45 million in additional DOGE funding

The request would support an estimated 150 full time employees, 80% of whom would be paid out of agency reimbursements, rather than DOGE-specific funds.

People

DOJ CIO announces departure from agency

Melinda Rogers said May 30 was her last day with the Department of Justice.

Artificial Intelligence

House AI Task Force member optimistic Congress will move on group’s recs later this year

The bipartisan House AI Task Force’s recommendations provide “a great running start” for Congress to establish guardrails around the safe use of emerging technologies, the lawmaker said.

Cybersecurity

CISA projected to lose a third of its workforce under Trump’s 2026 budget

The White House’s latest spending proposal projects nearly 1,000 jobs will be slashed at the nation’s lead civilian cyber agency. Related cyber and intel programs across government also face funding rollbacks.

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Protecting Government Operations Starts with Smarter Monitoring

Discover how integrated alarm monitoring enhances government security by protecting infrastructure, enabling rapid response, and supporting resilience across all levels.

Acquisition

Pentagon heightens scrutiny on IT, management consulting contracts

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's newest directive for the department zeroes in on providers of “system IT integration, implementation, or advisory services."

People

Intelligence agency employee arrested for trying to share classified info with foreign government

Nathan Vilas Laatsch was allegedly disgruntled by the Trump administration and willing to share sensitive data with the foreign country. The FBI set up a dead drop operation to intercept the classified materials.

Cybersecurity

Senators urge DHS to reinstate disbanded cyber review board

The board — which was dismissed at the start of the Trump administration — has been viewed as a well-intentioned but imperfect tool for reviewing significant cybersecurity events.

Emerging Tech

NVIDIA to keep Shanghai operations despite lawmaker concerns

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said that the chip company will continue its longstanding China-based operations, but more chip plants are set to be in the U.S.

Emerging Tech

Energy, NVIDIA and Dell unveil new planned supercomputer

The latest public-private sector collaboration brings the new Doudna supercomputer to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California to pursue advancements across emerging tech and scientific fields.

People

Here's where the State Department is planning its layoffs and changes

Various national security offices, as well as units that cover Asia and the Middle East, will be consolidated or slashed. Thousands of employees across divisions are targeted for cuts.

Ideas

Helping DOGE break down data silos

COMMENTARY | By adopting modern data architectures like enterprise data lakes, agencies can dismantle these silos.

Acquisition

The acquisition rule (re)writers really want you to have your say

Industry will get visibility into and be able to weigh in on efforts by the GSA, Defense Department and NASA to reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

People

Fired GSA 18F employees appeal to have jobs reinstated

The Trump administration has endeavored to streamline the agency’s contracting and procurement processes while putting in mechanisms to shed its workforce.

People

Trump cyber nominees expected to testify next week, people familiar say

An unreleased telecom vulnerabilities report is being used as leverage to block one of the nominees from full confirmation in the Senate.