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New OPM guidance details skill areas needed to fill AI-centric jobs in the federal government, via @not_amazn_alexa. https://t.co/F98DtYheEg

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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. https://t.co/B3yPYmkblX

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The Technology Modernization Fund, operated within GSA, made new awards to five agencies looking to modernize their cybersecurity and digital services operations, via @AlmsNatalie. https://t.co/J2YgC9H6Gv

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The Environmental Protection Agency cited a lack of resources among reasons for its inability to patch its systems under federally required timeframes, via @ChrisRiotta. https://t.co/xFiupJtNZm

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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. https://t.co/esWfhFR8mG

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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. https://t.co/lqrpsSj9Y8

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Civic tech organizations and former federal officials are behind the IRS plans to pilot e-filing service, but there are divides on Capitol Hill. https://t.co/fTAKiaD7rH

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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. https://t.co/UHc3LCxtwS

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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. https://t.co/XBWuvGD6MK

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A new national strategy to grow the U.S.’s domestic biotechnology sector focuses on workforce training and curriculum development, via @not_amazn_alexa.
https://t.co/QNVWP2HHZS

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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. https://t.co/4oorUsNr06

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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. https://t.co/tSQmgVDzQn

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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. https://t.co/iutftzofmJ

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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. https://t.co/uMICFYiKPV

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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. https://t.co/lJD328fBkj

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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. https://t.co/H5ZNs6Bfnm

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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. https://t.co/NthVjfZQto

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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. https://t.co/LndJYwCufQ

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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. https://t.co/T7ZIYoUa2b