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• Matt Tait & Venice Goodwine Named to 2024 Wash100 List

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• Will 2024 Be the Year of AI for DOD?

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• AFWERX Unveils Prime Program to Develop, Test Emerging Autonomous Technologies

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• Jen Easterly Talks CISA’s Efforts to Counter Critical Infrastructure Cyberthreats Posed by China

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• Space Force Eyes On-Orbit Refueling, Propulsion Systems to Achieve Mobility Goals

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• DOD Issues Request for White Papers for Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program

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• NASA Plans to Gather More Info in Preparation for Fission Surface Power Project’s Phase 2

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• AIA, Supply Chain Businesses Call on Congress to Pass Tax Relief for American Families & Workers Act

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• Andy Lewandowski Appointed Chief Digital Experience Officer at Department of the Interior

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• DOE Launches Multi-Laboratory Effort to Address Hybrid Renewable Energy Cybersecurity Gaps

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• NIST Seeks Feedback on Planned Update to Information Mapping Special Publication

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• Top GovCon EVPs Kim Lynch and Steve Escaravage Spotlighted for 2024 Wash100 Wins

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• Outgoing CYBERCOM, NSA Leader Paul Nakasone Calls Attention to Chinese Cyberthreats

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• Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Measure AI’s Environmental Impact

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• Leslie Beavers on DOD’s Zero Trust Implementation Efforts

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• NIST’s CHIPS R&D Office Issues Notice of Intent to Create Digital Twin Manufacturing USA Institute

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• FedRAMP Outlines Required Actions for Cloud Service Providers in Response to CISA’s Emergency Directive

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• GAO Report: ONCD Needs Performance Metrics, Cost Estimates for National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation

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• NASA to Deploy RF Instrument to Observe Lunar Surface’s Radio Energy Environment

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• IARPA Selects 4 Teams for New Quantum Computing Research Program

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• DOE to Test Westinghouse Electric Company Operational Technology for Potential Cyber Vulnerabilities

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• DCSA Issues Industry Security Letter on Use of Commercial Cloud Services

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• GovCon Industry Leaders Chuck Prow & Jill Singer Honored With Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 Award

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• GovCon Index Continued Growth Trend Last Week

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• Col. Richard Kniseley: Commercial Space Office Working on Contractual Language for Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve

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• Commerce Department’s CHIPS R&D to Launch Funding Opportunity for Advanced Packaging Substrate Innovation

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• White House Backs Passage of Bipartisan National Security Agreement in Congress

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• New DARPA Program Seeks Electromagnetic Warfare Innovations to Enhance Defenses of Ground Bases

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• Brian Peretti Named Treasury Deputy Chief AI Officer

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• DISA Chief Data Office Outlines Strategies to Ensure Responsible Data Sharing Within DOD

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• ITI Publishes Recommendations on Developing NIST Trustworthy AI Standards

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• Navy Unveils Network Integration & Engineering Facility CANES Lab in Virginia

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• GSA, Access Board Begin Drafting Questions for 2024 Section 508 Assessment

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• Peraton’s Stu Shea & CENTCOM’s Schuyler Moore Recognized for 2024 Wash100 Wins

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• CSO Chief Col. Richard Kniseley Discusses Business Opportunities With Space Servicing Companies

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• DTRA Posts Plan for Follow-On Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract

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• Doug Bush: Army Eyes Twofold Production Increase of 155mm Munitions

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• DOT Seeks to Advance Development of Decision-Support Tools Through Complete Streets AI Initiative

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• DOD, International Partners Test Robotic Vehicles & Sensors in Joint Trial

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• Joseph Pelfrey Assumes Permanent Directorship of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

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• GAO Publishes 2024 Revisions to Government Auditing Standards

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• SAMHSA, ONC Launch New Initiative to Advance Behavioral Health IT

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• DOE Allocates $309M to 4 Pilot Projects Aimed at Capturing CO2

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• Jon Rucker of Ultra I&C & Anthony Robbins of NVIDIA Touted for Wash100 Wins by Executive Mosaic

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• House Panel Passes Bill to Accelerate Foreign Military Sale Process

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• Marybeth Wootton Joins Alpha Omega as Board Advisor

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• Marine Corps PEO Land Systems Unveils Strategic Plan; Stephen Bowdren Quoted

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• Treasury Reports Inflation Reduction Act Investments in IRS Modernization Would Hit $851B in Revenue if Sustained

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• CISA Approves 2-year Extension of ICT Supply Chain Task Force

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• Administrative Instruction Outlines Responsibilities of DOD Components Related to OSD IT, Information Management Support

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• DOD Lists Installations, Facilities Implementing Interim PFAS Cleanup Actions

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• Commerce Department’s Metrics Working Group Outlines Evidence-Building Best Practices for Data Management

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• Space Force Environmental Monitoring Satellite Achieves Development Milestone With Delivery to Vandenberg

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• DOE Requests Proposals for $1.2B 2nd Round of Electric Transmission Facilitation Program; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

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• Juliane Gallina Appointed CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation

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• Babel Street Adds Former CIA Leader Barbara Stevens to Board of Advisors

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• DIU Publishes New Sweeping Strategy to Keep Up With Military Tech Competition From Adversaries

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• Harry Coker on ONCD’s Efforts to Implement National Cybersecurity Strategy

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• Senators Urge Biden Not to Vacate Communication Spectrum for Military Missions

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• CISA-led Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Warns Against Critical Infrastructure Attacks Backed by China; Jen Easterly Quoted

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• CBO Expects Budget Deficit to Take Up 5.6% of GDP in FY2024

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• Elizabeth Kelly Appointed Director of NIST US AI Safety Institute

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• NASA’s PACE Satellite Lifts Off to Study Ocean Health, Microscopic Particles in Atmosphere

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• NETL Introduces Earth-Energy Research Data Visualization Tool EDX Spatial

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• Carey Smith & Leonel Garciga Named to 2024 Wash100 List

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• Executive Mosaic Highlights Space Force’s Gen. Chance Saltzman & SOSi’s Julian Setian for 2024 Wash100 Wins

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• New Army Plan to Reprioritize Funds in Aviation Portfolio; Christine Wormuth Quoted

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• Lumen Reports 4000% Year Over Year Increase in DDoS Attacks Against Government

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• Combatant Commands to Receive Training on Zero Trust Implementation; Randy Resnick Quoted

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• Navy, DIU Tap 3 Companies for Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Prototyping Initiative

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• White House Outlines Safeguards for Transferred Defense Articles Through National Security Memo

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• NSA, Partners Release Joint Guidance on Mitigating Living-Off-the-Land Threats

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• Technology Modernization Fund Requests AI Project Proposals; Clare Martorana Quoted

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• First Report on NOAA Digital Twin Technology Assessment Effort Out Now

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• Sean Mooney Named Director of NIH Center for Information Technology

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• US Government Innovators Avril Haines & Paul Courtney Receive Wash100 Recognition

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• US Navy, MDA Achieve Missile Interception ‘Milestone’; Lt. Gen. Heath Collins Quoted

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• Ascentium Books Navy Contract for Automation & Analytics Support; Andrew Hong Quoted

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• Proposed Legislation Calls for Cybersecurity Guidelines Governing Drones Used by Agencies

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• State Department’s Acquisition Strategy Reorganization Includes Push for OTA, FFRDC Access; Michael Derrios Quoted

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• DOD CIO Publishes Cybersecurity Standards Guide for International Partners

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• GovCon Index Soared Upward Last Week

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• CENTCOM Hosts Counter-UAS Hackathon; Schuyler Moore Quoted

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• Biden Administration Fuels Semiconductor Tech Center With $5B Funding for 2024

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• DISA Seeks Info on Cross Domain Enterprise Service – Engineering, Program Management Support

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• CISA Releases Updated Emergency Directive to Patch Newly Found Ivanti Device Vulnerabilities

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• GSA & DOD Seek Input on Upcoming Government Procurement of Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity

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• Key GovCon CEOs Kathy Warden & John Ustica Spotlighted for 2024 Wash100 Wins

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• How to Position Your Company for Growth in the Space Market

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• Department of the Air Force Plans to Reoptimize USAF, Space Force for Great Power Competition; Frank Kendall Quoted

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• NAVSUP, Army Contracting Command Partner to Enhance Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract

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• CISA Vows Greater Critical Infrastructure Protection in 2024 Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Strategy

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• OSTP Issues Updated List of Critical & Emerging Technologies; Stephen Welby Quoted

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• MARCORSYSCOM & PEO Land Systems Reorganize, Aim for More Responsive Acquisition Enterprise

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• Dwight Deneal Named New Head of NASA Small Business Programs

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• GSA Awards Fearless Digital Contract to Support Enterprise Data Exchange; Alka Bhave Quoted

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• Space Force Leads Adoption of Commercial Satellite Imagery for Military Use

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• New Personnel Vetting Questionnaire Gets OMB Clearance

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• POC’s Most Exciting Headliners of 2023

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• Frank Kendall & Bill Nelson Awarded 2024 Wash100 for USAF & NASA Leadership

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• NASA to Conduct Ultraviolet Survey, Study Stellar Explosions With UVEX Telescope

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• USCYBERCOM Designated as Federal Laboratory

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• DOE Seeks Information From Vendors Interested in Managing Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

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• USPTO Issues Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

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• DOD’s Chief Digital & AI Office Eyes Use of Data Patterns; William Streilein Quoted

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• Charles River Analytics to Develop AI Coach for Enhancing Collaboration at DARPA

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• New NIST Special Publication Shines Light on Security of Cloud Software Supply Chains

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• Adm. Lisa Franchetti: Navy Looking to AI, 3D Printing, Robotics to Ensure Mission Success

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• CommonWell Health Alliance, Kno2 Join TEFCA Network to Support Health Data Exchange

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• Don Widener: CTO from Intelligence Solutions, BAE Systems, Joins the POC’s 5th Annual AI Summit

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• Cubic’s Mac Curtis & Lockheed’s Maria Demaree Named to 2024 Wash100 List

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• 4 Ways 4×24 Builds Lasting GovCon Brands

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• Verizon to Provide 5G Network Connectivity at Fort Bliss

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• CISA Requests Proposals for TIES Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Prototype Project

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• Vice Adm. Brad Cooper Named CENTCOM Deputy Commander

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• DOD OIG Recommends Remedies for Issues Concerning Management of Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts

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• SBA Opens Up New Opportunities With Small Business Investment Company Program

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• SSC Uses SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket to Launch Missile Detection, Tracking Satellites for MDA & SDA

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• OSTP Provides Guidance on Conflict Disclosure, Talent Recruitment for Federal Projects With Other Countries

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• SEC Proposes Rule to Raise Threshold for Qualifying VC Funds

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• NIST Releases Final Version of Guidance on HIPAA Security Rule Implementation

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• Hitachi Vantara’s Mark Serway and ECS’ John Heneghan Honored With 2024 Wash100 Awards

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• DOD Issues Request for Comment on Proposed Amendment of DFARS Clause on Copyright Disputes

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• Why You Should Join Potomac Officers Club

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• Col. Jason Quinter: Project Dynamis to Serve as ‘JADC2 Accelerator’ of Marine Corps

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• Army’s PEO Simulation, Training & Instrumentation Seeks to Meet Rapid Acquisition Requirements Through New Project Office

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• Kimberly Ziegler Named Acting Director of Defense Acquisition Regulations System

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• Senate Bill Would Create Framework for Strengthening AI Workforce

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• Carlos Del Toro Highlights Navy’s Efforts to Achieve Maritime Dominance at WEST 2024

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• Government Leaders See Tech Modernization as Beneficial But Not Top Priority, Survey Shows

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• OMB Creates Searchable Inventory of Federal Grant & Loan Programs

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• Solutioneering Founder Peter Lierni Talks GovCon Evolution, Core Values & More

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• NNSA, LLNL Begin Digital Infrastructure Capability Expansion Facility Construction

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• 2 Industry-Leading CEOs Win 2024 Wash100 Award

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• DOD’s Kathleen Hicks & William LaPlante Unveil Strategy for Healthy Workforce Communities

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• DOD Releases Amended Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement for Buy American Statute

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• NSF, NITRD Request Information on National Spectrum R&D Plan

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• DOD Instruction Assigns Responsibilities, Establishes Policy to Achieve Trusted Systems & Networks

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• Navy Commissions Expeditionary Sea Base USS John L. Canley

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• NASA Glenn Research Center Requests Information on Construction, Design/Build Services Contract

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• FCC Proposes In-Space Servicing, Assembly & Manufacturing Licensing Framework; Jessica Rosenworcel Quoted

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• DOD Releases Video to Help Public Provide Comments on Proposed CMMC Rule

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• LANL Researchers Develop AI-Based Malware Classification Technique

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• Schuyler Moore: The Road to Innovation of USCENTCOM’s First-Ever Chief Technology Officer

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• Accenture Federal Services’ John Goodman & SPACECOM’s Gen. Stephen Whiting Honored With 2024 Wash100 Award

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• DSA Appoints 3 Execs to New Roles

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• House Establishes Bipartisan AI Task Force

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• Cubic Awarded Navy Contract for KnightLink Systems Procurement

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• NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce to Retire by End of March

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• DOE Distributes $61M in SBIR, STTR Phase II Grants for Renewable Energy Projects

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• CNAS EVP Paul Scharre on Large Language Models, Other Emerging AI Tech

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• Bradley Brooker to Assume General Counsel Role at FBI

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• Arizona State University to Help Lead Semiconductor Supply Chain Diversification Initiative

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• NASA Names University Teams Selected to Conduct Aeronautical Research

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• FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee for 2024 to Zone In on AI Tech; Jessica Rosenworcel Quoted

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• PDDNI Stacey Dixon and HII’s Andy Green Named to 2024 Wash100 List

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• Kathleen Hicks: DOD Investing in Secure AI Development to Realize CJADC2 Goals

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• New Executive Order Seeks to Strengthen Cybersecurity of US Ports, Vessels, Waterfront Facilities

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• DOE to Provide Kairos Power $303M to Support Development of Hermes Nuclear Reactor

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• FAA Invites Industry Input on Planned Aerospace Rulemaking Committee for Launch, Reentry Licenses

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• NTIA Asks for Industry Input on Impact of Increasing Accessibility to AI Model Weights; Gina Raimondo Quoted

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• DISA’s Robert Skinner Discusses Information Superiority at AFCEA Event

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• Ronald Moultrie to Step Down as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security

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• FCC to Vote in March on Proposed Framework to Address Wireless Coverage Gaps; Jessica Rosenworcel Quoted

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• IARPA Awards 6 Research Contracts Under Aerosol Detection Tech Development Program; Sherrie Pilkington Quoted

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• Capgemini’s Bill Webner and DARPA’s Stefanie Tompkins Join Wash100 Ranks

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• MDClone’s Matthew Osucha Shares Thoughts on Leadership & Innovation Landscape

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• Gen. Stephen Whiting Emphasizes Increased But Responsible Space Dominance in New SPACECOM Strategic Vision

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• Carlos Del Toro: Department of the Navy Formed Maritime Economic Deterrence Executive Council

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• Jonathan Mayer Becomes Inaugural AI, S&T Chief of DOJ; Merrick Garland Quoted

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• Office of Space Commerce Turns to Industry for SSA Data Quality Monitoring Services

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• Michael Duffy on CISA’s Federal Enterprise Operations Cyber Alignment Plan

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• Catalyst Accelerator Announces 7 Companies for 13th Space Domain Awareness Cohort

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• NARUC, DOE Release Cybersecurity Baselines for Electric Distribution Systems, Distributed Energy Resources

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• NSF Looking Into Availability of Capable Vendors for Potential Technical, Administrative Services BPA

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• Final GSA Rule Updates Requirements for Use of Federal Supply Schedule Contracts by Non-Federal Entities

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• Leslie Beavers: DoD Principal Deputy CIO Keynotes the 5th Annual CIO Summit

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• 4 Reasons You Don’t Want to Miss POC’s AI Summit

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• Executive Mosaic Celebrates 5th Wash100 Wins for Chris Brady & Dave Levy

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• DOD, GSA & NASA Release Interim Rule on SDVOSB Certification

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• William Dunlap Named Acting Deputy DOD CIO for Information Enterprise

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• EY Audit Affirms Accuracy of Marine Corps Financial Statements, Notes Deficiencies in Internal Controls

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• GSA Publishes Contract Vehicle Guide for Purchasing ICT/OT Supply Chain Risk Management Tools

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• Astronautics to Catalog Aviation Data Under FAA Cybersecurity Research Contract

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• OSD ManTech Selects 5 Teams to Develop Organic Industrial Base Modernization Technologies

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• OPM Unveils Workforce of the Future Playbook; Kiran Ahuja Quoted

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• NCCoE Releases 2 Special Guides to Protect, Recover From Data Breaches

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• Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus Spacecraft Lands on Moon Carrying 6 NASA Payloads

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• GovCon Index Saw Continued Growth Last Week

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• Booz Allen Sees AI as Key to Space Domain Mastery; Patrick Biltgen Quoted

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• LMI’s Doug Wagoner and TRANSCOM’s Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost Honored for 2024 Wash100 Wins

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• RTX-Led Materials Modeling Project to Receive Funding Under LIFT Innovation Accelerator Program

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• US Government, 9 Other Countries Advance Shared Principles for 6G Technology R&D

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• White House ONCD Publishes Report on Urgency of Memory-Safe Software Design

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• CISA Eyes Competition for Critical Infrastructure Risk Analysis Requirement

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• NSA, International Partners Warn Against Russian Cyber Actors Targeting Cloud-Hosted Networks

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• Patricia Stolz Named DASA DE&C Chief Data Officer

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• New Research Coordinating Network Reflects DOE, NSF Effort to Cultivate Privacy-enhancing Technologies

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• NIST Unveils Cybersecurity Framework 2.0; Laurie Locascio Quoted

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• Dana Weigel to Succeed Joel Montalbano as ISS Program Manager

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• Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton of the US Space Force Closes Keynote at the 2024 Space Summit

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• NVIDIA Hits $2T, Reflecting Major AI Boom in the US

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• Executive Mosaic Extolls Virtues of Amentum’s John Heller & SAIC’s Josh Jackson in 2024 Wash100 Profiles

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• USAF Leaders Gen. David Allvin & Frank Kendall Call for Urgent Military Optimization

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• DOD Issues Memo on Cybersecurity Activities for Cloud Service Offerings

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• Space Force Plans to Tap Commercial Sector for Space Domain Awareness

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• JFHQ-DODIN Completes Pilot Testing of Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment Program; Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner Quoted

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• GAO Says DOD Needs Data Analytics to Improve Contract Fraud Detection, Investigation

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• EY Report: Federal IT Leaders Use Internal Data Repositories as Main Source for Training AI Models

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• Sen. Mark Warner on Importance of AI Regulations, Standards

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• NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Schedule for NOAA’s Final GOES-R Series Weather Satellite

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• DOE Backs Cyber Tool Development Projects to Boost Energy Sector Resilience

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• Army Initiates Force Structure Transformation

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• A Look Into the Relationship Between Microelectronics & AI Security

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• Executive Mosaic Celebrates 1st Wash100 Wins for MDA’s Heath Collins & Empower AI’s Jeff Bohling

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• Sigma Defense Lands $59M Navy Unmanned Vehicle Autonomy Software Integration Contract; Matt Jones Quoted

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• Commerce Department Opens Funding Opportunity Application for Chip Substrate R&D; Laurie Locascio Quoted

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• Highlight Awarded Air Force SBIR Direct-to-Phase II Contract; Kevin Long Quoted

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• Executive Order Directs DOJ to Issue Regulations to Protect Sensitive Data

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• President’s Council of Advisors on S&T Recommends More Initiatives on Critical Infrastructure Resilience

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• Farhan Khan Named FDA Chief Digital Officer

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• White House Official Marcela Escobar-Alava to Take On CIO Role at SSA

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• NASA, SpaceX Conduct Qualification Testing of Starship HLS Docking System

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