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As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns — open the original publisher
The White House revives “privateering for the digital age” by authorizing cyber firms to strike foreign targets.
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Tech Bills of the Week: Leveraging AI for environmental evaluations; crafting a report on China’s AI ecosystem; and more — open the original publisher
Recently proposals look, in part, to deploy artificial intelligence solutions to prevent natural disasters from impeding U.S. military operations and evaluate China’s AI chip manufacturing sector.
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Blue states seek to stop DHS from accessing commercial driver's license database — open the original publisher
In a court filing, a coalition of Democrat-led states says the Department of Homeland Security’s demand for trucker data is part of a broader effort to create a “nationwide surveillance system.”
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GAO official suggests addressing AI risks through existing legislation — open the original publisher
Nick Marinos, the managing director of IT and cybersecurity issues at GAO, said leveraging existing avenues for cybersecurity information sharing can expedite getting AI safety policies into law.
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DARPA funds advancements in quantum networking — open the original publisher
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency entered into a contract with quantum networking company Qunnect to bolster technology to preserve quantum data in transit.
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OpenAI Foundation gives $100 million fund state AI implementation for public health — open the original publisher
The organization announced the launch of the Breakthroughs to Follow-Through Initiative, which will implement artificial intelligence tools in public health research work.
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VA seeks to extend its Oracle health record contract through 2031 — open the original publisher
“This action is necessary to continue [electronic health record modernization] deployment activities and associated support services until all VA Medical Centers (VAMCs) and related facilities have fully transitioned to the EHR system,” the department said in a Sam.gov solicitation notice.
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Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger — open the original publisher
A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.
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NIST wants to outfit the National Vulnerability Database with AI — open the original publisher
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is angling to modernize how it reports and responds to cyber vulnerabilities with the help of artificial intelligence.
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DISA sets release date for follow-on cloud solicitation — open the original publisher
The Defense Information Systems Agency is pushing to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.
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How OneGov is changing CACI's contractor role — open the original publisher
CEO John Mengucci tells investors the government's direct licensing push means less revenue but more profit for integrators.
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Federal agencies quietly joined health data superhighway governing council — open the original publisher
The rapidly growing superhighway — known as TEFCA — will help federal agencies digitally obtain health records from thousands of hospitals, clinics and other medical providers.
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Senate’s short-term funding bill provides temporary extensions for TMF, cyber data-sharing law — open the original publisher
The continuing resolution that overwhelmingly passed the upper chamber this weekend would push the federal government’s funding deadline until Dec. 11.
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Senate Finance panel’s top Dem proposes excise tax on new data centers — open the original publisher
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden’s draft white paper calls for a new tax on hyperscalers and data center operators.
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Voting machine researchers say federal work abruptly ended after Trump ally pushed back on their findings — open the original publisher
Mojave Research executives said at DEF CON that the government had been preparing to expand the company’s election security work, and linked Trump adviser Kurt Olsen to pressure they faced after finding election system vulnerabilities but no evidence votes were altered.
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New ‘Water Watch Center’ launched to help small utilities stop cyberattacks — open the original publisher
The initiative comes as multiple states grapple with intrusions into their water systems that some officials suspect could be tied to Iran.
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CISA cautions against rigid rules for future of cyber vulnerability program — open the original publisher
A top agency official said formal backing from Congress could strengthen the global vulnerability-tracking system but warned against measures that may limit its ability to adapt to ever-changing hacking threats.
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CISA still finds water system controls exposed online amid multistate hacks — open the original publisher
The agency is working with the FBI to help victims but is not attributing the cyber intrusions to any group, acting director Nick Andersen told Nextgov/FCW.
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DOGE took credit for savings that never happened, watchdog finds — open the original publisher
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed tens of billions of dollars in savings on its infamous “Wall of Receipts,” but the Government Accountability Office found it touted savings that never happened and could not be substantiated.
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Watchdog puts new numbers on the size of DOGE, but many details remain unknown as agencies refuse to turn over information — open the original publisher
In a new report, the Government Accountability Office said it was unable to verify if all Department of Government Efficiency employees completed mandatory activities intended to avoid conflicts of interest.
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