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  1. Gerry Connolly Connolly Named Ranking Member of House Oversight Cyber, IT Panel
    Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., will serve as ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, a Capitol Hill source told MeriTalk today.
  1. New Chair of House VA Tech Panel Takes Aim at EHRM Program
  2. FCC Poring Over Crowdsourced Broadband Data, Chair Says
  3. New Year, New Hires: OSTP Loading up on Tech Experts
  4. GSA Unveils Workplace Innovation Lab
  5. The Secret to Implementing Zero Trust? Developing a Business Case
  6. Officials Favor Speed, Collaboration in SCRM Drive

People

  1. FEMA Charles Armstrong Named New CIO At FEMA
    Federal government tech veteran Charles Armstrong is joining the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the agency’s new chief information officer (CIO), according to a recent LinkedIn post.
  1. OSTP Taps Mark Latonero for New Role at National AI Initiative Office
  2. Poll: Only 14 Percent of Gen-Z Wants to Work in Government
  3. GAO Appoints Karen Howard Acting Chief Scientist
  4. ARPA-H Names Kevin Duvall Acting CIO and CTO
  1. CISA Tech Strategy Lead Bardenstein Stepping Down
  2. OPM, Tech to Gov Job Fair Target Wide Range of Fed Positions
  3. Election Assistance Commission Names Steven Frid Executive Director
  4. Biden Appoints New National Science Board Members

Progress

  1. DoD Pentagon Military DoD AI Office Launches Fifth Global Information Dominance Experiments
    The Department of Defense's (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have relaunched the Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE) to help inform joint data integration solutions.
  1. DOE Sets Cloud Modernization Course for HR System
  2. NASA, Interior Seek Input on Landsat Next Ground Station Project
  3. GAO Sees Need for More IPv6 Employee Training
  4. CAASM: An Emerging Cyber Technology Validated by Gartner
  1. Pentagon Lacks Guidance on ‘Information Environment’ Training
  2. FBI Thwarts Hive Ransomware Group Attacks
  3. OSTP Seeks Insight for Crypto Tech R&D Agenda
  4. GSA ‘Making Strides’ on new SBIR Contract

Policy

  1. House Oversight Sets New Tech, Workforce Subcommittees
    The newly named House Oversight and Accountability Committee – formerly known as the House Oversight and Reform Committee – has officially split its Government Operations Subcommittee into two new subcommittees with focuses on tech issues and Federal government workforce.
  1. Rep. Lieu Wields AI Chatbot to Push for Tech Regs
  2. USAID Looks For Public Input on STEM Fellowships
  3. JCDC 2023 Agenda Keys on Systemic Risks, Collective Response
  4. Congress Wants to Save you From ‘Electronic Eavesdroppers’
  1. Virginia CIO Aims Toward ‘Agile Everything’
  2. GSA Seeks Nominees for FedRAMP Advisory Committee
  3. Connolly, Schatz Aim to Give Feds an 8.7 Percent Raise in 2024
  4. GAO Calls on FCC to Tighten up $14.2B Broadband Program