Nextgov
Former White House cyber official Jeff Greene to join CISA
He is expected to replace outgoing assistant cybersecurity director Eric Goldstein, according to multiple media reports.
Policy
Business zoning overhaul approved by key City Council committee
The City of Yes for Economic Opportunity will move forward with a few modifications.
Nextgov
NIST’s emerging tech work will be ‘very difficult’ without sustained funding, director says
Testifying before a House committee, NIST Director Laurie Locascio highlighted her agency’s ongoing work while making clear the need for more funding.
Management
Lawmakers look to ban foreign payments to senior feds
Top federal executives would not be able to "betray the public's trust" under Democratic bill.
Contracts
One protester backs away from PACTS III challenge
The Homeland Security Department has changed parts of the solicitation for the $8.4 billion professional services vehicle as one protest ends and three others remain active.
Nextgov
Inside the Department of Labor’s collaboration with New Jersey to overhaul unemployment programs
A new application for unemployment claims in the Garden State marks the result of a years-long federal effort to help states modernize their jobless aid efforts.
Contracts
Guidehouse protests classified ODNI contract
This is the company's second protest in two years involving the same contract with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Route Fifty
AI guardrails vs. ‘guiderails’: Navigating the curvy road ahead
COMMENTARY | Rather than focusing on guardrails, which try to prevent undesirable outcomes, agencies should consider more proactive guiderails that make generative AI safe and easy to use.
Defense One
CYBERCOM, DARPA pen agreement to speed up advanced cyberwarfare research
The accord follows a 2022 announcement of the joint-agency Constellation cyber prototyping program.
Opinion
Go beyond the numbers to see what drives company value
Brian Peirce of Rock Hall Partners walks us through what drives company value once you get past the numbers on a spreadsheet.
Policy
Hochul makes end-of-session push for social media bills
The governor used dire language to describe the impact of algorithms on kids’ mental health.
Defense
Meet the frustrated negotiators seeking a Gaza ceasefire
Qatar is increasingly the world’s mediator, but this is the energy-rich sheikdom’s toughest case yet.
Route Fifty
Amid record high NYC homeless student population, calls grow for laundry machines in schools
More than 1,600 public schools offers on-site laundry services, allowing students who live in temporary housing or who otherwise lack access to such facilities to wash their clothes while at school.
Nextgov
FCC to consider disclosure requirement for AI-generated content in political ads
AI-made materials have already seeped into election campaigns around the world.
Contracts
FAA chooses 14 for $2.4B IT contract vehicle
Awardees will compete for application and technology modernization work at Federal Aviation Administration facilities across the U.S.
Management
House takes a bipartisan vote to hold agencies accountable for better customer service
The measure would make improvements to an "unaccountable, antiquated and Byzantine" federal bureaucracy.
Politics
VP Harris continues Biden campaign focus on courting union voters in Philadelphia visit
The vice president addressed the SEIU a day after it elected its first Black woman president
Defense
DOD: Russia’s use of Starlink will be a ‘continuous problem’ in Ukraine
The Pentagon and SpaceX have been working together to shut off Russia’s use of Starlink.
Route Fifty
California pays meth users to get sober
Substance use experts say incentive programs that reward participants, even in a small way, can have a powerful effect with meth users in particular, and a growing body of evidence indicates they can lead to long-term abstinence.
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