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Policy

Bill prioritizing American customers for AI chips not expected to make it into final NDAA, sources say

With the defense authorization bill being finalized this week, the chips-centric GAIN AI Act lost steam, according to sources familiar with the proceedings, but an amendment prohibiting U.S. investment in Chinese technology is expected to be included.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Acquisition

Microsoft makes Copilot available to secure cloud customers

The General Services Administration previously reached an agreement with Microsoft to offer its services to agencies at discounted rates. The latest announcement makes Copilot available to government customers in GCC-High.

  • By Edward Graham
Ideas

Three Years to Rebuild the Internet or Lose the AI Race

COMMENTARY | The nation that builds Cloud 2.0 first will shape the innovation economy for decades.

  • By Dave Ward
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From Data to Dominance: Building the Architecture of Decision Superiority

The technologies transforming global logistics are rapidly accelerating how the Department of War must think about and achieve speed, scale, and decision superiority in contested logistics.

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Acquisition

PSC’s Vision Forecast sees tight budgets, high uncertainty through the next decade

The trade association's annual forecast lands at a time of unprecedented change and disruption in the market, with civilian agencies facing the most budget pressures.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Cybersecurity

CISA tells staff to not speak with reporters, internal email shows

"CISA does not comment on leaked internal emails, especially when they’re about leaking internal emails," CISA Director of Public Affairs Marci McCarthy told Nextgov/FCW when asked for comment.

  • By David DiMolfetta
Artificial Intelligence

Democrats bring back AI civil rights bill

The reintroduction of an anti-algorithmic discrimination bill comes as the advocacy for a decade-long moratorium on state-level AI regulation recirculates in Congress.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Artificial Intelligence

AWS announces new AI Factories to reduce infrastructure barriers for public, private sector

AWS and NVIDIA have teamed up to offer public and private sector partners access to bespoke artificial intelligence resources.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Cybersecurity

New bill proposes government-wide processes to attribute, sanction hackers

The measure would permit "robust sanctions against designated actors, including asset blocking, financial restrictions, export controls, procurement prohibitions, visa bans and suspension of assistance."

  • By David DiMolfetta
Acquisition

SAP offers major discount to government customers through OneGov agreement

Discounted software could generate as much as 165ドル million in savings for agencies over the next 18 months, GSA estimates.

  • By Frank Konkel
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How US federal agencies accelerate efficiency and innovation with Equinix

Federal agencies must contend with increasing fiscal, personnel and infrastructure constraints that limit how IT leaders plan for AI workloads. Emerging technologies require new infrastructure solutions, yet legacy platforms persist.

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Digital Government

Social Security wants about 15 million fewer visits in its field offices

The new goal to cut the number of field office visits comes as the agency’s frontline locations have lost thousands of employees.

  • By Natalie Alms
Artificial Intelligence

The CDC placed early bets on AI — and now they are paying off

The CDC has quietly been building a modern AI infrastructure designed to reshape how public health data is collected, analyzed and acted upon.

  • By John Breeden II
Digital Government

Interior announces digital park passes alongside new, ‘America-first’ fee structure

Congress instructed the government to roll out digital park passes by January 2026 in a law signed by former President Joe Biden just before he left office.

  • By Natalie Alms
Ideas

Inside former FCC CIO Allen Hill’s full-throttle leadership

COMMENTARY | Hill’s four-decade career has left a legacy of leadership and modernization, following his recent retirement.

  • By Tom Suder
Modernization

Social Security occupational data update appears stalled after agency drops regulatory overhaul

The Social Security Administration has spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to update the occupational data used in disability adjudications. When the agency will actually move to newer data is unclear.

  • By Natalie Alms
Defense

The Army is taking counter-drone experimentation from Europe to INDOPACOM

A joint exercise with Poland and Romania, plus a counter-drone competition, took place this month.

  • By Meghann Myers
Policy

Civilian agency spending cratered during shutdown

October spending during the shutdown dropped by as much as 80% for some agencies compared to October 2024.

  • By Frank Konkel
Artificial Intelligence

White House launches Genesis Mission to spur AI with federal assets

The Genesis Mission initiates a new artificial intelligence experimentation platform, linking agencies with federal data to spearhead advanced AI use cases and evaluate "experimental outcomes."

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Digital Government

DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says

The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.

  • By Natalie Alms
Defense

Foreign spies are targeting Army soldiers, civilians and families, official warns

Current and former federal workers, especially those with security clearances, should be aware of the attempts, an Army intelligence chief said in a November memo.

  • By David DiMolfetta