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Thank you Billy Mitchell for resharing our #defensetalks panel with a wider audience through your FedScoop #dailyscoop podcast! It was an honor to share the stage with Savanrith Kong and Scarlett S.! And now that our discussion is in this format, listeners can skip over me talking to get to the good stuff! 😂 Eager to continue the conversation on why user first = mission first.

Federal Trade Commission officials on Tuesday urged House lawmakers to reverse course on proposed funding clawbacks and provide the agency with more financial support for both enforcement and internal digitization efforts. During a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology subcommittee hearing, FTC Chair Lina Khan said the enforcement entity requires continued support from Congress for modernization efforts and Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter noted that proposed fiscal year 2025 budget cuts would result in the agency passing “up important investigations and enforcement matters” in addition to considering furloughs and workforce reductions. https://lnkd.in/eKAGhpVb

The IRS's Direct File pilot program successfully navigates technical challenges, streamlining tax filing for over 140,000 taxpayers across 12 states. Meanwhile, the Senate's 2025 National Defense Authorization Act aims to bolster military cybersecurity with zero trust provisions for IoT devices. Hear more on our Daily Scoop update: https://lnkd.in/e-gTADva #IRS #DirectFile #TaxFiling #Cybersecurity #ZeroTrust #MilitaryTech #TechNews #GovTech #NDAA

The Transportation Department is doubling down on GPS technology, announcing a series of new investments last week that are meant to help boost the reliability of positioning, navigation and timing services. Companies focused on terrestrial radio frequency, map matching, time over fiber, and low-Earth orbit technologies were awarded contracts — which totaled more than $7.2 million — following a DOT request for information last year to identify alternatives to GPS technologies. https://lnkd.in/emnBY5pe

The demise of a legal doctrine that required courts to defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of ambiguous statutes creates hurdles as the U.S. races to build a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, several legal and policy experts told FedScoop. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn what’s known as Chevron deference complicates federal efforts to regulate, opening rules up to legal challenges on the basis that they run afoul of what Congress intended. So as lawmakers and the Biden administration make a push to rein in AI, they’re under pressure to be more specific — and clairvoyant — about the emerging technology. https://lnkd.in/ezXTuGwT

The legislation aims to stop government use of products purchased from “grey-market sellers” in an effort to improve cybersecurity. https://lnkd.in/ePpQCwzx

The way Merici Vinton tells it, the first official user of the IRS’s Direct File pilot nearly had tears of joy in her eyes when she submitted her return to the free electronic filing program, a milestone for the tax agency and a potential game-changer for frustrated taxpayers across the country. There was only one problem: a bad connection that resulted in that maiden filer’s return getting stuck in a queue. https://lnkd.in/eA3nxXRF

The Leadership-Class Computing Facility is expected to be operational in 2026 and will house a supercomputer that’s expected to improve performance simulations and AI research. https://lnkd.in/e8Ag-d6B

Federal research agencies will now require certain covered institutions to implement cybersecurity programs for research and development security, a move the White House attributes to growing threats posed by the People’s Republic of China. Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar made her case in the memorandum for increased awareness of security threats from adversaries. The guidance aims to enable national R&D enterprise research agencies and participants to “respond appropriately” through certifying that institutions’ research security programs — and cybersecurity protocols — include foreign travel security, research security training and export control training. https://lnkd.in/ezd7vhet