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The forthcoming fiscal 2024 NDAA is set to heavily feature new additions to how DOD utilizes emerging technologies, including a possible quantum technology pilot, via Alexandra Kelley. buff.ly/46aSicM

Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, are looking to prod agencies to ditch legacy systems with new legislation, via Adam Mazmanian. buff.ly/3CyYptD

A new NIST initiative will bring together technical experts from across the public and private sectors to explore the benefits and challenges associated with generative artificial intelligence, via Chris Riotta. buff.ly/3Nps6m1

YouTube’s decision to stop removing false content about previous U.S. elections “threatens to weaken our democracy,” several top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee said in a letter to the platform’s leaders, via Edward Graham. buff.ly/46jTPNw

Alongside cost savings and efficiency, sustainability also should be a target for agencies' IT modernization goals, according to a recent guide for agency CIOs, and to Energy Department CIO Ann Dunkin, via Natalie Alms. buff.ly/3Pw4C1m

New white paper from the National Academy of Public Administration claims risk aversion among government managers is blocking needed CX improvements to key programs, via Natalie Alms. buff.ly/3NrQPpZ

New House and Senate bills aim to extend DHS and DOJ’s authority to mitigate drone threats, while also providing state and local law enforcement with enhanced counter-detection capabilities, via Edward Graham. buff.ly/3phsCL0

Workforce attrition, modernization troubles and a lack of caller ID contributed to a slowdown in disability determinations at the Social Security Administration, its OIG says, via Adam Mazmanian. buff.ly/3r7pkKL

A new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency resource center will allow federal agencies and industry stakeholders to get their hands on practical tools to help meet new cyber supply chain risk management, via Chris Riotta. buff.ly/3XsOfo1

Key Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate warned that tweaked language in a new Commerce Department rule could lay the groundwork for TikTok to store U.S. users’ data in the country, via Edward Graham. buff.ly/437VHpL

A new national strategy to grow the U.S.’s domestic biotechnology sector focuses on workforce training and curriculum development, via Alexandra Kelley. buff.ly/44gkAAG

The Biden administration wants agencies to align their fiscal 2025 budget requests with recent guidance that prioritizes strengthening federal networks and systems against cyber intrusions. buff.ly/443WSI8

Former congressman and Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy said lawmakers need to be focused “like a bulldog on a bone” to compete with China’s tech ambitions, via Edward Graham. fcw.com/congress/2023/…

Civic tech organizations and former federal officials are behind the IRS plans to pilot e-filing service, but there are divides on Capitol Hill. buff.ly/43dhRY4

A Department of Health and Human Services official said attackers gained access to data by exploiting a major vulnerability found in the popular MOVEit file transfer service, via Chris Riotta. buff.ly/3CRgNhI

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wants to know why the Pentagon decided to terminate a multi-million dollar contract to replace its Defense Travel System, via Edward Graham. fcw.com/it-modernizati…

The Environmental Protection Agency cited a lack of resources among reasons for its inability to patch its systems under federally required timeframes, via Chris Riotta. buff.ly/46Dp1rq

The Technology Modernization Fund, operated within GSA, made new awards to five agencies looking to modernize their cybersecurity and digital services operations, via Natalie Alms. fcw.com/it-modernizati…

Security experts warned that a federal ruling barring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and others from contacting social media sites may have implications that go far beyond First Amendment-protected speech, via Chris Riotta. fcw.com/security/2023/…

New OPM guidance details skill areas needed to fill AI-centric jobs in the federal government, via Alexandra Kelley. buff.ly/3PMDuLI