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'Shifting gears away from being just a policy shop': Q&A with the Pentagon CIO
Kirsten Davies said her office is adding focus on cybersecurity and the warfighter.
Trump wants to scrap a key framework for federal-employee discipline
Officials said the decades-old criteria used to punish misconduct are too restrictive and “mechanistic.” Practitioners disagree.
Trump says Pulte can declassify ‘whatever’ he wants, sparking fears of exposing intelligence secrets
“If he doesn’t care about blowing up cyber exploits, putting foreign relationships at risk, or getting people killed, he could declassify a lot,” one former official said.
House, mostly, backs $1.5B White House moves to fund E-7 Wedgetail
A shuffle of classified Air Force funds was OK’d, but a withdrawal from the Navy was stopped.
ODNI deputy director pushed out amid Pulte shakeup
The acting director of national intelligence has removed roughly 50 career and political staffers since Friday.
Pentagon's quantum strategy ‘a first step’ in preparing for the future, CIO says
Released on Tuesday along with two executive orders, the document sets deadlines for post-quantum cryptography adoption.
Senate joins House in rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran
Senate approval marked the first time both chambers have voted to end the conflict.
Parts of NSA lose Mythos 5 access after White House imposes limits
The Five Eyes alliance is warning that frontier AI could accelerate cyberattacks and cyber defense.
'A huge grab of power': Trump is defying Congress on foreign aid
Experts say administration officials have largely refused to follow many Congressional orders, likely in violation of the law.
Lawmakers warn acting DNI against workforce shakeup
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., cited concerns about reported ODNI staff cuts while Bill Pulte temporarily leads the intelligence community.
Intelligence director hearing cancelled as Trump pushes voter-restriction bill
The move sets up an inexperienced loyalist to become acting national intelligence director on Friday.
Want to join NGA? Bring AI skills, agency leader says
Even current National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency workers are getting new training.
Navy preps science-and-tech strategy built for speed and focus
Two service leaders in technology development spoke at the Defense One Tech Summit.
NATO has 'changed a lot' in four years, transformation leader says
The alliance has pivoted on standards, experimentation, doctrine, and more, Maj. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux said
Pentagon’s use of JAGs in civilian roles would be probed under NDAA provision
Sen. Warren’s National Defense Authorization Act provision had bipartisan support.
Anthropic suspends top AI models after US export-control order
U.S. officials ordered the company to limit foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5.
A powerful spying ability will sunset on Friday — here’s why
Congress has refused to reapprove Section 702 during a months-long standoff over privacy and the future of the nation’s top spy office.
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Push for new Cyber Force service branch narrowly fails in the Senate
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s amendment aimed to place a new service under the Army.
The Army wants to build a better data center. Can they do it?
A call for industry ideas pulled in 200 proposals. The service is moving ahead with data centers, manufacturing upgrades, and more.
House vote puts Section 702 on brink of lapse amid fight over acting spy chief
Trump taps Jay Clayton as ODNI, but Democrats want a promise that Bill Pulte won't even be acting spy chief.
