A provision that made it into the compromise legislation will give the Defense Department components more authority to purchase alternative cyber products.

As OSINT becomes a major focus for the intelligence community, the new standards give analysts and collectors explicit instructions for citing certain data.

Michelyne LeBlanc, the deputy CIO of the Defense Commissary Agency, said the move to zero trust is all about ensuring customer confidence in its services.

The bill would require DoD to use a competitive award process when contracting with cloud, advanced AI systems or data infrastructure vendors.

USDA’s Digital Service partners with internal and external organizations to foster technology skills across the department through education and recruitment.

The plans for DOGE continue to evolve, but some early themes are emerging as lawmakers start to weigh in with their own ideas.

Guy Cavallo, the OPM CIO, said by using artificial intelligence to rewrite software code, the agency will need fewer programmers without losing oversight rigor.

“We need AI tools in place to help us plan around climate events, to help us plan around looking at ways in which we can accommodate,” said Dan Pomeroy.