The Professional Services Council has voiced support for the Small Business Administration’s plan to increase monetary-based size standards for small businesses, while warning that any future reductions could harm competition and limit
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President Donald Trump signed a new executive order mandating comprehensive new policies for federal hiring. The order aims to impose senior-level accountability, align the federal workforce with administration priorities and significantly improve
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MITRE has proposed the establishment of predefined federal, state and local emergency regulatory waivers to expedite emergency response and recovery for U.S. critical infrastructure. The nonprofit organization published a white paper titled
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The Department of Energy has canceled funding for 223 projects, which led to approximately $7.56 billion in savings. The agency said Thursday that the budget cuts affect projects that did not directly
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published drafts of new guidance for securing controlled unclassified information, or CUI. The agency is seeking public feedback on Special Publications 800-172r3, or Enhanced
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The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has ordered federal agencies to begin implementing plans to suspend functions. In a memorandum issued to executive department and agency leaders, Russell Vought, director of
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The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has announced the second phase of FedRAMP 20x, a cloud-native authorization framework that aims to advance the use of automation to accelerate secure cloud adoption
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The National Science Foundation has selected four teams that will receive $4 million to design an infrastructure that would expand access to hardware and software to support quantum science research. The funding
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The Department of Energy has announced the awarding of over $35 million in funding across 42 projects to support the development and commercialization of emerging energy technologies in artificial intelligence, grid security,
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A new OneGov agreement between the General Services Administration and Anthropic will provide the federal civilian executive, legislative and judiciary government branches with access to Claude for Enterprise and Claude for Government
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