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Executive Moves/Federal Civilian/News
GSA Reveals 6 New Political Appointees, Promotions
by Miles Jamison
Published on September 11, 2024
GSA Reveals 6 New Political Appointees, Promotions

The U.S. General Services Administration revealed several new political appointees and promotions.

The agency said Monday the following will be serving GSA in various capacities:

Tadeh Issakhanian has been designated as senior adviser to the administrator for climate. The former Deloitte consultant worked with government agencies on sustainable transportation and energy. He previously worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, the U.S. House of Representatives and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.

Thomas Berry has been appointed special assistant to the deputy administrator after serving in the same capacity in the Office of Intergovernmental & External Affairs and the Office of Administration under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Tenzin Pelkyi has been named policy adviser in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs. She had stints with the International Committee of the Red Cross, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 

Morgan Carrico has been promoted to deputy White House liaison in the Office of the Administrator. She was previously the special assistant to the regional administrator.

Brandon Faske has been named senior advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. Faske served as oversight attorney at the GSA before his promotion.

Nicolas Valbuena has been selected to serve as special assistant to the administrator in the Office of the Administrator. He was promoted after serving as the special assistant to the regional administrator.

Federal Civilian/News
Commerce Department Launches Efforts to Advance Supply Chain Resilience
by Jane Edwards
Published on September 11, 2024
Commerce Department Launches Efforts to Advance Supply Chain Resilience

The Department of Commerce has unveiled several initiatives to further develop the U.S. government’s analytical capacity to understand and address supply chain risks.

The department said Tuesday one of the efforts announced at the Supply Chain Summit is the launch of a diagnostic tool, called SCALE, designed to help assess supply chain risks across the U.S. economy using a set of indicators.

The International Trade Administration’s Industry and Analysis business unit plans to kick off a competition to develop new data or analysis that could be used to broaden the indicators of risks in the SCALE tool and hold two industry supply chain tabletop exercises in 2025.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will bring together industry stakeholders in the fall to discuss risks related to the supply chains for artificial intelligence data centers and inform recommendations to help mitigate the identified risks.

During the summit, the department also announced strategic partnerships with seven industry associations and academic institutions to promote supply chain resilience and innovation.

The new partners are the National Small Business Association, Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals, Association for Supply Chain Management, Institute for Supply Management, Industries Studies Association, Carnegie Mellon University and Georgetown University.

Executive Moves/News
Taka Ariga Named OPM Chief Data Officer
by Jane Edwards
Published on September 11, 2024
Taka Ariga Named OPM Chief Data Officer

The Office of Personnel Management has appointed Taka Ariga, a Senior Executive Service member and technologist, as chief data officer.

In a LinkedIn post announcing his appointment, Ariga said he will oversee the work of OPM’s Human Capital Data Management and Modernization Directorate.

He said he will help bring together data governance, artificial intelligence and data science to support OPM’s role in providing human capital services for more than 2 million federal employees.

Prior to OPM, Ariga spent five years at the Government Accountability Office, where he served as the first chief data scientist and director of the Innovation Lab. As head of the Innovation Lab, he was responsible for driving the adoption of AI, blockchains and other emerging technologies.

According to his profile on the professional networking site, the OPM official’s industry career included data science and analytics leadership roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, EY and Deloitte Financial Advisory Services.

In mid-August, OPM and the Office of Management and Budget issued a joint memorandum to provide federal agencies with guidance to address government workforce challenges.

According to OPM, the memo identified key steps to strengthen workforce-related data analytics and design and build an improved applicant and hiring manager experience with tools and training. 

Government Technology/News/Space
New SSC Tests Advance NGP Missile Warning Support Program
by Kristen Smith
Published on September 11, 2024
New SSC Tests Advance NGP Missile Warning Support Program

Space Systems Command has announced the completion of the ground critical design review for its Next-Generation Overhead Infrared Polar, or OPIR NGP program, and the system critical integration review for its complementary Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution, or FORGE program. 

The tests, conducted from Aug. 26 to 29, demonstrated the ground system integration required for the delivery of advanced missile warning capability for global security, SSC said Tuesday.  

The command described the concluded tests as major program milestones demonstrating that the NGP’s space and ground system design not only meets technical requirements but also indicates acceptable risk level and conformance with budget allocation and project timetable. 

The NGP will replace the highly elliptical orbit-based Space-Based Infrared Systems, or SBIRS program. It will cover the North Pole region for surveillance on the wide-ranging missiles that U.S. adversaries test and deploy in the area. 

The new tests follow the April completion of OPIR NGP’s space vehicle critical design review.  The program is on track to demonstrate initial launch capability by December 2025 with Raytheon’s recent delivery to Lockheed Martin of the first of two NGP satellite payloads for deployment to geosynchronous Earth orbit.

Federal Civilian/News
DOE Investing $65M to Advance Quantum Computing Technology
by Jerry Petersen
Published on September 11, 2024
DOE Investing $65M to Advance Quantum Computing Technology

The Department of Energy has announced the availability of $65 million that will be awarded to finance multiple DOE Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research program projects related to quantum computing, a technology with the potential to provide new ways of processing information that can overcome the limits of classical computing.

The DOE said Monday that the investment aims to support innovations that will work to demonstrate the utility of quantum computing in addressing the agency’s scientific research efforts. Of particular interest are advances in software, control systems and algorithms.

Out of the $65 million, $14 million will be sourced from fiscal year 2024 funds. Outyear funding will be contingent on congressional appropriations.

Commenting on the investment, DOE Associate Director of Science for Advanced Scientific Computing Research Ceren Susut said, “With these awards we are equipping scientists with computational tools that will open new frontiers of scientific discovery.”

“Quantum computers may ultimately revolutionize many fields by solving problems that are currently out of reach,” Susut added.

Cybersecurity/News
FCC Starts Administrator Application Period for IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Program
by Kristen Smith
Published on September 11, 2024
FCC Starts Administrator Application Period for IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Program

The Federal Communications Commission will begin accepting applications from entities interested in becoming a cybersecurity labeling administrator—or CLA—and lead administrator under the FCC’s Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet of Things program.

The application period will open on Sept. 11 and close on Oct. 1, the FCC said Tuesday.

CLAs will be authorized to certify the use of the FCC IoT label, which includes the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, by manufacturers whose products are found to comply with the FCC’s IoT cybersecurity labeling program rules.

Entities selected as lead administrators will act as liaisons between the commission and CLAs; conduct stakeholder outreach to identify, develop and recommend technical standards and testing procedures for at least one class of IoT products; and develop and execute a plan for a consumer education campaign.

According to the agency, the FCC IoT label will help consumers make informed purchasing decisions, identify trustworthy products and encourage manufacturers to prioritize higher cybersecurity standards.

“We live in a world where more and more devices in your home require an internet connection,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “But these smart devices that make our lives easier and more convenient must also be protected from bringing malware and other kinds of malicious activity into your home.”

Cybersecurity/DoD/News
Michael Sulmeyer Discusses Aims as DOD’s 1st Cyber Director
by Branson Brooks
Published on September 11, 2024
Michael Sulmeyer Discusses Aims as DOD’s 1st Cyber Director

Michael Sulmeyer, the inaugural assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, aims to advance Department of Defense cyber programs and focus on internal cyber scaling, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. 

The U.S. Senate appointed Sulmeyer to the role in August after the office was established in March as authorized by the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. After over a month in the role, Sulmeyer said that the DOD should focus more on its rate of return rather than just the Pentagon’s cyber capabilities.

“It’s one thing to count the number of operations or to count the number of hunt-forwards,” Sulmeyer said.

Hunt-forward operations are cyber missions conducted by U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force officers worldwide.

“There is power in quantity, but increasingly, how we talk about our return on the nation’s investment, not just DoD, but the cyber community, more broadly, private and public sector, I think, is an area I’m looking to try to work on,” Sulmeyer added.

Sulmeyer also works alongside the department’s chief information officer to sanction U.S. Cyber Command’s operations budget. 

“They’re going to work on operating the network and the cyber security type of work,” Sulmeyer stated. “I’m supposed to focus on understanding the cyber operations part of Cyber Command’s budget and then DoD-wide.”

Prior to this position, Sulmeyer served as the principal cyber adviser for the U.S. Army, where he advised military leaders on all matters of cyber, such as readiness and capabilities.

Federal Civilian/News/Space
Space Commerce Office Solicits Proposals for New Commercial Pathfinder Project
by Miles Jamison
Published on September 11, 2024
Space Commerce Office Solicits Proposals for New Commercial Pathfinder Project

The Office of Space Commerce is soliciting proposals for a new commercial pathfinder project.

The OSC said Tuesday it is inviting commercial space situational awareness companies to submit proposals for a new commercial pathfinder to support the Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS, project.

The Improved O/O Ephemeris Pathfinder project is intended to evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of a satellite’s ephemeris, or its position and velocity at certain times, using data provided by satellite owners and operators. The project’s main objective is to establish the standard for ephemerides and determine the methods of achieving these benchmarks.

OSC made three orders in the Global Data Marketplace for the project. These are:

  • Generate ephemerides for satellites in low Earth orbit
  • Generate ephemerides for satellites in geostationary Earth orbit
  • Two companies to monitor data quality from the above two orders

Interested vendors may submit their proposals for the TraCSS pathfinder project until Sept. 16 at 12:00 noon EDT.

DoD/News
DLA Outlines 4 Imperatives in New Strategic Plan
by Jane Edwards
Published on September 11, 2024
DLA Outlines 4 Imperatives in New Strategic Plan

The Defense Logistics Agency has introduced a new strategic plan outlining its four transformative imperatives over the next five years: people, precision, posture and partnerships.

DLA said Tuesday the 16-page document’s people imperative has several objectives, including attracting and retaining talent, building skills and sustaining an agile and resilient workforce through training exercises.

“We have recalibrated DLA’s strategy to best support our warfighters by transforming capabilities, strengthening our partnerships and shifting to more resilient supply chain solutions, all focused on our combat support mission,” Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, the agency’s director, said in a message at the beginning of the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, DLA Transforms: A Call to Action.

Under the precision imperative, DLA should enhance forecasting and develop logistics strategies that enable it to tailor its approach to customers’ unique needs.

For the posture imperative, the agency will leverage infrastructure and position capabilities and material to better support combatant commands, services and allies.

Under partnerships, DLA should recognize the need to work with joint logistics enterprise members and promote logistics interoperability.

DoD/News
Air Force Reorganizing Major Commands in Anticipation of Great Power Competition
by Jerry Petersen
Published on September 11, 2024
Air Force Reorganizing Major Commands in Anticipation of Great Power Competition

The U.S. Air Force is undergoing a reorganization as part of efforts to prepare for great power competition.

The Air Force said Monday that under the reorganization, its major commands will be classified either as an institutional command or service component command.

Institutional commands will organize, train and equip airmen, and serve as enterprise integrators for capability modernization, acquisition and sustainment. Service component commands will work to prepare airmen and employ them for warfighting in the area of responsibility of a combatant command.

Examples of institutional commands include the Air Education and Training Command, the Integrated Capabilities Command, the Air Force Materiel Command and the Air Combat Command.

Examples of service component commands include Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Air Forces in Europe – U.S. Air Forces Africa, Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Mobility Command.

According to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, the military service has, over the years, suffered from fragmentation that now requires a reorganization to correct.

“After some deep introspection, it has become clear that to dominate in this challenging strategic environment, we must have a force structure that is better aligned, clearly understood, and agile enough to exploit the rapid pace of change,” Allvin said.

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