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The Office of Management and Budget plans to appoint Maria Roat, chief information officer of the Small Business Administration since October 2016, as deputy federal CIO, Nextgov reported Thursday.

The Office of Management and Budget has released draft guidance for federal agencies as they develop regulations and policies related to artificial intelligence-based technologies.

President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Blair, assistant to the president and senior adviser to interim  White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, as the U.S. representative for international telecommunications policy.

The White House has asked the U.S. Navy to propose the inclusion of unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vehicles in its planned 355-ship Battle Force fleet, the War Zone reported Friday.

The Office of Management and Budget added four new objectives to the final draft of the Federal Data Strategy that agencies need to meet in 2020, Federal News Network reported Monday. The four goals are publishing and updating data inventories; launching a Federal Chief Data Officer Council; developing data quality measuring and reporting guidance; and creating a data standards repository.

Margie Graves, federal deputy chief information officer, is set to step down from her post at the Office of Management and Budget on Dec. 31 to join the private sector, Federal News Network reported Thursday.

The Government Accountability Office released a report on Thursday stating that the General Services Administration and Office of Management and Budget need to develop a plan for recovering costs for the Technology Modernization Fund.

The Government Accountability Office has found that more than half of the 24 agencies it surveyed did not always use the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program when approving cloud services for government use.

Matthew Cornelius, a former official at the Office of Management and Budget, has been appointed executive director at the Alliance for Digital Innovation industry group, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.

Doug Loverro, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said the space agency essentially requires the Space Launch System to pursue the manned lunar mission planned for 2024, Space News reported Wednesday. Loverro made this statement with Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator, against criticisms on SLS' high sustainment costs compared to those of commercial launch vehicles.