Latest policy updates, platform news, and federal workforce development analysis.
The President's FY2027 budget request includes $28 billion for federal cybersecurity — a 22 percent increase — with significant allocations for workforce training and the Zero Trust transition.
Read →The Interagency AI Working Group publishes a comprehensive Federal AI Use Case Taxonomy covering 287 documented AI applications across federal agencies with risk classification for each category.
Read →DOJ updates federal digital evidence standards to address AI-generated content authentication, deepfake detection requirements, and chain of custody procedures for evidence derived from AI system outputs.
Read →GovAcademy releases a free Federal AI Risk Assessment Tool aligned to NIST AI RMF, allowing agencies to conduct preliminary AI system risk assessments and identify relevant training needs.
Read →IAPP's Federal Privacy Professional Annual Survey finds that 74 percent of federal privacy officers cite inadequate training for non-privacy staff as their top operational risk.
Read →A new FAR rule requires software suppliers to federal agencies to submit secure development attestations, creating training requirements for both agency contracting officers and contractor software development teams.
Read →OPM's workforce analysis projects that 31 percent of senior federal employees will retire within three years, creating a critical institutional knowledge loss risk that digital knowledge management systems…
Read →OPM formally recognizes GovAcademy's Executive Diploma programs as qualifying continuing education for Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Programs.
Read →FEMA's annual COOP exercise assessment finds that 58 percent of participating federal agencies failed at least one critical continuity function during mandatory tabletop exercises.
Read →GAO analysis finds that 89 percent of the federal government's legacy IT systems now cost more to maintain annually than equivalent modern systems would cost to operate, creating…
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