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The FTC reports $340 million in civil penalties assessed against federal contractors for Privacy Act violations in 2025, with data classification failures and inadequate PIA processes identified as…
Read →CISA and OPM launch a $180 million federal cybersecurity workforce diversity initiative targeting underrepresented communities, community colleges, and historically black colleges and universities.
Read →OMB issues guidance expanding the OPEN Government Data Act mandate to require federal agencies to publish machine-readable APIs for all high-value data assets by December 31, 2027.
Read →GovAcademy opens enrollment for the 2026 Government AI Lab Capstone Practicum (GA-050), a 45-hour intensive program where federal professionals build AI implementation proposals reviewed by senior government practitioners.
Read →CISA and OMB announce a multi-year program to consolidate 47 individual agency Security Operations Centers into 12 shared SOC service centers, requiring significant workforce transition planning.
Read →NIST publishes the first federal implementation guide for blockchain-verified digital credentials, providing technical standards that GovAcademy's credential system already meets.
Read →OMB announces $2.4 billion in Technology Modernization Fund awards to modernize contact center infrastructure across 34 federal agencies, prioritizing AI-powered routing and cloud telephony.
Read →NARA reports that 40 percent of federal agencies have not completed the transition to electronic records management required by OMB/NARA M-23-07, jeopardizing historical preservation and FOIA response capabilities.
Read →A cross-agency security audit finds that 67 percent of agencies are using VPN solutions with known unpatched vulnerabilities, creating significant risk for the 1.2 million federal teleworkers.
Read →CISA releases the Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 with new operational technology and industrial control system guidance for civilian federal facilities and federally owned infrastructure.
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