Welcome to the Fed Mission Success News Round Up brought to you by Makpar. Each week, we will provide a summary of actionable news and insights to help aid in overall mission success for Federal agency IT decision-makers and influencers.
DoD Issues Zero Trust OT Guidance
The Pentagon recently published new guidance explaining how organizations should apply Zero Trust principles to operational technology (OT) systems, a document that has been in development since last year, according to MeriTalk.
House Passes SBA Modernization Bill Linked to Failed Platform Rollout
The Small Business Administration may soon be forced to confront the flawed rollout of an online certification platform it launched late in the Biden administration, according to FedScoop.
Agency Software-Buying Bill Advances in The House
A bill that would overhaul how the federal government purchases software has found itself in a familiar place: moving forward in the House while awaiting Senate consideration with just a few weeks left in the congressional calendar, according to FedScoop.
The CDC Placed Early Bets on AI and Now They Are Paying Off
While the public often associates the CDC with disease surveillance and outbreak response, the agency has quietly been building a modern AI infrastructure designed to reshape how public health data is collected, analyzed and acted upon, according to NextGov.
AWS Announces New AI Factories to Reduce Infrastructure Barriers for Public, Private Sector
Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA are combining forces to create specialized artificial intelligence “factories” for their customers looking to access advanced computational resources without building their own expensive infrastructure, according to NextGov.
Pentagon Maps Major Drone Purchases
According to a request for information (RFI) published last week, the Pentagon outlined a two-year plan to buy hundreds of thousands of small commercial drones as part of its new Drone Dominance Program, as highlighted by MeriTalk.
