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.
Billy Long Wants IRS to Take ‘Clues from Private Sector’ on IT Modernization
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the IRS recently told Congress that he’d tackle the tax agency’s IT modernization challenges by turning to an evergreen Republican-backed solution: the private sector, according to FedScoop.
Trump Cyber Nominees Expected to Testify this Week
A pair of nominees chosen to lead President Donald Trump’s core cybersecurity offices are expected to testify before a Senate panel this week, according to two people familiar with the matter, according to NextGov.
Energy, NVIDIA and Dell Unveil New Planned Supercomputer
The public and private sectors have come together to support a new “game-changing” supercomputing installation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, which will be called “Doudna,” according to NextGov.
For DoD, The Future of Large Language Models is Smaller
The U.S. military is working on ways to get the power of cloud-based, big-data AI in tools that can run on local computers, draw upon more focused data sets, and remain safe from spying eye, according to NextGov.
Transportation Consolidates IT Personnel and Decision-Making
The Department of Transportation is undergoing changes to how it manages its information technology staff and projects, with new directives from Secretary Sean Duffy aiming to boost efficiency in the agency by shuffling how IT systems and activities are run, according to GovExec.
Homeland Security Cuts Off Access to ChatGPT and Other Commercial AI
Staff at the Department of Homeland Security are no longer allowed to use commercial generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude, according to a memo sent to employees this month, according to FedScoop.
