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PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA) to end collective bargaining with Federal unions in the following agencies with national security missions: Hydropower Facilities in the Bureau of Reclamation. Energy security is a critical national security mission. The Bureau of Reclamation operates …

Optimists believe AI will create more jobs for a bright future we can only dream of. Pessimists believe it will be a job killer at a scale that is unprecedented. Yet there is a middle road. AI will evolve roles — first those connected to the three Cs — Coding, Conversation and Content — and it will also create more …

Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies  The New York Times US court says Trump’s Doge team can access social security numbers and other sensitive data  The Guardian Source link

Capitol Police are among the law enforcement agencies tapped by President Donald Trump on August 7 to increase federal law enforcement presence in Washington DC. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump is directing federal law enforcement agencies to increase the police presence in Washington, D.C., after a former staffer …

Tensions Flare Between Two Federal Agencies Charged With Aviation Safety  The New York Times Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals  CNN 3 big takeaways from the NTSB hearing on the DCA midair collision  NPR Broken altimeter, ignored warnings: Hearings reveal what went wrong in DC crash that killed 67  apnews.com Deadly …

The hackers behind the initial wave of attacks exploiting a zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint servers have so far primarily targeted government organizations, according to researchers and news reports. Over the weekend, U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA published an alert, warning that hackers were exploiting a previously unknown bug — known as a “zero-day” — in Microsoft’s enterprise data management product SharePoint. …

Topline A vulnerability in Microsoft’s SharePoint server software was exploited by hackers to carry out “active attacks” globally on various entities, including businesses and U.S. federal agencies, prompting the software giant to issue an emergency patch. Microsoft deployed an emergency security patch for some users on Sunday night. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Key Facts In a statement on X, …

Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say  The Washington Post Critical Unpatched SharePoint Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Breaches 75+ Company Servers  The Hacker News Microsoft SharePoint zero-day exploited in RCE attacks, no patch available  BleepingComputer SharePoint Under Attack: Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – No Patch Available  SecurityWeek Microsoft Confirms Ongoing Mass SharePoint Attack — No Patch Available  Forbes …

Some agencies are walking back planned layoffs, Trump administration says  Government Executive The Collateral Damage of Federal Work Force Cuts: Summer Interns  The New York Times US agencies shrink layoff plans after mass staff exodus  Reuters Cleared to Lay Off Workers, Some Federal Agencies Find Many Already Left  The Wall Street Journal ‘Be efficient:’ EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin lays out the agency’s goals for …

The government is accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence technology, beginning with the U.S. Department of Defense using Grok, the AI chatbot embedded into X. Elon Musk‘s startup xAI announced on Monday a $200 million government contract as the Defense Department aims to address national security concerns with AI technology. It’s also rolling out what it called “Grok for Government,” a …