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White House Memo Details Cybersecurity Investment Priorities for FY 2026 Budget

GovCon Wire

The White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the National Cyber Director have released a memorandum outlining the current administration’s cybersecurity investment priorities that federal agencies should focus on as they formulate their budget submissions for fiscal year 2026.

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Boeing Awarded $1.3B Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Production, Sustainment Contract

GovCon Wire

The service branch expects the delivery of the new Super Hornets to commence in winter 2026 and reach completion in spring 2027, Naval Air Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $1.3 billion contract to build and deliver 17 F/A-18 multi-role strike fighter jets and a technical data package for fleet sustainment to the U.S.

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7th Circ. Won't Demolish Obama Center Approval

Government Contracts

Federal agencies properly reviewed the environmental impacts of building the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park, the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday, once again rejecting opponents' attempts to stop construction of the campus set to open in 2026.

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BAE Wins $223M in Navy Contracts for USS Laboon, USS Wasp Repair, Modernization

GovCon Wire

The Department of Defense said Friday work on the firm-fixed-price contracts will occur in Norfolk, Virginia, through February 2026. Navy contracts worth about $222.6 Both contracts cover

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IRS lays out modernization priorities, sounds alarm on funding shortfall

FedScoop

The IRS believes it will soon be forced to scale back its business system modernization efforts, writing in a report this week that Inflation Reduction Act funding for that work will run out by fiscal 2026.

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Agencies Need Data Backup and Recovery to Combat Increasingly Complex Ransomware

FedTech Magazine

The White House recently released a memo directing agencies to align part of their fiscal 2026 budgets with the five pillars of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, as part of its response to escalating…

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Building smarter, stronger communities with an AI-enhanced government workforce

American City & Country

A Gartner study predicts that by 2026, more than 70% of government agencies will employ AI to augment human decision-making, marking a significant turn towards automation from 35% in 2022 to more than 70% by 2026. Thankfully, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector is here to help.