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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.

Budget 101
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IHS Urges Budget Shift After High Court Healthcare Ruling

Government Contracts

Supreme Court decision affirming that the federal government is liable for the reimbursement of millions in administrative healthcare costs for two Native American tribes, is urging Congress to shift its budget appropriations for fiscal year 2026 to protect the agency's overall health.

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Contractor issues put NASA behind schedule and over budget on robotic spacecraft, OIG finds

FedScoop

But NASA’s initiative to build such a spacecraft, which is called On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 or OSAM-1 , is running late and is way over budget, according to an Oct. The OIG report noted that the project is expected to exceed its more than $2 billion price tag — and run past its December 2026 expected launch date.

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Scale Up Your Agency’s Success

GovLoop

Agencies have a lot of data to manage and that can get costly – it’s estimated that 45% or more of all enterprise IT spending will be used toward public cloud solutions by 2026. A pay-as-you-go solution could be the answer for your agency.

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Only 3 agencies have hit deadline for cyber event logging standards, GAO finds

FedScoop

Just three of the 23 civilian Chief Financial Officer Act agencies have met the cyber event logging standards called out in President Joe Biden’s 2021 cybersecurity executive order and a subsequent Office of Management and Budget memo, a new Government Accountability Office report found.

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Pentagon IG not impressed by effectiveness of DoD vendors’ award fees

Federal News Network

This month, CISA extended the charter through 2026 for the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force. CISA announces renewal of the ICT SCRM Task Force - CISA) The Office of Management and Budget is updating its nearly five-year-old policy implementing the Congressional Review Act.

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

Open Contracting Partnership

With a background in banking, finance, and economics, she worked at Rwanda’s Development Board and in the private sector before entering public procurement and she’s a current member of the MAPS steering committee for the period of 2024-2026. It starts from the time you are planning for the budget.