DHS intelligence office halts staff cuts after stakeholder backlash
Pushback from law enforcement associations and Jewish orgs came after Nextgov/FCW first reported plans to shed most staff within a core DHS intelligence unit.
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Pentagon to become rare-earth mining company’s largest stockholder
The Defense Department will buy a 15% stake in MP Materials and fund the construction of a magnet-making facility, all to reduce its reliance on China.
Plan to slash DHS intel office faces multi-front pushback
Jewish-community and law enforcement organizations have asked Trump administration security chiefs to preserve the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
Pentagon gets millions for cyber in GOP reconciliation act
But the law’s deep cuts to Medicaid will lower cyberdefenses around rural hospitals targeted by data thieves.
Civilian intel analysts get relocation tax break long given to troops
The measure is part of the “Big, Beautiful” policy-and-spending bill passed last week.
Thousands of Pentagon civilians and other feds are still waiting for their 2025 pay raise
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision last spring to shutter a slew of advisory committees has imperiled already-enacted pay raises for 60,000 federal employees in blue collar jobs.
90% aren’t ready for AI attacks, are you?
As AI reshapes business, 90% of organizations are not adequately prepared to secure their AI-driven future, according to a new report from Accenture. Globally, 63% of companies are in the “Exposed Zone,” indicating they lack both a cohesive cybersecuri…
Pentagon confirms it’s holding up weapons promised to Ukraine
Spokesman declined to say which weapons affected, when munitions review began, or who recommended the pause.
GenAI is everywhere, but security policies haven’t caught up
Nearly three out of four European IT and cybersecurity professionals say staff are already using generative AI at work, up ten points in a year, but just under a third of organizations have put formal policies in place, according to new ISACA research….
Air Force wants to retire the rest of its A-10s in 2026
The proposal is sure to get pushback from Congress.