• The Navy is turning to industry for ideas to help address temporary housing shortages impacting thousands of sailors nationwide. The service has issued a request for information seeking solutions to provide temporary unaccompanied housing while the Navy renovates its aging barracks. The Navy is asking companies to propose a range of options, including trailer or RV housing, leased apartments, extended hotel stays or houseboats. The Navy estimates it will need approximately 4,200 temporary beds to house displaced sailors.
• The Army is launching a new initiative that will allow vendors to get their software reviewed, accredited and deployed into Army environments more quickly. Dubbed Project Gatekeeper, the effort will deploy a version of the service's DevSecOps platform onto NIPRNet where companies can submit their software and receive real-time feedback on vulnerabilities, compliance issues and other risks before that software enters the Army's production pipeline. “That is going to be a huge effort. It's going to be a really big force multiplier for industry that wants to work with the the U.S. Army and and really with the department,” Gabe Chiulli, Army acting chief information officer, said.
• The National Science Foundation this week awarded funding to 14 universities under the CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service program. The latest awards build on the 26-year-old CyberCorps program, which provides scholarships to students in return for a commitment to serve with the government. The goal of the renamed initiative is to support education and workforce initiatives that reflect the increasingly interconnected relationship between AI and cyber.
• A new lawsuit claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not been processing federal employees' cases. The American Federation of Government Employees is suing EEOC for reportedly issuing a blanket suspension late last year on all class action complaints in the federal sector. AFGE’s new lawsuit argues that the commission violated federal law by refusing to hold hearings, engage in discovery or issue any class decisions. The lawsuit said feds involved in these complaints continue to be harmed by ongoing discrimination, now with no avenue for obtaining relief.
• Agencies are being told how to comply with collective bargaining obligations, while also overhauling the performance rating system for federal employees. The Office of Personnel Management said agencies may have to negotiate with their union in some instances, for example, if an employee informally requests that their performance rating be reconsidered. But OPM said formal grievance procedures or anything that might interfere with the new forced distribution system cannot be negotiated with unions.
• The House of Representatives is looking to make some digital modernization progress of its own. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) is seeking funding to develop an AI bot called My Intelligence Assistant, or Mia. Bice said Mia will connect to data sources throughout the House. The proposal comes as House offices face challenges with an ever increasing amount of legislative data and the fast growing use of artificial intelligence by both staff and the general public. The Library of Congress is now seeking $2.4 million to move Congress.gov to the cloud, in part to ensure the website can handle the increased traffic driven by AI bots and web scrapers.
• The General Services Administration signed its 22nd OneGov enterprisewide software agreement. CORAS, which provides agentic AI tools for portfolio management, readiness forecasting, strategic planning, analytics, reporting and workflow automation, will offer a discount of between 40% and 80% off its Schedule price for agency customers. The agreement also includes optional 90-day proof of value pilot engagements. The deal is in place through September 2027.
• Accenture Federal Services will build out the core software that connects hundreds of military data streams to the largest platform feeding the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence tools, under a contract worth up to $821 million over five years, the department confirmed this week. The award advances the Pentagon’s effort to mature its War Data Platform, a clearinghouse of battlefield information that AI applications can crunch to help speed up wartime decisions. The platform aims to combine more than 1,500 commercial and military data sources. Accenture beat out four other bidders vying for the contract.
• A new bilateral task force aims to rapidly develop AI tools for U.S. troops in the Middle East. The partnership between U.S. Central Command and the United Arab Emirates, called Task Force Talon Synapse, will create AI-powered apps to protect critical infrastructure and support military intelligence across the region. The U.S. war with Iran could offer the team an opportunity to test its AI tools under real-world conditions. The initiative may also pave the way for similar agreements between other U.S. combatant commands and allies and partners around the globe.

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