White House Appoints Tech CEOs to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
President Trump announced PCAST members including co-chairs David Sacks and Michael Kratsios plus leaders such as Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Larry Ellison (Oracle), and Lisa Su (AMD). The council will advise on strengthening U.S. leadership in science and technology with emphasis on emerging tech and workforce opportunities.
CIOs and CTOs should monitor PCAST outputs for direct influence on federal AI and innovation policy.
NSF Launches TechAccess AI-Ready America to Build Nationwide AI Workforce Readiness
The National Science Foundation, with partners including the Department of Labor and Small Business Administration, launched TechAccess AI-Ready America. It creates up to 56 state-level coordination hubs with up to one million dollars annually per hub for AI literacy, small-business tools, and hands-on training.
Federal agencies and contractors can leverage these hubs to accelerate internal AI upskilling and local partner readiness.
OMB Convenes Roundtable to Operationalize AI for Federal Cyber Defense
OMB held an agency-industry roundtable focused on AI for continuous monitoring, forensics, and incident response. Officials highlighted shifting SOC analysts to complex threats while aligning with the national cybersecurity strategy.
CISOs should prioritize AI pilots in monitoring and response to demonstrate measurable outcomes in the next budget cycle.
CISA Adds Trivy Malicious Code Vulnerability to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
CISA added CVE-2026-33634 (Aqua Security Trivy embedded malicious code) to the KEV catalog due to active exploitation. Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate per Binding Operational Directive 22-01.
Security teams should scan and patch Trivy instances immediately to protect supply-chain integrity.
DNI Announces Largest-Ever Intelligence Community Cybersecurity Modernization Effort
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard detailed IC-wide Zero Trust rollout, automated threat hunting, shared authorizations, and joint classified commercial cloud data centers that cut costs in half. New policies accelerate AI adoption for cybersecurity.
Federal CIOs and CISOs now have a proven model for scalable, cost-saving modernization.
GAO Highlights Privacy Gaps in Federal AI Adoption and Calls for OMB Action
GAO reported that while agencies expand AI for efficiency, OMB guidance falls short on transparency, risk assessment, and protections against data re-identification or misuse. The watchdog urges OMB to address these gaps.
Agency leaders should audit AI privacy controls and prepare for updated OMB direction.
Topics We’re Tracking (But Didn’t Make the Cut)
* Ongoing congressional discussion of the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act (introduced 3/26; no new markup).
* Early details on GSA-NIST AI evaluation partnership (full guidance expected next week).
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