By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The clock is ticking for defense industrial base contractors because the Department of Defense begins enforcing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements across new solicitations and contracts on November 10. For the estimated...

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images By David DiMolfetta,Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By David DiMolfetta | September 29, 2025 06:48 PM ET A government shutdown would also occur in parallel with the lapse of a critical cyber information-sharing law that could create...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., looks on at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29, 2025, after meeting with Republican Leadership and President Donald Trump about a potential government shutdown....

Kevin Carter/Getty Images By Natalie Alms,Staff Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By Natalie Alms | September 29, 2025 05:18 PM ET Critics have said that the July executive order on “woke” AI could chill free speech, despite the administration’s stated focus on protecting...

J. David Ake/Getty Images By David DiMolfetta,Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By David DiMolfetta | September 29, 2025 05:05 PM ET A Citrix vulnerability — suspected to have led to firings of multiple FEMA technology staff — enabled the breach, which let...

GAO’s Information Technology Management Issues Director Dave Powner (center) arrive to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the 2020 Census May 8, 2018. Andrew Harnik/AP By Edward Graham,Staff Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By Edward Graham | September...