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Safety On The Edge Global Forum 2025

Safety On The Edge Global Forum 2025

The Safety on The Edge Global Forum brings together leading voices from industry, academia, and safety practice to reimagine how organizations protect and empower their workforce. Speakers emphasized themes like…

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Updated Experimental Ultimate Host Economy Statistics for U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

Updated Experimental Ultimate Host Economy...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis is refining how it tracks where U.S. multinational investment ultimately lands, beyond the first country in the ownership chain. Many U.S. firms route funds through…

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Government Contracting

Government Contracting

Federal agencies spend nearly half a trillion dollars each year on common products and services, yet much of that buying still happens in silos. GAO highlights how category management—using governmentwide…

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Reinforcing Regulatory Frameworks through Standards, Measurements and Assurance

Reinforcing Regulatory Frameworks through...

Regulations don’t work in isolation—they rely on a backbone of standards, measurements, accreditation, and market oversight to make rules enforceable, trusted, and practical. This report explains how “quality infrastructure” (QI)…

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Governing with Artificial Intelligence

Governing with Artificial Intelligence

Governments around the world are accelerating digital transformation, and AI is emerging as a core tool for reshaping how public institutions operate and serve citizens. The report highlights how AI…

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Report on the Design-A-Thon

Report on the Design-A-Thon

NIST hosted a Design-A-Thon to explore creative ways to educate users about cybersecurity for digital products like IoT devices. Participants developed strategies ranging from storybook manuals and songs for children’s…

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VA Health Care: Information on Medical Foster Homes for Veterans

VA Health Care: Information on Medical Foster...

As the veteran population ages, the demand for in-home long-term care is growing rapidly, and VA’s Medical Foster Home Program is one way the agency is responding. In these homes,…

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Executive Order 14351: The Gold Card

Executive Order 14351: The Gold Card

This executive order establishes the “Gold Card” visa program, designed to attract foreign entrepreneurs and investors who make a substantial financial gift to the United States. Individuals contributing $1 million—or…

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Executive Order 14350: Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay

Executive Order 14350: Further Extending the...

The President has issued an executive order extending the enforcement pause of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act as it applies to TikTok and similar platforms. Until…

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Executive Order 14349: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

Executive Order 14349: Establishing an Emergency...

A federal emergency board has been created to address unresolved labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road and several major unions. The board will investigate the issues and report…

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Report on the Design-A-Thon

Report on the Design-A-Thon

NIST’s report documents the first Design-A-Thon, held at the 2024 SOUPS conference, which explored creative approaches for digital product cybersecurity education and awareness. Participants worked in teams to design strategies…

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Medicaid Demonstrations

Medicaid Demonstrations

The GAO reviewed federal agencies’ adoption of Zero Trust security models, a priority under recent government mandates . While agencies have made progress in implementing identity management, multi-factor authentication, and…

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CVE Quality for a Cyber Secure Future

CVE Quality for a Cyber Secure Future

CISA is charting a new “Quality Era” for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program, focusing on trust, transparency, and higher data standards. Over the past decade, the CVE Program…

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Army Directive 2025-18

Army Directive 2025-18

The Army has issued Directive 2025-18 updating appearance, grooming, and body composition standards. The policy emphasizes professionalism and uniformity, linking personal presentation to discipline and readiness. It clarifies grooming rules…

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Army Directive 2025-17

Army Directive 2025-17

The Army has updated its Body Composition Program with Directive 2025-17, linking compliance with body fat standards to performance on the Army Fitness Test (AFT). Soldiers who score 465 points…

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