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Federal judge blocks Pentagon's "supply chain risk" label on Anthropic, cites First Amendment retaliation

Federal judge blocks Pentagon's "supply chain risk" label on Anthropic, cites First Amendment retaliation

A federal judge on 26 March 2026 granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against DOD, temporarily reversing the government's designation of the AI company a supply chain risk, reports the Verge. US District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California wrote that the

Trump bans Anthropic from federal use, designates AI firm a supply-chain risk

Trump bans Anthropic from federal use, designates AI firm a supply-chain risk

President Trump on Saturday, 28 February 2026, ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and directed the DOD to designate the company a supply-chain risk, a label normally reserved for firms from adversary nations such as China, reports the Wall Street Journal. The dramatic

NPM hack shows stakes of open‑source supply chainsA

NPM hack shows stakes of open‑source supply chainsA

A large-scale breach of the NPM software registry on 8 September 2025 underscores how a single compromised account can ripple through government and private sector IT. NPM—the official repository for JavaScript packages at npmjs.com—is best understood as a public library of reusable code “building blocks” that developers

Noem’s $100,000 approval rule stalls mission-critical DHS contracts

Noem’s $100,000 approval rule stalls mission-critical DHS contracts

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s June directive requiring her personal sign-off on every contract and grant over $100,000 has left hundreds of “mission-critical” projects in limbo, according to internal department documents obtained by the New York Times. As of 30 July, at least 530 spending requests were sitting

Former Cushman & Wakefield CEO Ed Forst next to lead GSA

Former Cushman & Wakefield CEO Ed Forst next to lead GSA

President Donald Trump has nominated Ed Forst, the former CEO of Cushman & Wakefield, to serve as administrator of GSA, following a rapid succession of acting leaders at the agency, reports the Washington Business Journal. If confirmed by the Senate, Forst will succeed Acting Administrator Michael Rigas, who took the

White House AI order intensifies focus on bias

White House AI order intensifies focus on bias

Republican leaders have long accused AI developers of left-leaning bias. In March, House Republicans issued subpoenas to sixteen technology companies, including OpenAI, Alphabet, and Microsoft, seeking evidence of whether the Biden administration pressured them to “censor lawful speech” in AI models, as reported by the Verge. Missouri Attorney General Andrew

OMB memo promises contract consolidation at GSA with few details

OMB memo promises contract consolidation at GSA with few details

OMB is out with M-25 -31, a memo on “Consolidating Federal Procurement Activities.” The memo provides an appendix that describes two workstreams: * increased agency use of centralized contracts managed by GSA, especially for widely available commercial products and basic services, * centralization in GSA of procurement functions currently decentralized across departments