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tech reporter @ Nextgov, pst @ The Hill
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David DiMolfetta
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Other terminated grants included several focused on empowering underprivileged people in STEM fields. Around 430 were terminated in total. DOGE has been at NSF since at least April 14, we're told by multiple people familiar. w/
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www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/...
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NSF cancels over 400 grants covering disinformation, deepfakes and STEM education
Some $328 million worth of research grants to institutions was canned amid a broader restructuring of the National Science Foundation. Disinformation research and empowerment of underprivileged people...
https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/04/nsf-cancels-over-400-grants-covering-disinformation-deepfakes-and-stem-education/404731/?oref=ng-homepage-river
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Not a bad time to log back on here ⬇️
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David DiMolfetta
10 months ago
Scoop from
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: DHS halted all funding to grants and cooperative agreements housed in its Science and Technology Directorate:
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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DHS cancels S&T grants under a new mission focus for the directorate
The Department of Homeland Security’s national security research subdivision, the Science and Technology Directorate, will stop current grants and refocus its mission priorities.
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/04/dhs-cancels-st-grants-under-new-mission-focus-directorate/404378/
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Alexandra Kelley
David DiMolfetta
11 months ago
New: National Science Foundation fires 168 employees. w/
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168 employees fired at National Science Foundation
“Panch has been conveniently absent throughout this whole time,” said an internal email an NSF worker sent to fellow colleagues, referring to Sethuraman Panchanathan, NSF’s director.
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/02/168-employees-fired-national-science-foundation/403070/?oref=ng-homepage-river
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Alexandra Kelley
David DiMolfetta
12 months ago
Confirming WaPo: DOGE deputies have landed at State Department. They also have USAID emails and have M-CIO designation, a label that’s been associated with the USAID Office of the Chief Information Officer. w/
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www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
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DOGE deputies land at State Department tech bureau with USAID emails
One of the people, 19-year-old Edward Coristine, reportedly had extensive interactions with cybercrime groups.
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/02/doge-deputies-land-state-department-tech-bureau-usaid-emails/402888/
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Late, but loved loved loved getting to see @NIST win at the @IST_org Cyber Awards ceremony for their incredible work in developing post-quantum cryptographic standards, something so cool and sexy and underreported 🕊️
12 months ago
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Natalie Alms
12 months ago
My latest on DOGE. "If this isn't a constitutional crisis, I'm not sure what is,"
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www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
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Musk’s DOGE efforts pose a ‘constitutional crisis,’ experts warn
Elon Musk has spent the first two weeks of the Trump administration parachuting into government offices, leaving extensive — and some say legally prohibited — changes in his wake.
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/02/musks-doge-efforts-pose-constitutional-crisis-experts-warn/402778/?oref=ng-homepage-river
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So far, Trump Commerce Sec nom Lutnick has voiced support for the work NIST does for AI, quantum technology, calls the cybersec policy “the gold standard of the world”
12 months ago
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NVIDIA let me know ahead that they are one of the key technology partners working on the OpenAI’s collaborative Stargate project. "NVIDIA is delighted to push the limits of computing as OpenAI discovers the next frontier of AI,” a NVIDIA spokesperson shared in a statement with Nextgov/FCW.
about 1 year ago
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Sorry private sector quantum friends but imo he’s not wrong
www.axios.com/2025/01/08/q...
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Quantum computing stock bubble bursts after Nvidia CEO warning.
He predicted that "very useful" quantum computers were 20 years away.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/08/quantum-computing-stock-nvidia-jensen-huang
about 1 year ago
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Winter in DC has its moments
about 1 year ago
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nice detail from House AI Task Force member Rep Bonamici on talent needed in AI: “obviously we need programmers, developers, and leaders, but we also need people ethicists and linguists and historians”
about 1 year ago
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Brooke Migdon
about 1 year ago
The final negotiated NDAA text is out — it would prevent Tricare, the military’s health program, from covering gender-affirming medical care for minors.
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it’s suspiciously nice here…
about 1 year ago
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Rock Creek has its moments
about 1 year ago
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Don Moynihan
about 1 year ago
Just to clarify, a President cannot set up a real Department. This requires an Act of Congress. He can set up an office, or commission, but this will not be a real Department, and should not reported as such. But with Schedule F, they could fire a lot of career civil servants.
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