GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (12/30–1/3)

This week's Weekly Debrief covers a recent GSA tech accountability law, the Pentagon's 2025 strategic capital office, Trump's promise to build more warships, and CISA's 2025 outlook.

White House

FedScoop – Biden signs GSA tech accountability bill into law

• "The General Services Administration will be required to more thoroughly account for many of its technology projects under legislation that became law this week. The GSA Technology Accountability Act, signed by President Joe Biden on Monday, requires the agency’s administrator to deliver a yearly report to Congress that details each project funded by the Federal Citizen Services Fund and others that come via the Acquisition Services Fund."

Defense

DefenseNews – Pentagon’s 2025 industry investments target space, biochem and more

• "The Pentagon’s strategic capital office will focus its 2025 investments on 15 industry segments it thinks could most support U.S. national security needs, including spacecraft, microelectronics materials and manufacturing and biochemicals."

DefenseOne – Trump's promise to build more warships is on a collision course with his deportation pledges

• "Early last year, then-candidate Donald Trump promised that when he got back into the Oval Office, he’d authorize the U.S. Navy to build more ships. “It’s very important,” he said, “because it’s jobs, great jobs.” However, the companies that build ships for the government are already having trouble finding enough workers to fill those jobs. And Trump may make it even harder if he follows through on another pledge he’s made: to clamp down on immigration."

Cyber

FedNewsNet – What will 2025 bring for CISA?

• "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has seen a steady and marked increase in authorities, funding and personnel over the last four years. But the outlook for CISA in 2025 is murky with a new administration and a potentially less supportive Congress. CISA’s annual budget has increased from just over $2 billion in fiscal 2021 to $2.8 billion in fiscal 2024."

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