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Cost Estimating NewsBrief: January 10, 2025
GAO mulls cost evaluation of nationwide telecom hardware replacement
(Route Fifty) The nation’s top oversight office is considering penning a study to assess the cost of administering a far-reaching operation to rip out and replace swaths of at-risk or compromised telecommunications equipment owned by small communications providers around the country, according to a senior U.S. official. The deliberations, which have not been previously reported, are fueled by an ongoing Chinese espionage intrusion into U.S. and allied telecommunications networks by Salt Typhoon, a hacking unit tied to Beijing’s Ministry of State Security that likely had unfettered access to key elements of America’s telecommunications backbone for around two years. Read More
DHS launches new AI playbook for public sector
(NextGov/FCW) The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a new playbook for public sector entities looking to deploy artificial intelligence solutions into their service operations, using a series of pilot initiatives as examples for government agencies to develop their AI policies and procedures. Focusing on generative AI solutions, the playbook is a follow-up to the agency’s Artificial Intelligence Roadmap that promised to learn from three internal pilot programs featuring generative AI use cases in government operations, which were hosted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read More
Army’s CECOM levels up modernization with rapid software updates, new AI tools
(Breaking Defense) From faster software delivery to new artificial intelligence tools, the Army has taken strides to enhance the technological resilience of its warfighters and the service at large over the past few years. Far from the heroics and high drama of combat, it’s this kind of behind-the-scenes heavy lifting that could decide a future conflict, and much of that lifting is being done in a little-discussed Army organization called the Communications Electronics Command, or CECOM — part of Army Material Command. Read More
The 2025 Outlook for Navy Shipbuilding
(US Congressional Budget Office) The Navy’s shipbuilding plan for fiscal year 2025 provides projections of its fleet over the next 30 years. Overall, the Navy wants to build a larger fleet whose firepower is greater and distributed among more ships than it is today. CBO examines the cost of that plan and some of the challenges that the 2025 plan poses for the nation’s shipbuilding industrial base. Read More
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