GovConJudicata Weekly Debrief (9/23–27)
This week's Weekly Debrief covers an AI model for weather and climate, how AI can transform the US-Africa relationship, GSA's new deputy CIO, federal court blocks Transportation program for minorities and women, and DOJ's indictment of a former FAA contractor linked to Iran.
AI
"new open-source artificial intelligence model developed by IBM, NASA, and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could address weather and climate prediction challenges for scientists, developers and businesses. The new model, Prithvi-WxC, was announced Monday and made available for download on Hugging Face. According to an IBM release, it was trained on 40 years worth of NASA’s earth observation data and can be scaled from local to global uses, which 'makes it suited for a range of weather studies.'"
"Artificial intelligence (AI) and the broader digital transformation are rapidly shaping the future of Africa with profound implications for U.S. national strategic, security, and economic interests. As a result, U.S. policymakers should elevate Africa’s weight within the U.S. foreign policy development process and AI should take center stage. This shift is in both America’s stated interests and the interests of African nations.1 If the United States does not meaningfully engage in shaping the continent’s digital landscape and AI ecosystem, then the world’s malign actors will."
GSA
"Dovarius Peoples is leaving the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and moving to the General Services Administration to be its deputy chief information officer. Peoples has been the Army Corps CIO/G6 since April 2019. “We are thrilled to welcome Dovarius – a leader who is passionate about improving government services through technology – to GSA, where he will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organization,” said David Shive, GSA’s CIO, in an emailed statement."
Small Business
"A federal judge in Kentucky has partially blocked a U.S. Transportation Department program that metes out contracts to minority-owned businesses and suggested he may eventually rule against it, marking the latest blow to a government affirmative action program."
Justice
"A former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contractor was indicted on Friday for acting as an illegal agent for the Iranian government, Department of Justice officials have announced. From at leastDecember 2017 through June 2024,Abouzar Rahmati was meeting with Iranian government officials and acting on their behalf, according to the indictment."
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