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  • Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 10, 2026

    Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 10, 2026
    May 13 2026
    Hosts: Amina Clark & Owen Price In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot Public for Sunday, May 10th, 2026. I'm Amina Clark. • And I'm Owen Price. Today: a Justice Department indictment that blurs the line between Russian cybercrime and the Russian state, a Pentagon blacklist ... • Let's start with DOJ. Prosecutors this week unsealed charges against members of a ransomware crew alleging they didn't just operate from Russia, they ... • And the use case is the part to sit with. The indictment says the leaders used that access to dodge the military draft, falsify tax filings, and prote... • For public-sector security leaders, the practical takeaway is about threat modeling. If you've been treating Russian ransomware groups as independent ... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.
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    7 mins
  • Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 8, 2026

    Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 8, 2026
    May 13 2026
    Hosts: Amina Clark & Owen Price In this episode: • Good morning, this is Pivot Public for Friday, May 8th, 2026. I'm Amina Clark. • And I'm Owen Price. If you run procurement, IT, or policy in a public agency, here's what's actually changing on your desk today. • Top of the brief: GSA finalized the second tranche of its AI Acquisition Schedule overnight. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Public Sector, and Cohere are n... • Critically, the schedule includes a standardized FedRAMP High authorization addendum. Agencies no longer need bespoke ATOs for each model swap, which ... • If you're a contracting officer, the practical move this week is to review your existing task orders against the new ceiling. Modifications are allowe... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.
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    7 mins
  • Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 9, 2026

    Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 9, 2026
    May 13 2026
    Hosts: Amina Clark & Owen Price In this episode: • Today we're covering critical water infrastructure breaches in Poland, Jonathan Porat's move to Code For America, and a breakthrough in wildfire AI th... • Let's start with Poland. Five water treatment plants just had their industrial control systems breached, and here's what's terrifying — the attackers ... • This is exactly the nightmare scenario water utility managers have been warning about. When hackers can change chemical dosing levels or pump operatio... • What strikes me is the coordinated nature. Five facilities hit simultaneously suggests this wasn't opportunistic — it was planned. And if they can do ... • Right, and here's what every water utility director needs to understand: most municipal water systems are running legacy industrial control systems th... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.
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    5 mins
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