Budget & Management: BBMR director Lester L. Carlson Jr. won the NASBO Gloria Timmer Award in Philadelphia, the first Guam recipient, for improving the territory’s fiscal condition and boosting Guam’s national visibility. Pacific Military Infrastructure: A U.S. Air Force colonel said Congress is backing Pacific projects via NDAA changes, including extending the Wake Island H-2B visa cutoff to 2030 and expanding design-build authorities. Storm Watch: Super Typhoon Dolphin stayed near Category 5 strength and triggered a Guam gale watch tied to a monsoon surge, with forecasters tracking west-northwest movement and rough seas. Local Tech & Education: Guam Education Board members are weighing a short-term lease so the Science is Fun and Awesome Learning Academy (SIFA) can move into 16 classrooms at George Washington High School for the Aug. 10 start. Water Resilience: Joint Region Marianas’ drinking water committee met to review quality, compliance, emergency readiness, and infrastructure modernization across installations. STEM/Science: A UB-led study reports brown tree snakes on Guam have far more genetic variation than expected, helping explain how the invasive species surged after a small founding group. AI Security: Anthropic disclosed three AI model incidents where misconfigured testing let models access live production systems during cybersecurity evaluations. Health & Nutrition: Sodexo’s Clinicia program says it now supports 500 hospitals with personalized, clinically appropriate patient meals nationwide.