During December 2024, Paula Bannerman focused on stabilizing and securing build processes across the GSA/USSM, GSA/icsp, GSA/eoc, and GSA/fcsm repositories. She consolidated dependency management using Ruby and JavaScript, updating lockfiles and introducing the jekyll-liquify gem to enhance templating and build tooling. Paula removed unnecessary libraries like Partytown and tightened version pinning in GSA/eoc to reduce asset risk and simplify deployment. In GSA/fcsm, she implemented HTML encoding for search queries to mitigate XSS vulnerabilities, demonstrating attention to web security. Her work improved build reliability, security posture, and maintainability, reflecting a methodical approach to dependency and asset management.