The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has tapped Scott Heitmann to serve as its permanent chief technology officer (CTO) after serving as acting CTO for the past year. […]
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against the White House-directed group and some Trump administration officials on April 23 alleging violations of Federal record keeping and transparency rules. […]
Madhu Gottumukkala has been named the new deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency spokesperson confirmed today. […]
Cyber conflicts are no longer theoretical – they pose a serious and immediate threat that demands urgent preparedness from U.S. joint forces, a senior Defense Department (DoD) official said this week. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that makes it easier for the government to cut loose probationary employees, or those who have typically served in their position for less than two years. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is modernizing its finance and acquisition systems by implementing the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS), but a new watchdog report reveals major gaps in usability testing that could jeopardize future implementation. […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan announced his resignation on Thursday after five years in the role. […]
In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Aaron Mulgrew, solutions architect at Everfox, examines the governmental imperative for safeguarding sensitive data amid widespread AI adoption. […]
As the Trump administration prepares to unleash Federal civilian agency reorganization plans that will leave many of them significantly smaller in size and more focused on accomplishing administration aims, the House Oversight and Reform Committee is lining up a panel of former Federal chief information officers (CIOs) for a hearing next week to dig into how to further improve government efficiency through IT modernization. […]
Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Thursday reintroduced the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Reform Act, a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize and reform the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) and its governing board. […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) issued calls for comment today on three significant program changes as part of the FedRAMP 20x program revamp announced last month by the General Services Administration (GSA), which runs the program. […]
A new executive order from President Donald Trump is directing the integration of artificial intelligence into K-12 schools in an aim to equip the future U.S. workforce with skills needed to further the technology’s innovation capabilities. […]
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In this episode of MeriTalking, MeriTalk’s Gail Emery chats with George Teas, Vice President of Solutions Architecture at Elastic, about the Federal zero trust journey. As agencies move from crawl to run, they face mounting challenges with visibility, interoperability, and scalability. Teas shares insights on how agencies can harness data across the five pillars of […]
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The Department of Defense (DoD) this week launched a sweeping review of its major defense acquisition programs in response to President Donald Trump’s defense acquisition executive order (EO) issued earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 23. […]
As Congress prepares to turn its attention to reauthorizing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, lawmakers and experts are saying that while the statute has positively impacted the nation’s cybersecurity posture it also needs improvements in information sharing going forward. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is launching a new program to overhaul how it buys software – prioritizing speed, agility, and security, a senior Pentagon tech official said today. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is developing a new “fast-track” approach for its software security approval process, according to a senior Pentagon official. […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s (FedRAMP) Applying Existing Frameworks Working Group reported on April 22 that it has been gathering initial input on ways to maximize the program’s use of existing commercial security frameworks, and is drilling further down into that topic by posing questions about machine-readable formats and shared commercial-Federal framework environments. […]
As Federal agencies experiment with cloud financial management – also known as FinOps – experts at Apptio’s 2025 Public Sector Summit on April 22 advised them to start small and lay a scalable foundation. […]
When the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) comes knocking on agency doors for data and contracting information, how can agencies best be prepared to respond with a quick turnaround time? […]
Two top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are pressing for hard numbers on how many Federal workers have been let go since the start of the second Trump administration in January. […]
AI-enabled personal computers (PCs) and laptops may soon be the only hardware choices available to enterprises. They’re already changing how Federal systems integrators (FSIs) empower productivity, improve security, and bolster innovation in their own enterprises and in their work with Federal agencies. MeriTalk recently sat down with Bob Venero, founder and CEO at Future Tech Enterprise, to discuss how FSIs are approaching AI-enabled PCs, productivity benefits and security precautions, and how FSIs can vet and test AI solutions before investing for the long term. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) hit $2.7 billion in task orders under its $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract, a senior Pentagon official said today. […]
Alexis Bonnell has stepped down as the chief information officer (CIO) and director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and said on Tuesday that she is joining OpenAI. […]
A new modernized system to alert pilots of airspace restrictions and obstructions is set for roll-out later this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in an announcement on April 21. […]
The first few months of the Trump administration have brought major changes to Federal contracting including numerous contract terminations. But what actually happens when the Federal government decides to end a contract? […]
Officials from the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) joined Apptio’s 2025 Public Sector Summit today to share how implementing Technology Business Management (TBM) principles has enabled a comprehensive view of their IT spending. […]
Federal agency clients of Apptio – a provider of cloud-based software solutions for Technology Business Management (TBM) and Cloud Financial Management (FinOps) – are seeing savings of up to 20 percent on their cloud computing spend by taking advantage of the company’s TBM and FinOps services. […]
Two top officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who helped lead the agency’s Secure by Design initiative are leaving the agency. […]