Stephen Ehikian – one of the driving forces behind implementing the General Services Administration’s (GSA) OneGov initiative – has been named chief executive officer at C3 AI, a Redwood City, Calif.-based enterprise artificial intelligence software company, according to a Sept. 3 announcement from the company. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Ray Hall, managing director of technology services at Maximus, to discuss key architectural and operational considerations as the DOD works to accelerate secure edge to cloud innovation, enable real-time joint force operations, and ensure cloud environments remain adaptive in the face of rapidly evolving threats. […]
The House Homeland Security Committee voted today to forward to the full House with a positive recommendation legislation that would extend the soon-to-expire Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015). […]
Two senior officials at the Department of Defense (DOD) have departed their roles, marking another leadership shake-up at the Pentagon, a DOD official confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today it reached a OneGov agreement with ServiceNow that will enable federal agencies to adopt artificial intelligence-powered IT service management solutions (ITSM) more easily and at a discounted rate. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) said on Wednesday that it is looking to open a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center (NAIRR-OC) to arm the nation’s researchers and educators with critical AI tools and resources. […]
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that U.S. Space Command – one of the Defense Department’s (DOD) 11 unified combatant commands – will relocate from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado to Redstone Arsenal, an Army installation in Huntsville, Ala. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is calling on the tech and research community to help solve one of quantum computing’s biggest barriers: the inability of quantum systems to communicate and collaborate. […]
Geoff Stilley, serial (and curiously, sometimes parallel) federal sales leader at many of the leading tech brands in our community, passed in Jupiter Fla., on Saturday, Aug. 23. He was 76 – and he was my friend. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Nicholas Andersen as its new executive assistant director for cybersecurity, tasking him with leading efforts to combat major cyber threats and strengthen the resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure. […]
President Donald Trump submitted an alternative pay plan to Congress on Friday that would give most federal employees a 1% pay raise in 2026, while some federal law enforcement employees would receive a 3.8% pay raise. […]
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded a $48 million contract to Google Public Sector to modernize its global supply chain operations, marking the agency’s first major partnership with a commercial, AI-ready cloud provider. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it selected 27 small businesses under its governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) Polaris. […]
Before the books close on fiscal 2025 you’re invited to check the pulse of the Federal technology market with us at Tech Tonic on Sept. 18 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. […]
The U.S. Army has authorized a third round of the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), allowing Army commands to extend offers to civilian employees identified as surplus or occupying positions that could be reassigned to surplus personnel, a U.S. Army spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today it reached an agreement with Microsoft under the agency’s OneGov program for a lengthy list of the company’s cloud services. […]
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday directed the formation of a new task force that would lead the Defense Department’s efforts in developing and deploying counter-unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS) capabilities. […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that orders additional federal agencies to end their collective bargaining agreements with federal unions. […]
Oliver Wise, the chief data officer (CDO) at the Commerce Department, announced that he is stepping down from that role. His last day on the job is Friday. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) on Thursday announced the launch of its new Integrated Data Systems and Services (NSF IDSS) program to build national-scale data systems and selected 10 datasets for integration into the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Aug. 26 rolled out a new web-based tool that the agency said can help IT industry decision makers, procurement officials, and software suppliers “strengthen cybersecurity practices throughout the software procurement lifecycle.” […]
Armis Federal has added two new members to its advisory board who bring along considerable federal civilian and military cybersecurity experience with them. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Aug. 18 published a new revision to its Financial Audit Manual Volume 3 released in July 2024, featuring he Federal Financial Reporting Checklist. […]
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) conducts operations along the U.S. border, according to a senior official who spoke Wednesday during a webinar hosted by NextGov. […]
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is harnessing artificial intelligence and “structured professional judgment” tools to identify insider threat risks earlier and more effectively, according to a senior agency official. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized updates to its catalog of security and privacy safeguards, a move aimed at helping both software developers who release patches and the organizations that implement them. […]
The Pentagon will no longer allow Chinese nationals to support Department of Defense (DOD) cloud environments, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a video posted to X on Aug. 27. […]
The U.S. Department of Labor is advising states to take advantage of federal government Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants to fund their efforts to improve artificial intelligence literacy and training across state workforces through state and local workforce development systems. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is sharing details on what vendors can expect from its list of product categories that support post-quantum cryptography (PQC), which a CISA official said this week that the agency is on track to deliver in December. […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) is in the process of trimming down its list of critical technologies as part of Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael’s effort to reform how the department delivers tangible results to the warfighter. […]