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Weslan Hansen

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Weslan Hansen is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.

Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., is backing a federal artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory plan built on sector-by-sector oversight, codifying the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), and preserving states’ ability to legislate without intruding on federal interstate commerce authority.  […]

While the United States develops its own artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework, it’s encouraging other countries to take up similar performance-based approaches to AI governance instead of pursuing centralized global regulation, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein said Tuesday.   […]

DOJ Department of Justice

The Department of Justice (DOJ) reported nearly a 31% increase in artificial intelligence (AI) use cases from 2024 to 2025, driven largely by deployments supporting law enforcement and administrative functions.  […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced that the United States is leaving the Open Government Partnership (OGP), citing U.S. efforts to cut costs and drive efficiency and diverging principles under the Trump administration.   […]

After years of protests, the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) said on Friday that it is canceling its $50 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) IT services contract.  […]

The National Security Agency (NSA) is leveraging modularity and customizability in its plans to move the Pentagon toward target-level zero trust capabilities in its Phase One and Phase Two guidance documents released Friday.   […]

Weslan Hansen
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