Smarter Gov Tech, Stronger MerITocracy
Apr 25, 2025

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.   […]

Apr 24, 2025

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. […]

Apr 24, 2025

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.   […]

Apr 24, 2025

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.   […]

Apr 21, 2025

A pair of senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a critical cyber threat data sharing law that is set to expire later this year absent further congressional action.    […]

DoD
Apr 21, 2025

The Defense Department (DoD) has appointed Douglas Matty as the Pentagon’s new chief digital and AI officer (CDAO), an agency spokesperson told MeriTalk. […]

Apr 18, 2025

As industry and government officials look to innovate further in artificial intelligence technologies, legal uncertainty around who’s responsible when AI goes wrong may quickly become a challenge in responsible development.  […]

Apr 18, 2025

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is making significant strides toward completing its cloud migration initiative, with nearly 85 percent of its application tier already transitioned to the cloud, a senior agency tech official said.   […]

CISA
Apr 16, 2025

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) extended its contract for the agency’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program late Tuesday night after MITRE – the non-profit organization that operates the program – alerted stakeholders to a looming cutoff of Federal funding for the program. […]

Apr 14, 2025

Lawmakers and expert witnesses brainstormed applications for artificial intelligence to streamline overall government efficiency in a House-Senate Joint Economic Committee hearing on April 9, highlighting aims to harness the technology in the fight against fraud and waste in government programs.    […]

Apr 11, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that directs Federal agencies to identify regions where coal-fired power infrastructure is available to support the needs of new artificial intelligence data centers.   […]

Apr 11, 2025

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced three quantum tech-related bills on April 9 which she says will bolster development, manufacturing, and defense applications of quantum technology.  […]

Apr 11, 2025

President Donald Trump’s plan for extensive tariffs on foreign imports could “derail” efforts to build more power generation facilities in the United States and slow near-term investment necessary to power AI technologies, according to tech experts and Democratic lawmakers. […]

Apr 9, 2025

By Brandon Bulldis, Federal Civilian Engineering Director at World Wide Technology From chatbots to call centers, many federal chief artificial intelligence (AI) officers have begun exploring how virtual AI assistants can improve both the employee and citizen experience. When successfully implemented, these tools have proven effective in getting citizens the swift support they need and […]

Apr 9, 2025

Tech experts and lawmakers on Tuesday emphasized the importance of codifying the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot as a way for the U.S. to maintain its global leadership in artificial intelligence. […]

Apr 7, 2025

House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats are demanding answers over what they say is a troubling entanglement of politics and profit – the Trump administration’s rollout of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications service across key Federal agencies and the White House.  […]

Apr 7, 2025

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued two revised policies for Federal agencies to help them responsibly use and procure AI tech, replacing guidance from the Biden administration but largely pursuing the same goals. […]

data center
Apr 4, 2025

The Trump administration has identified 16 sites on land owned by the Department of Energy (DoE) that would be suitable to build artificial intelligence data centers, and is calling for input about industry’s interest in operating on those sites.   […]

Apr 3, 2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in the middle of modernizing a data system responsible for tracking diseases across the nation, but recent layoffs and contract uncertainty have put the future of the critical system in jeopardy. […]

Apr 1, 2025

Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight and Reform Committee clashed over methods of meeting the increasing power demands for artificial intelligence data centers during a Tuesday hearing on the topic.   […]

Mar 31, 2025

Leading tech companies all around the world are pointing the way toward improving security by implementing the basic tenet of World BackUp Day on March 31: back up your data to better protect against data loss and theft. […]

Mar 27, 2025

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the latest Federal entity to make major cuts to its workforce including moves to centralize its information technology (IT) employees, according to a Thursday notice from the department.  […]

Speaker Mickey Iqbal
Mickey Iqbal
Mar 27, 2025

Mickey Iqbal is the Director of Technology for Generative AI Strategic Initiatives at AWS Worldwide Public Sector. Mickey leads a global team of expert builders who deliver innovative and scalable solutions for public sector customers worldwide. Mickey has over 20 years of experience in designing and deploying complex and resilient architectures, green data centers, virtualization, […]

Mar 25, 2025

NVIDIA and MITRE announced partnerships on March 18 with several other tech companies to develop systems with artificial intelligence networks that will enable 6G network capabilities. […]

Mar 21, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) late Thursday to expand access to unclassified data at Federal agencies and promote inter-agency data sharing. […]

Army DoD military Defense AI
Mar 20, 2025

The U.S. Army has rolled out an upgraded version of its Army Unified Network Plan, advancing from unifying the network to operationalizing and continuously modernizing the network through 2026 and beyond. […]

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Jan 1, 1970

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Tech Tonic May 2025
May 15, 2025

This edition of Tech Tonic will celebrate the winners of MeriTalk’s Cyber Defenders Awards, honoring the individuals driving meaningful cybersecurity innovation across the Federal government. […]

Mar 14, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected HQC as its fifth standard for post-quantum encryption, providing an additional layer of security to protect encrypted data against potential threats from future quantum computers. […]

What Happened This Week – Ep. 53
Mar 13, 2025

President Donald Trump has announced his picks for the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the principal deputy director of national intelligence (PDDNI), sending his nominations to the Senate for confirmation.  […]

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