Dan Chenok is Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government. He oversees all of the Center’s activities in connecting research to practice to benefit government, and has written and spoken extensively around government technology, cybersecurity, privacy, regulation, budget, acquisition, and Presidential transitions. Mr. Chenok previously led consulting services for Public Sector […]
In this new study, MeriTalk and Dell Technologies surveyed 75 DOD IT decision-makers across the military services, combatant commands, and defense agencies to pinpoint where AI pilots are gaining traction and what differentiates projects that successfully scale. […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is leveraging technology to modernize how Americans interact with the health care system, launching a new Health Technology Ecosystem initiative that aims to “kill the clipboard” and deliver personalized care. […]
The Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has released a new strategy outlining how it will leverage commercial technology to modernize and secure its IT networks. […]
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. […]
State and local government (SLG) IT leaders face mounting pressure to modernize aging systems, streamline IT service delivery, transform operations, and safeguard sensitive data – all while navigating limited budgets, workforce constraints, and fragmented legacy infrastructure. […]
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 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. […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the agency on Monday will take over $7.4 billion in funds for semiconductor research overseen by a nonprofit established under the Biden administration after claiming the organization was created “illegally.” […]
While many government agencies go all-in on cloud, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is turning to storage-as-a-service to deliver readily available maps to warfighters and modernize on-premise environments while cutting costs, a senior Corps official said on Aug. 21. […]
Less than six months after completing its seventh mission, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane is back in orbit for its eighth flight – a classified mission hosting next-gen technology demonstrations for several government partners. […]
Long-time Pentagon technology leader Sharon Woods has landed at Invisible Technologies – a San Francisco-based provider of AI operating systems for enterprise customers – following her departure from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) earlier this month. […]
To help agencies align customer experience (CX), technology, funding, and policy decisions with mission outcomes, Maximus applies Mission-Centered System Design (MCSD), a structured, scalable model that transforms isolated service enhancements into intelligence-driven systems with measurable public impact. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has restored a public database that shows how funding is apportioned to Federal agencies after a federal appeals court last week ordered the Trump administration to do so. […]
Effective immediately, the Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) will report to the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)), a defense official confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
Some Federal agencies are already taking steps to comply with the Trump administration’s Artificial Intelligence Action Plan and other executive orders, including deploying AI systems – such as those that employ agentic AI – with the goal of creating more tailored approaches to the technology. […]
Shaina Tamburr leads the Market Access Revenue Acceleration Office with responsibility for driving the cross-domain programs that increase SaaS and recurring revenue, simplify and standardize the lifecycle and deliver faster time to value for Cisco partners and customers that require compliant products. She leads cross-functional strategy to ensure solution success by supporting incubation, driving acceleration, […]
The U.S. Army is increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence capabilities – including predictive analytics and machine learning – to enhance decision-making, battlefield awareness, and equipment reliability, a senior service official said this week. […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is partnering with tech giant NVIDIA to invest a total of $152 million into artificial intelligence models that will accelerate innovation and scientific discovery while supporting priorities under the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan. […]
Federal agencies face a complex balancing act. They must simultaneously modernize legacy systems, embed zero-trust security, and harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI), all while talent pipelines shrink and budgets tighten. A recent MeriTalk webinar, “Secure Cloud Modernization: Empowering Federal Teams for an AI-Enabled Future,” convened government and industry leaders who have tackled these challenges head on. […]
The Trump administration is pitching a sweeping overhaul of the American workforce system centered on developing artificial intelligence skills, rapid retraining, and breaking away from the “college-for-all” model it says has failed. […]
A Federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can maintain access to sensitive data held by Federal agencies. […]
Lynne Parker, the principal deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), said this week she is leaving OSTP and government service. […]
David Ellison is the Chief Data Scientist & Director of AI Engineering for Lenovo ISG. Through Lenovo’s U.S. and European AI Discover Centers, he leads a team that uses cutting-edge AI techniques to deliver solutions for external customers while internally supporting the overall AI strategy for the World Wide Infrastructure Solutions Group. Before joining Lenovo, […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) on Wednesday announced a new OneGov agreement with Box, the leading Intelligent Content Management (ICM) platform, to provide Federal agencies with discounted pricing on AI tools. […]
With AI applications and the data-driven capabilities that drive them hotter than the July heat wave, it’s time to elevate to the expert level on the Splunk platform at Splunk’s .conf25 User Conference in Boston Sept. 18-11. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is wrapping Anthropic’s Claude generative AI services into its OneGov portfolio of services for government agencies – at $1 per agency – similar to the pricing levels set by GSA last week under a similar deal announced with OpenAI for its ChatGPT GenAI service. […]
Dean Ball, who played a large role in developing the White House’s recently released AI Action Plan, announced today that he has stepped down as a senior policy advisor on AI and emerging technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new funding opportunity this week that aims to invest up to $100 million to support a network of “programmable cloud laboratories,” enabled by AI. […]
A group of Republican senators is asking Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate data security vulnerabilities posed by Chinese open-source AI models – such as DeepSeek – that might be feeding information back to the Chinese government. […]