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The White House said today that it is overhauling the way that Federal agencies buy products and services in an effort it says will be more cost-effective and eliminate unnecessary regulations by streamlining acquisitions.
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People
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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.
Progress
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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.

AI will revolutionize the Federal government. The challenge? Turning potential into progress. MeriTalk gathered insights from 10 Federal Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) through surveys and in-depth interviews.
Policy
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Aug. 8 introduced the Quantum Encryption Readiness and Resilience Act, which aims to speed the pace of preparedness by the United States for the onset of quantum computing technologies that can break through most modern cryptography methods.