Citizen satisfaction with U.S. federal government services continued to improve in 2025, increasing 1% to reach a 19-year high score of 70.4 out of 100, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Federal Government Study 2025. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Suri Durvasula, vice president, federal, Dell Technologies, to discuss the findings of the Tech Tonic: FY26 Federal CIO Forecast. Our conversation covered lots of ground: shifts in federal IT priorities, modernization while reducing costs, the foundation for effective AI implementation, and why industry should come together to accelerate government progress. […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has climbed to the top of federal chief information officers’ (CIOs’) priority lists for fiscal year 2026, but leaders warn that without sustained funding and modern infrastructure, AI progress will stall, according to MeriTalk’s second annual Federal CIO Forecast. The findings, released today, draw on surveys and interviews with 10 federal CIO offices conducted in July and August. […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes national missions and data strategies, public and private leaders are building a new class of infrastructure – AI factories – to power large-scale model development and secure, sovereign deployments. […]
You’ve got questions, and gov tech Hill and GSA want to hear from you. That’s why Congressional leaders and GSA execs are participating in the Fix Fed Tech working group kick-off session. […]
The Pentagon will officially launch the phased rollout of its long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program on Nov. 10. […]
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a new FAR Companion, Version 2.0, guide on Oct. 30 to help acquisition officials amid the Trump administration’s ongoing Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO). […]
Leidos is implementing its Framework for AI Resilience and Security (FAIRS) to earn trust in artificial intelligence (AI) for agency mission support, and it pointed to more than 2 million travelers protected each day as proof of impact. The company spotlighted the approach during remarks at NVIDIA’s GTC on Oct. 29. […]
Northrop Grumman is partnering with NVIDIA to boost and accelerate mission performance in some of the most complex and demanding environments in the world, according to Travis Garriss, vice president and chief information and digital officer for Northrop Grumman. […]
NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced on Tuesday that the company will build seven new supercomputers powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for the Department of Energy (DOE). […]
Federal, state, and industry leaders will convene for the 2025 GovAI Summit from Oct. 27-29 in Arlington, Va., to discuss the implementation of the White House’s American AI Action Plan across government agencies. […]
Cloud technologies and automation are transforming mission execution, allowing the Department of Defense (which the Trump administration has rebranded as the Department of War) to support warfighters with information delivered securely and at speed and scale. As cyber threats continue to escalate and evolve, the DOD is moving beyond an infrastructure-first mindset to outcome-driven thinking. […]
In a recent discussion with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and Everfox, experts explored insider threats and emphasized that they go beyond cyber; they are a lifecycle issue – beginning with hiring and onboarding, continuing through employment, and extending into offboarding and beyond. […]
The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to CGI Federal to modernize its content management system (CMS) and digital services. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Ron Leidner, vice president, client engagement at Maximus, to discuss how a collaborative, mission-first framework that emphasizes user needs, outcome-based planning, and agile delivery helps agencies modernize smarter, faster, and with lasting impact. […]
What do ship corrosion, weather modeling, and autonomous vehicle vision systems have in common? They’re all Federal use cases where quantum computing is poised to make a real-world impact – today. Once confined to physics labs and theory journals, quantum is stepping into mission applications, thanks to industry and government collaboration. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Gabrielle Rivera, vice president, federal financial agencies, and regulatory commissions at Maximus, to discuss a comprehensive approach to modernization that combines data modernization, cybersecurity maturity, outcome-based contracting, and AI and automation in federal financial operations. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Bob Kerr, product management leader at Dell Technologies’ Mission Systems, to discuss how agencies can act on current wireless network guidance, the role of dedicated 5G in mission-critical scenarios, and how Dell’s federal 5G solution is engineered specifically for federal needs. […]
The White House’s America’s AI Action Plan gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the intelligence community (IC) a timely nudge. For program leaders trying to turn pilots into production, that policy tailwind sets the stage for a shift from reactive cyber operations to AI-enabled cyber intelligence that finds weak signals early and prioritizes what to fix first. That shift – and what it looks like on the ground – was the focus of a recent conversation with two General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) leaders supporting DHS and the IC. […]
Department of Defense (DOD) IT leaders overwhelmingly view artificial intelligence (AI) as mission-critical and are taking a range of steps to scale deployments. […]
Federal Systems Integrators (FSIs) say artificial intelligence (AI) is essential to mission success, but many remain in pilot mode, according to new research released in September by MeriTalk, Dell Technologies, and NVIDIA. […]
Have plans this Thursday night? If not, we’d love for you to join federal IT leaders at Tech Tonic on Thursday, Sept. 18, from 5-9 p.m. at Morton’s The Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. […]
Federal civilian CIOs and IT leaders overwhelmingly view artificial intelligence (AI) as essential to mission success, but most remain stuck in pilot mode, according to new research from MeriTalk, Dell Technologies, and NVIDIA. […]
As federal agencies move into the digital age, artificial intelligence is changing the way that the government collaborates, streamlines workflows, and secures sensitive data, said Jeff Brown, lead of Google’s Global Public Sector Workspace, during a recent MeriTalking podcast. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Evan Davis, executive managing director, Maximus Federal, to discuss how agencies can anchor modernization in mission outcomes, harness data to drive performance, and build the collaborative practices necessary for long-term success. […]
The United States’ critical infrastructure remains dangerously exposed to cyberattacks, experts warned at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit, stressing that government and private industry must deepen collaboration to meet the growing cyber threats. […]
Federal agencies face mounting pressure to modernize legacy IT systems, but experts warn that success requires more than new technology – it demands cultural change, user input, and a sharper focus on securing overlooked infrastructure. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]