Armis Federal has added two new members to its advisory board who bring along considerable federal civilian and military cybersecurity experience with them. […]
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. […]
Microsoft has announced that it will transition its services and products to meet post-quantum cryptographic standards by 2033 and adopt quantum-safe capabilities by 2029. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today it reached terms with Google for discounted pricing to federal government agencies for a “Gemini for Government” services suite that includes the Google AI platform, cloud services, and agentic AI solutions. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking input from industry on the development of a new, single, end-to-end integrated procurement ecosystem that incorporates artificial intelligence to enhance the Federal acquisition lifecycle. […]
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. […]
Federal agencies often face mounting pressure to modernize systems, derive faster insights from data, and deliver mission outcomes at digital speed. But many agencies struggle with the technical, security, and procurement barriers to full-scale AI adoption. That’s the challenge Deloitte set out to help solve with its Silicon to Service (S2S) solution, which is built on the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA. […]
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. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Annamary Holbrook, director of federal solutions consulting at Workday, a provider of human capital and financial management system software, to discuss how agencies can rethink PAR processing with modern tools, configurable workflows, and real-time analytics to improve mission delivery, employee engagement, and operational resilience. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $54 million contract to MetTel to modernize the VA’s telecom infrastructure, which includes 15,000 telephone landlines across 1,875 locations. […]
The General Services Administration’s FedRAMP program is midway through a generational makeover to accelerate the pace of its work in evaluating the security of cloud services used by the government, and Brian Conrad – who ran the program from 2021 to 2024 leading into the current wave of change – is liking what he sees thus far. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Annamary Holbrook, director of federal solutions consulting at Workday, a provider of human capital and financial management system software, to discuss the risks of custom-built systems, the advantages of agile platforms, and how configurability can help agencies take control of their modernization journeys. […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the Department of Defense (DoD) chief information officer (CIO) to ensure the DoD’s IT capabilities are protected from supply chain attacks by adversaries such as China and Russia. […]
Top artificial intelligence practitioners, developers, and visionaries across government and the private sector gathered on Thursday evening at MeriTalk’s Tech Tonic event in Washington, D.C., to honor the 2025 class of AI Honors Award Winners. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) OneGov initiative – which up to now has been focusing most prominently on providing governmentwide pricing for services from some of the country’s largest technology providers – said today it is wrapping rideshare provider Uber into the fold. […]
MeriTalk is out with the brand-new 2025 class of AI Honors Award Winners and you’re invited to join us in celebrating these emerging AI hotshots at Tech Tonic on July 17 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morton’s the Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) said on June 10 that it has secured a $143 million contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) for electronic warfare (EW) work that aims to disrupt or manipulate adversaries’ communication and weapon systems. […]
Workday – a cloud-based software vendor specializing in human capital management and financial management applications – today unveiled the launch of its new Workday Government subsidiary that is focused on helping the Federal government and accelerating its ongoing technology and service modernization efforts. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced an agreement today with Oracle to offer a 75 percent discount to government agencies on Oracle’s License-based technology and “substantial base discounts” on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services through November. […]
MeriTalk is delighted to honor the 2025 class of AI Honors Award Winners – the 30 women and men working across government and industry right now to bring AI to bear in shaping the ongoing revolution in government IT service. […]
The Service to the Citizen Awards Program has announced its 2025 award winners that include senior officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Social Security Administration, and Adobe – among many others from Federal and state government and the private sector. […]
With a March presidential executive order putting some breathing room between the Federal government and states on cybersecurity protections – and state and local governments hoping for a second go-round of funding from Congress under the 2021 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) – we checked in with Gary Barlet, Illumio’s public sector chief technology officer, for his read on the new landscape. […]
If you knew what we know – but just can’t quite say out loud yet – then you’d hit the go-button today to join us at Tech Tonic on July 17 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morton’s the Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. […]
Federal agencies continue to prioritize cybersecurity in their data strategies, but many are falling short of the visibility, agility, and integration required to meet today’s threat landscape, according to new research from MeriTalk and NetApp. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) said today that Elastic – which provides search, observability, and security functions through its Elastic Search AI Platform – will be offering deep discounts to Federal government agencies through September 2027 under GSA’s OneGov program. […]
Who’s going to take home the hardware in this year’s MeriTalk AI Honors Awards? We’re going to find out at Tech Tonic on July 17 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Morton’s the Steakhouse in Washington, D.C., and you’re invited to the celebration! […]
Cloud security provider Zscaler, Inc., said it has earned key competencies under the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Government Competency – part of the broader AWS Competency Program – that recognizes AWS partners with expertise and experience in delivering mission-critical solutions to government agencies. […]
Artificial intelligence tools have been a “game changer” for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard saying today that AI is helping the intelligence community (IC) to get after its core mission. […]
As Federal agencies navigate tighter budgets and faster technological change, cross-skilling has emerged as a strategic lever to drive efficiency, agility, and mission delivery. Rather than rely on narrow specializations, cross-skilling enables agencies to build teams with competencies that span domains like cloud, cybersecurity, and data analytics. […]