Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a constant theme running through many of these weekly posts, even before the change in administrations and the deluge of executive orders and regulations focused on the technology. That continued this week, when news related to AI broke at all levels of government. In a somewhat new wrinkle, there was […]
The trending stories this week in government technology media focused on congressional concerns about planned cuts to federal spending related to cybersecurity and quantum technology. We also saw reports from media outlets at this week’s AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2025 conference in Baltimore. Here are the highlights: CISA Takes to The Hill The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
This week, we looked outside of the Beltway to San Francisco, where the RSA Conference (RSAC) event took place. Federal government cybersecurity initiatives were the focus at a number of sessions and panel discussions at the event, and the tech media was there to report on those. We also saw more action related to acquisition […]
You think you’ve got a busy job? As the federal workforce reporter at Bloomberg Law, Courtney Rozen has to keep up with all of the government workforce changes wrought by the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). She is the first to cover this newly created beat for Bloomberg Law On this […]
In this edition of “This Week in Government Tech Media,” we look at how changes to federal technology acquisition are being implemented and how those changes are being felt by those at federal agencies, government contractors and state/local governments: Acquisition Transition Following the recent executive order (EO) on acquisition reform, agencies across government are moving […]
A panel of AI experts recently convened at the stunning, brand new and cutting-edge Virginia Tech Innovation Campus to discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity in the federal space. Sponsored by Lunch Pail Ventures, a venture capital group run by VT alumni (yes, I learned about the “Hokie Bird”), the all-Hokie panelists […]
White House executive orders (EOs) continue to command the attention of government technology reporters. This week, we saw a couple of orders focused on federal procurement – receiving largely positive media coverage. We also saw a continuation of the less positive coverage of the EO targeting the former leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
It’s been another week of executive orders, policy memos and other developments in the areas of acquisition, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. Here are a few trends that caught our eyes this week in the government tech media: White House Guidance on AI Early this week, the Trump administration took the next steps toward implementing […]
We noticed a couple of interesting trends this week in tech media coverage. The news around cybersecurity initiatives continues to pour in, and we’ve also noted reporting on how changes at the federal level are impacting state and local governments. Here’s a roundup of trending topics this week: The Week in Cybersecurity While discussion continued […]
It’s been another busy week for the government tech media – so busy that it’s hard to know where to begin. Well, actually, it isn’t that hard. Here’s a roundup of what topics have been trending this week: That Signal App Chat The biggest buzz in government tech media outlets this week was the sharing […]