This week, it was impossible to ignore the flood of news emanating from the 16th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. Cybersecurity leaders from across industry and the federal government gathered at the event, generating plenty of headlines in the process. You can find details on many of those stories and more below in […]
If you read this blog regularly, you know that issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) frequently hog the headlines in government tech media outlets.While that trend held true to an extent this week, there were a number of stories not specifically focused on AI that generated a buzz. That included a number of articles on […]
Every reporter interviewed on Gov & Beyond has told us about the challenges they are facing covering the federal government under the Trump 2.0 administration, where change is constant and often unpredictable. Arguably, those challenges are amplified for reporters who cover the Defense Department, due to the sheer size of the bureaucracy and the broad […]
As usual, we saw a flood of stories focused on government artificial intelligence (AI) this week. We also noticed what seemed like a renewed focus on Defense cybersecurity and several pieces on attempts to improve government online interactions. You can find details and links below in my weekly roundup of trending stories: The Pros and […]
In the face of budget cuts, agency downsizing and federal reductions in staff, understandably there is a lot of uncertainty in the government technology market. This has trickled down into the government contracting space where many organizations are grappling with how they want to promote and market themselves. There is concern that the wrong type […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) was in the news this week, mostly around artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives but also its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) to streamline cloud security authorizations across the government. Also, AI continues to grab the attention of reporters covering the Defense tech space. Here’s my weekly roundup of the […]
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2025 edition of the Professional Services Council’s Service Contractor magazine. We are all living in an unpredictable government contracting environment. With fluid agency priorities, staff reductions and budget uncertainties, it’s a challenging time for those who have centered their business on federal service. In the words of Dwight […]
The federal government took great strides this week to make generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools and associated technologies cheaply available to agency users. We also saw multiple news reports from a couple of major industry conferences. For details, see our roundup below: ChatGPT: I’d Buy That for a Dollar Last week, the Government Accountability Office […]
Why should this week be any different? As we’ve seen over the past several months, AI continues to grab more headlines than any other topic in the government media space. This week, the headlines picked up from last week’s announcement of the White House AI action plan. Our roundup of trending news follows: Federal AI […]
Before we jump into this week’s coverage, I wanted to strongly encourage everyone to listen to the latest episode of Gov & Beyond featuring a roundtable discussion with Frank Konkel and Natalie Alms from GovExec and Billy Mitchell and Madison Alder of Scoop News Group. I found their insights on government-focused journalism in 2025 nothing […]
