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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week saw a wave of news on executive orders from the White House related to security, resilience and procurement. While the updates are just beginning to trickle in, coverage in the government technology media points to potentially significant impacts resulting from these actions. Here’s a roundup of what they’ve written on these and other […]
The government tech media continues its close coverage of the Trump administration’s push to cut spending on programs seen as wasteful or unnecessary. As you might imagine, the loss of so many government workers as well as the termination of many government programs has led to concerns about cybersecurity and other critical government functions. As […]
The last few weeks saw the government tech media focused on the Trump administration’s moves to cut what it deems government waste. This week saw the focus shift, at least somewhat, to what is happening within the other branches of government. Here’s a roundup of the week’s news from the legislative and judiciary branches: Action […]
The Trump administration this week continued its quest to identify and cut what it views as wasteful government spending. Amid new executive orders, policy memos and contract cancellations, the government tech media covered the new developments: Cuts to Contracts, Personnel Agencies across government were ordered to cut their workforces and to review and potentially cancel […]