As the nation’s capital prepares for the upcoming inauguration of a new administration, those in the present administration are rushing to tie up loose ends on unfinished business in areas like cybersecurity and AI. We look at some of those activities below. Last-Minute Cybersecurity Guidance This week, federal officials issued a major executive order and […]
Welcome to the first edition of our weekly newsletter for 2025! In this post, I’ll look at how government tech media marked the new year with a number of articles that took stock of the developments – both positive and negative – of the past year as well as what the coming year might have […]
Before diving into our last edition of our weekly newsletter for 2024, I and my colleagues at W2 Communications would like to express appreciation for the interest we’ve received in these weekly updates and to thank our subscribers for their continuing interest. We look forward to more engagement with you in the coming year. This […]
Nick Wakeman, editor in chief for Washington Technology, and Ross Wilkers, senior staff reporter for Washington Technology (WT), arguably know more about the federal government technology contracting community than anyone else. Nick has covered federal government IT trends for nearly 30 years, while Ross has been a leading reporter for the publication since 2017. The […]
We’re already halfway through December and the buzz on what’s going to happen when the new administration comes to town has only increased. This week we also saw an uptick on Defense-related IT news. Our latest weekly government tech news roundup follows: Meet the New Boss Are changes at IRS afoot under the new administration? […]
Welcome to December! Following the Thanksgiving break, we saw a flurry of tech media coverage on recent activity on Capitol Hill, the incoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and more. Here are some of the trending stories in our latest weekly roundup: Up on the Hill Legislators are rushing to push forward tech bills before […]
This week, we noticed a lot of tech news coming out of the Department of Defense, as well as a lot of reporting at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. Here are some of the trending stories in our latest weekly roundup: Focus on Defense Defense and government tech publications this week reported on topics […]
Troy Schneider, executive vice president and general manager at Billington CyberSecurity, has been at the forefront of news and influence in the public sector technology space for more than three decades. Schneider served as the editor-in-chief at Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News and later as editor at large with GovExec. Now at Billington […]
Amid the continuing barrage of news regarding the incoming Trump Administration, government tech media outlets were mainly focused on the implications for cybersecurity policy. We’ve compiled some of the trending news in our latest roundup: The New Administration’s Impacts on Cybersecurity Much of the post-election coverage this week in government tech media focused on forthcoming […]
We need not to tell you where the attention of the government tech media (or any other media sector for that matter) was focused this week. The week started with speculation about where things were headed and has ended with…more speculation about where things are headed. Here’s our roundup of the trending news in Government […]