Before we jump into our weekly news roundup, congratulations to the journalists who were nominated for the inaugural Echo Awards recognizing excellence in public sector reporting. Voting is now open! Cast your vote here. The big news this week was the release of the White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, which included record […]
I’m always looking for variations in trending stories across the government tech media landscape, but sometimes it’s unavoidable that the same topics attract the most interest from one week to the next. In this case, the war with Iran grabbed lots of headlines this week – just as it did last week. But in a […]
This month’s episode of “Gov & Beyond” may seem like a change of pace from previous ones. For one thing, the interviewee, Karlton Johnson, chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Governors at the National Space Society (NSS), is not a journalist and does not work for a media company. But Johnson and […]
Here’s a change of pace from previous weeks: One of the big trends this week in the government tech media was a focus on healthcare technology in government – not to mention a widely-reported cyber attack on a medical device company that many reporters tied to the U.S. military action in Iran. And of course, […]
The big news this week – the U.S. attack on Iran – extended beyond the world of government technology, but government tech reporters still covered the news closely. We also saw lots of coverage on the fallout from the previous week’s executive order prohibiting federal government use of Anthropic AI products. Iran Coverage Across the […]
Government cybersecurity and AI issues never fail to generate headlines, and this week was no different. We saw various stories on recent events at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), including some major leadership changes. And we also saw a continuation of the disagreement between the Pentagon and AI company Anthropic. Here’s a roundup […]
The career path that took Terry Gerton to her job as host of Federal News Network’s “The Federal Drive” program was decidedly different from the paths taken by other journalists interviewed by Luca Pagni and Joyson Cherian for the “Gov & Beyond” podcast. In fact, she’s taken many paths. In this interview, Gerton notes that […]
There was so much AI-related news in the government tech media, it was difficult to know where to begin. This week, my roundup features a grab bag of articles on the various ways organizations across government are pushing forward with new ways to use AI tools. As far as where to start, see below for […]
A recent discussion featuring leading government IT journalists from Federal News Network, Breaking Defense, Space News and GovExec provided an in-depth look into their perspectives on the current state of federal technology, procurement and media relations – and what they expect to be covering in 2026. A few highlights: Notably, with all of the talk […]
Followers of the Axios Future of Defense weekly newsletter will be familiar with this month’s subject of the “Gov & Beyond” podcast. Colin Demarest, Future of Defense reporter for Axios, spoke with hosts Luca Pagni and Joyson Cherian about his career path, the topics that he finds most interesting for the newsletter, trends that he […]
