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 […]
Over the past several weeks, it seemed like much of the government tech media’s coverage focused on issues like downsizing and funding cuts at federal civilian agencies. This week, we noted an uptick in news coverage related to policy and organizational changes at the Department of Defense (DOD). Here’s a roundup of some of the […]
As the government technology media continues to keep tabs on the uncertainty resulting from the flood of executive orders and the activities of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), reporters this week have also turned their attention to the effects of those actions on contractors. Below, we offer a roundup of that news and more. […]
If you read our post last week, you’ll recall that much of the government technology media coverage was focused on actions by the Trump administration that put a hold on various spending initiatives – creating mass confusion among government workers and contractors. This week, much of the coverage has been in response to shake-ups caused […]
Where to start this week? Funding freezes? Pauses on acquisition at the General Services Administration (GSA)? Federal worker buyouts? There was a lot going on and the government tech media covered it all and more. Here’s an overview of trending news: Funding Freeze Confusion The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) stirred things up this […]
It has been a head-spinning week in the nation’s capital, as the second Trump administration has quickly come in and promoted its new agenda. As expected, many of the changes put forward are focused on tech policy. Here’s a roundup of how the government tech media has covered this week’s news: New Direction on AI […]
Picking up from last week, the flood of last-minute guidance around federal government cybersecurity and AI continued throughout this week, including the Biden administration’s sweeping cybersecurity executive order (EO) – which was expected last week but appeared yesterday. Here’s what’s been trending in the government tech media this week: More Last-Minute Guidance The cybersecurity EO […]
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 […]