Bill “Cassandra” Gates has a warning about AI. And, yes, we should consider it as more than an effort to distract from the Epstein files. The tech prophet bleats AI will transform work, eliminate jobs, and disrupt everything from health care to education. So, what’s the biggee? Think Nepalese flood – America ain’t moving fast […]

Uncle Sam is looking for a few good hackers. Time for a quick double-click on something that may have slipped past you in all the news. The Trump administration just opened the door to a new kind of cyber warfare: private-sector cyber vigilantes. On Aug. 12, President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum directing […]

AI is moving from pilot project to procurement problem. The Army is already facing a protest over a $450 million contract award that allegedly relied on AI in the acquisition process. Translation: AI may be helping agencies buy technology — and soon it may be helping lawyers protest those purchases. Meanwhile, NIST wants to put […]

The federal IT beat had a busy week. Again. GSA is changing the playbook. Instead of waiting years for standards and policy reviews, GSA is testing technology first. Then it feeds the lessons learned back into the standards process. CIO David Shive says the old approach could take two to three years. OneGov has already signed more […]