Andrew Rice MeriTalk Andrew Rice is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.
NVIDIA, MITRE Announce Partnerships for AI-Driven 6G Development Mar 25, 2025 | 1:32 pm NVIDIA and MITRE announced partnerships on March 18 with several other tech companies to develop systems with artificial intelligence networks that will enable 6G network capabilities. […]
Trump Memo Delegates Firing Authority to OPM Mar 24, 2025 | 4:00 pm President Donald Trump sent a March 20 memorandum to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Charles Ezell that delegates authority to OPM – the Federal government’s human resources (HR) agency – to fire Federal workers who have cleared their probationary employee status. […]
Trump EO Expands Access to Fed Data, Possibly Aiding DOGE Mar 21, 2025 | 2:58 pm President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) late Thursday to expand access to unclassified data at Federal agencies and promote inter-agency data sharing. […]
CIGIE Report: IGs Saved Over $71 Billion in FY24 Mar 21, 2025 | 9:24 am Federal inspectors general (IG) – who serve as agency watchdogs – saved $71.1 billion in cost efficiency improvements in fiscal year (FY) 2024, according to a March 19 report from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). […]
Federal Judge Blocks DOGE From Accessing SSA Data Mar 20, 2025 | 4:18 pm A Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’ sensitive data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Thursday. […]
DAF Highlights Recent AI Implementation Successes, Challenges Mar 20, 2025 | 4:05 pm The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has undergone significant changes recently to automate its procurement processes and address risk management issues, a DAF official shared on Wednesday. […]
Former HUD CAIO Recommends Focus on Literacy, Innovation Mar 20, 2025 | 9:50 am Vinay Singh, who is fresh off a two-year stint as the CFO and chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said the agency needs to stay focused on literacy and innovation in its development of AI technologies to benefit operations and mission delivery. […]
GAO Details Cloud, Process Automation Efforts Mar 19, 2025 | 1:36 pm The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is taking steps to use cloud-based services and implement automated processes into its capabilities that the government watchdog uses to assess Federal agencies’ operations, a GAO official said on March 18. […]
Google Buying Cloud Security Provider Wiz for $32 Billion Mar 18, 2025 | 3:02 pm Google LLC said today it agreed to buy Wiz – a New York-based cloud security platform provider – for $32 billion in cash in a bid to expand the offerings of its Google Cloud business. […]
Federal Judge to Consider Blocking DOGE From SSA Data Mar 17, 2025 | 3:24 pm A Federal judge in Baltimore is set to consider whether to block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to personal data of and about millions of Americans that is held by the Social Security Administration (SSA). […]