Grace Dille MeriTalk Grace Dille is MeriTalk's Managing Editor covering the intersection of government and technology.
110 Lawmakers Push Congress to Reject 2027 Federal Pay Freeze Sep 21, 2026 | 3:43 pm The bipartisan, bicameral group is urging congressional leaders to provide civilian federal employees with at least a 3.8% raise – and preferably the 4.1% increase proposed under the FAIR Act. […]
CISA Preps CI Fortify Recovery Guidance, Urges Testing Sep 21, 2026 | 3:32 pm The forthcoming guidance will draw on CISA assessments of how well critical infrastructure organizations can isolate and recover systems. […]
House Dems Introduce Bill to Assess CISA Workforce Gaps Sep 21, 2026 | 3:29 pm The bill would direct CISA to assess workforce and resource gaps as lawmakers scrutinize the agency’s capacity to defend federal networks and critical infrastructure. […]
OPM Gives Every Employee Access to 6 AI Tools Through OneGov Sep 17, 2026 | 9:31 am More than 70% of OPM employees are actively using at least one approved AI platform, CIO Adam Starr said. […]
Subpoenas Served to Oracle Leaders Over VA’s $27B EHRM Contract Sep 16, 2026 | 3:39 pm House lawmakers are seeking testimony from Larry Ellison and Mike Sicilia about VA’s nearly $17 billion increase to the ceiling of its Electronic Health Record Modernization contract. […]
Rep. Casar: US Must End the AI Arms Race Sep 16, 2026 | 2:57 pm The congressman said the AI race is “not an arms race that you win.” He called on tech companies to pause frontier AI development and on Congress to put protections in place. […]
CISA, NIST Finalize Cloud Identity Token Security Guidelines Sep 15, 2026 | 4:05 pm The new guidance offers federal agencies and cloud providers recommendations to protect identity and access tokens from theft, forgery, and misuse. […]
CISA Looks to Scale SIEM as a Service Across Federal Agencies Sep 15, 2026 | 2:50 pm CISA is ramping up staffing and 24/7 support for the new service as officials look to expand governmentwide cyber visibility and give agencies a lower-cost path to modern SIEM capabilities. […]
First Golden Dome Site Is Operational Sep 14, 2026 | 3:37 pm The Golden Dome missile defense program is making progress on construction and testing, but Sen. Deb Fischer warns long-term funding certainty remains critical. […]
TSA Deploys AI Agent to Automate 100K Traveler Inquiries Monthly Sep 14, 2026 | 3:20 pm TSA’s Ace AI agent resolves 96% of routine traveler questions without human escalation. The agent is part of the agency’s broader customer service modernization effort. […]