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Grace Dille

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Grace Dille is MeriTalk's Assistant Managing Editor covering the intersection of government and technology.
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President Donald Trump has nominated Ryan Cote to become the assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the White House announced on Tuesday. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on July 1 announced plans to modernize its FedScope platform which serves as a resource for accessing data about the Federal workforce, and released some new – though now out of date compared to other sources – data on the size and composition of the Federal workforce as of March 2025. […]

The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced coordinated, nationwide actions on Monday to disrupt the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) government’s schemes that placed North Korean individuals in remote IT jobs for U.S. companies under false identities. […]

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is canceling two major tech-related solicitations – the FirstSource III and PACTS III contract vehicles for IT support and professional services. […]

The U.S. Army has announced new leadership at its Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) – an office that delivers critical technologies to the Army to “outpace the threat.” […]

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has tapped Aram Moghaddassi to become its new chief information officer (CIO) after Scott Coulter stepped down from the role. […]

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