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John Curran

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John Curran is MeriTalk's Managing Editor covering the intersection of government and technology.

The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) said today it has awarded contracts for four prominent artificial intelligence (AI) technology developers to help the Pentagon speed adoption of “advanced AI capabilities” including agentic applications. […]

Tech Tonic - July 2025

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) said on June 10 that it has secured a $143 million contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) for electronic warfare (EW) work that aims to disrupt or manipulate adversaries’ communication and weapon systems. […]

Workday – a cloud-based software vendor specializing in human capital management and financial management applications – today unveiled the launch of its new Workday Government subsidiary that is focused on helping the Federal government and accelerating its ongoing technology and service modernization efforts. […]

The Senate voted late Wednesday to confirm the nomination of Scott Kupor to become director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) where he will play a big role in the Trump administration’s plans to further reorganize and downsize many Federal government agencies. […]

Don Yeske, who has headed the National Security Cyber Division at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since 2023, said this week he is stepping down from that position – and Federal service – on July 11. […]

Alan Sim, who has served since 2020 as chief data officer in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology, is stepping down from that position. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced an agreement today with Oracle to offer a 75 percent discount to government agencies on Oracle’s License-based technology and “substantial base discounts” on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services through November. […]

With a March presidential executive order putting some breathing room between the Federal government and states on cybersecurity protections – and state and local governments hoping for a second go-round of funding from Congress under the 2021 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) – we checked in with Gary Barlet, Illumio’s public sector chief technology officer, for his read on the new landscape. […]

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