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Lisbeth Perez

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Lisbeth Perez is a MeriTalk Senior Technology Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.
Air Force

The U.S. Air Force is providing “sherpas” to guide service members through the difficult terrain of application development. Instead of spending time and resources figuring out every step of building out or standing up new application, personnel will be guided by experts who already know the path from start to finish. […]

Department of Commerce

George Forbes will serve as the chief information officer for the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, according to an announcement by Forbes on LinkedIn. […]

Army

The U.S. Army introduced an experimental 3D-printed drone developed with direct input from frontline troops, aiming to create equipment aligned with real battlefield needs. […]

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) tapped Keith Hardiman to serve as its deputy chief information officer (CIO) on a permanent basis, according to a recent LinkedIn announcement. […]

Army

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CIO/G-6 announced two senior information technology leadership appointments, naming Allen Strunk as director of G-6 and Denis Gizinski as chief technology officer (CTO). […]

The Pentagon is a very large building that houses a lot of the authorities for the U.S. Military. It's big. This photo doesn't do it justice, but they're kinda rightly concerned about people flying drones around there.

After nearly three decades with the Department of Defense (DOD), Bill Dunlap, the Pentagon’s acting principal deputy chief information officer (CIO), announced that he is leaving federal service. […]

To gain a “decisive warfighting advantage,” Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Kristen Davies on March 26 introduced a four-pillar plan designed to modernize the Pentagon’s vast technology ecosystem. […]

A federal judge in San Francisco granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration, temporarily blocking the government-wide ban of the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s technology. […]

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