MeriTalk Staff

Despite broad consensus on the importance of collective cyber resilience, Federal agencies and private sector organizations continue to face execution challenges, according to new research released today by MeriTalk and RSA Conference (RSAC). […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the Federal landscape, agencies are under pressure to act with urgency to scale AI for broader mission impact. MeriTalk’s 2025 Federal CAIO Outlook study shares insights from 10 Federal CAIOs on how they are driving scalable, secure, and mission-aligned AI adoption. […]

In this episode of MeriTalking, Gen. Kurt L. Sonntag, a member of the EY U.S. Army Advisory Council, and Joe Blanton, director, strategic initiatives at GDIT discuss key vulnerabilities in global supply chains, the technologies driving logistics capabilities, and the significance of data management in logistics, and more. […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize Federal operations, but agencies are struggling to move beyond pilot programs. A new MeriTalk study, “Tech Tonic: 2025 Federal CAIO Outlook,” reveals that while AI use cases have doubled over the past year, government leaders face systemic hurdles in scaling AI for real mission impact.  […]

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill on Saturday that would fund Federal agencies through Sept. 30, setting up a vote on the bill to avoid a government shutdown. The six-month funding bill largely tracks with fiscal year 2024 spending levels, with some notable exceptions that impact technology and cybersecurity. […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is targeting artificial intelligence, cloud migration, and biometric assessments in its modernization efforts. […]

Federal agencies have made strong progress in meeting zero trust security mandates, government officials say. […]

Federal government technology officials are predicting a renaissance in software development innovation over the next four years with gains driven by the use of AI-assisted development, open source software, and cloud-native development. […]

As Federal agencies grapple with increasingly complex IT environments, AI Ops – which applies AI to automate IT operations – is a growing approach for organizations to identify and resolve system problems faster, experts from GDIT and ServiceNow said in a recent conversation. […]

Technology experts at the Department of Labor, U.S. Air Force, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and software provider Nutanix are emphasizing that government agencies should focus on implementing simple, flexible, and agile approaches to their artificial intelligence (AI) integrations. […]