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Weslan Hansen

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Weslan Hansen is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.

Cybersecurity leaders are on high alert following the United States’ escalating action in the Middle East and are warning that Iran-linked actors could increase cyber activity targeting vulnerable systems and critical infrastructure.    […]

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President Donald Trump sent two names to the Senate on Monday for his picks to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF) and fill the role of ambassador at large for the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the State Department.  […]

Bob Costello announced today that he is leaving his role at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as chief information officer (CIO) and stepping away from federal service after more than two decades in government.  […]

A bipartisan group of senators is reigniting efforts to codify the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Standards and Innovation (CAISI) and create new standards and testbeds for the national laboratories to accelerate AI innovation.  […]

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An appeals court ruling on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling that allowed 21 federal agencies to maintain their collective bargaining rights after an executive order signed by President Donald Trump sought to strip those rights from the federal workforce last year.  […]

More than 1 million unique users across the Pentagon are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their daily workflows, and the department plans to launch several new AI models “very, very soon,” a senior defense official said on Thursday.  […]

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