This solution brief examines how architectural decisions, including workload placement and local-first execution, can improve token efficiency, strengthen data governance, and support AI deployment across edge, data center, and cloud environments. Learn how agencies can scale AI capabilities while maintaining control over costs, security, compliance, and public trust. […]

A new SolarWinds report, based on a survey of 810 U.S. and UK public sector IT professionals, examines the disconnect between AI adoption ambitions and operational readiness – including gaps in governance, security, and monitoring. […]

Download the post-event brief for seven lessons from The MeriTalk Mission Room, including how to identify the right workflows for agentic AI, match autonomy to consequences, measure mission value, establish bounded authority, and build governance and visibility for AI operating at machine speed. […]

Learn how smarter data management can improve visibility, strengthen resilience, and create a more secure, reliable foundation for AI and mission success. […]

The executive brief, From AI Adoption to Decision Advantage, captures key insights from a recent executive roundtable hosted by MeriTalk and Leidos, where federal technology and mission leaders discussed how agencies can operationalize AI at scale. […]

Download this issue brief to learn how agencies can establish a trusted asset data foundation that supports greater visibility, stronger governance, and more effective asset management. […]

Following a discussion at MeriTalk’s recent Shift Happens forum, MeriTalk sat down with Duncan Edwards, senior investigator at identity threat protection firm SpyCloud, to explore how federal investigators can prioritize digital intelligence, use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve investigative efficiency, validate information before using it in legal proceedings, and collaborate across organizational boundaries. […]

At MeriTalk’s Shift Happens forum, government and industry leaders examined what those shifts mean in practice. Their insights point to an environment in which speed must be matched to risk, employees need greater influence over how tools are applied, and progress must be measured by mission results. […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved quickly from federal experimentation into daily operations. Employees are using it to research and analyze information, developers are embedding it in applications, and agents are beginning to interact with data, APIs, and mission systems on a user’s behalf. These use cases and access routes do not carry equal consequences, yet […]

This guide explores a three-level framework for building AI maturity, from establishing AI literacy across your workforce to increasing productivity with AI tools and developing an enterprise strategy for agentic AI. […]

MeriTalk recently sat down with Le Tran, managing director at Maximus Federal, to discuss how agencies can adopt AI responsibly while maintaining trust, transparency, and accountability. […]

Discover how to securely accelerate federal artificial intelligence (AI) adoption while protecting sensitive mission data and maintaining governance. […]

This guide explores how a unified, identity-first strategy transforms these vulnerabilities into actionable insights, providing the real-time visibility required to remediate sophisticated threats across your entire infrastructure. […]

MeriTalk recently sat down with Nina D’Amato, chief technology strategist at Lenovo and a former chief information officer (CIO) of the County of Santa Clara, to share her perspective on how agencies can build the foundation for meaningful AI progress across the organization, the technology environment, and the broader partner ecosystem. […]

MeriTalk recently sat down with Anish Patel, director of federal sales at Cloudflare, to discuss how agencies can move from shadow AI to sanctioned AI by strengthening visibility, protecting sensitive data, and securing AI apps and agents. […]

Download this issue brief to learn how agencies can reduce risk, strengthen AI governance, and securely scale workforce productivity. […]

Download this issue brief to learn how agencies can reduce risk, strengthen public trust, and support faster, more secure digital service delivery with AI. […]

This three-part series examines how AI PCs and Services help agencies move faster to achieve mission impact – within their enterprise AI environment and without losing sight of compliance, security, and mission requirements. We explore planning and change management resources for federal innovators that reduce risk and share experience gained from AI implementations across the federal government. […]

As federal agencies work to modernize their IT infrastructure, they face a tangled web of challenges, from managing legacy architectures and tool sprawl to adopting artificial intelligence (AI) securely and preparing for post-quantum threats. […]

This three-part program explores how agencies can extend a unified identity security approach to AI agents with Okta – without reinventing the playbook. It will address how to protect the crucial access points and data flows between human users, autonomous AI agents, and sensitive government resources, ensuring robust privacy, governance, and policy enforcement in government ecosystems where AI agents are first-class identities. […]

In this three-part series, ICF experts share how agencies can turn AI’s promise into measurable impact. They’ll explore what it takes to scale AI effectively — flexible, open architectures that integrate with existing systems, human-in-the-loop design that ensures responsible oversight, and accelerators that shorten time to value. […]

To meet modernization and efficiency goals, agencies need governed, end-to-end automation that connects existing systems without adding complexity or risk. IBM watsonx Orchestrate delivers this capability with prebuilt, AI-powered agents that automate repetitive tasks, integrate workflows, and keep humans in the loop where judgment matters. […]

Supermicro and NVIDIA deliver a U.S.-designed, full-stack platform: servers, validated software blueprints, and AI-optimized networking, so agencies can pilot in hours or days, scale quickly, and maintain compliance with executive orders on AI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency zero trust architecture. […]

This practical playbook outlines the technical and organizational foundations needed to adopt agentic AI responsibly, securely, and at scale. […]

Download the issue brief to learn how agencies can strengthen citizen engagement and improve mission outcomes through unified, modern contact centers. […]

In a recent roundtable conversation, federal leaders (including systems integrators) shared what they’re learning and how they are deploying mission-ready use cases. […]

Autonomous systems are critical to DOD mission success across air, land, sea, and space. Future conflicts will be defined by autonomous capabilities. Defense organizations must address important challenges as they develop and deploy autonomous systems, such as integrating systems, ensuring global connectivity, managing secure data sharing, and analyzing vast data sets. View the video to […]

This playbook helps practitioners modernize securely, meet the latest executive mandates, and unlock AI at mission speed. […]

This e-book from Maximus examines how agencies can use intelligence-driven CX to enhance operations, achieve stronger mission results, and improve citizens’ quality of life. […]

Google Workspace with Gemini is your AI-powered assistant, built into the tools public sector teams use every day — like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and more. This guide offers best practices for writing effective prompts, so you can draft reports, analyze data, and manage communications faster and more accurately — all while staying secure and compliant. […]