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May 04 Army moving SBIR to focus on the whole vs. the parts
Zeke Topolosky, the Army’s program manager for the SBIR and STTR programs, said the service released five new topics to kick off the 2026 program.
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April 16 DC3 making better sense of its cyber data
Kajal Pal, the Defense Cyber Crime Center’s architecture management of data and enterprise division chief, said tools like XDR are more important than ever.
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April 13 Why DHS no longer has a compliance mindset for cybersecurity
Hemant Baidwan, the former CISO at DHS and now executive CISO at Knox Systems, said his former agency is doing better to stay ahead of cyber threats.
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March 30 DoT, NOAA develop paths to modernize critical systems
The Transportation Department and NOAA are using cloud services to help reduce technical debt and bring better services to citizens.
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March 09 A new top priority for state CIOs in 2026
Doug Robinson, the executive director of NASCIO, tells Jason Miller that state legislators introduced more than 1,000 bills focused artificial intelligence in 2025.
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February 23 Army tackling its ‘Achilles heel’ of IT modernization
Leo Garciga, the Army’s chief information officer, said the move toward enterprise services is changing the culture of system development to be more adaptable.
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February 10 Savage giving specific IT power back to the state agencies
Katie Savage, the Maryland CIO, said she has been setting up centralized enterprise services, but also building up agency technology expertise.
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January 23 AI can improve federal service delivery, citizen survey says
The results of a survey by the Center for Accountability, Modernization and Innovation (CAMI) gives federal executives ideas for improving service delivery.
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January 09 DLA’s foundation to use AI is built on training, platforms
Adarryl Roberts, the CIO at the Defense Logistics Agency, said every employee is receiving continuous training to ensure they can use AI tools.
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December 18, 2025 State elevates acquisition office as part of reorganization
Mike Derrios, a former senior procurement executive at the State Department, said the new Bureau of Global Acquisitions will implement category management.
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Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller talks to federal chief information officers about the latest technology trends and issues facing their agencies.