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Three Years to Rebuild the Internet or Lose the AI Race

COMMENTARY | The nation that builds Cloud 2.0 first will shape the innovation economy for decades.  

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Inside former FCC CIO Allen Hill’s full-throttle leadership

COMMENTARY | Hill’s four-decade career has left a legacy of leadership and modernization, following his recent retirement.

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Leading the AI transformation in government HR

COMMENTARY | As AI increasingly handles routine tasks, human workers must be equipped for strategic, creative and judgment-intensive roles. 

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The overlooked risk in government health IT modernization: protecting the legal medical record

COMMENTARY | Modernization, interoperability and AI will shape the future of government healthcare IT. But ambition must be matched with responsibility.

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The government AI experiment Is working. Now scale it up.

COMMENTARY | It's time to move beyond pilot programs to the systems that will serve all Americans better.

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Building quantum-safe foundations for federal data resilience

COMMENTARY | A data-first approach can help agencies avoid turning post-quantum cryptography adoption into a multi-year overhaul.

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The AI bubble in Defense: What to expect in a burst

Defense organizations have accelerated existing efforts to identify use-cases for AI models and apply them in compliance with existing or new organizational standards.

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The hidden debt slowing America’s AI future

COMMENTARY | Government modernization must be driven by a single goal: eliminating the readiness debt.

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Uncle Sam's software sprawl: Billions wasted, time to go pro

COMMENTARY | Most agencies simply don't know what software they own, what they use or what they truly need.

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From flashlight fixes to future-ready innovation: Why we must stop patching and start building anew

Real innovation isn’t about fixing old switches. It’s about recognizing when it’s time to stop patching and start fresh.

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What federal buyers need to succeed with AI-enabled procurement

COMMENTARY | Put workforce development before technology deployment and process reform before tools.

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Hard lessons: A CIO’s playbook for consolidation

COMMENTARY | Agencies are under increasing pressure to reorganize their operations. But done well, consolidation can bring economies of scale, better alignment and more agility.

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Web4 and the public sector: How agentic technology can transform government services

COMMENTARY | Citizens deserve government services that work as intuitively as their favorite consumer applications. Web4 provides the architectural foundation to make that vision reality.

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Bridging the gap: Unlock the power of AI for government agencies through cross-domain solutions

COMMENTARY | Cross-domain solutions can help agencies better deploy AI tools across their operations.

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When AI agents go rogue, the federal government needs reversible resilience

COMMENTARY | Agentic AI can help optimize government operations, but federal agencies need to prioritize resilience as they onboard these capabilities.

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Risks of cyber fraud allegations remain high for companies subject to government requirements

COMMENTARY | Stricter government cybersecurity requirements present elevated risk to companies due to increased enforcement pressure and additional bases for allegations of cybersecurity fraud.

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Four steps for successful generative AI governance

COMMENTARY | Agencies need to consider security and privacy concerns before deploying new AI capabilities.

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From trusted insider to threat: Why it’s time to modernize insider threat protections for national security systems

COMMENTARY | Insider threats to national security systems are changing with technology, but requirements to defend those systems aren't keeping pace.

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Military AI needs guardrails—not to slow it down, but to keep it useful

COMMENTARY | Modifying commercial models isn’t as easy as removing the parts that discourage users from killing people.