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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The hidden debt slowing America’s AI future
COMMENTARY | Government modernization must be driven by a single goal: eliminating the readiness debt.
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.
That time one agency shut down for one day and changed government forever
COMMENTARY | Forty-five years ago, the government shutdown was born.
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.
What federal buyers need to succeed with AI-enabled procurement
COMMENTARY | Put workforce development before technology deployment and process reform before tools.
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.
Featured eBooks
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.
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.
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.
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.
Four steps for successful generative AI governance
COMMENTARY | Agencies need to consider security and privacy concerns before deploying new AI capabilities.
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.
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.
Flying under the radar: Congress is poised to let key counter-drone authorities lapse
COMMENTARY | It could put our nation’s critical infrastructure and American lives at risk by creating an unnecessary gap in the fabric of our nation’s security.
