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OpenAI further expands its generative AI work with the federal government

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The federal government is continuing to invest in generative AI technology produced by OpenAI, with a handful of agencies recently inking deals to use the enterprise version of the firm’s ChatGPT platform. government. As laid out in the recent National Security Memorandum, government adoption of AI is essential to maintaining U.S.

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Strategies for Dealing with a Government Shutdown

SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Shuttering of the government (or parts of the government) following appropriations lapses has become an increasingly common phenomenon in recent times. Funding lapses interrupt the usual predictability of government operations, which harms both agencies and federal contractors that are left in limbo with stop work orders.

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Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofits face unique challenges in adopting and deploying generative AI. Strict data governance protocols are typically required. Protecting the privacy and security of this information when using generative AI can be a significant challenge.

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Ransomware presents a growing threat to vulnerable local governments

American City & Country

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The company is a licensed independent CPA firm providing tax and business consulting services to their clients, which includes governments. Local governments have been a unique entity in the cyber-security landscape because of their lack of ability to pay ransomware,” Mahna explains. What’s more, local governments remain vulnerable.

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The federal government wants to teach workers about AI prompt engineering

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The tool is specifically designed to help government acquisition staff evaluate large language models, the type of technology built by OpenAI and Anthropic. The federal government is continuing to focus on making investments in the AI capabilities with the government workforce.

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DOD Drives New Interest in 5G Networks Across Government

FedTech Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

But when it comes to a government transition, there’s more advance work that needs to be done. The federal government’s move to 5G accelerated when the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 became law at the end of December 2023.

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Tab for access: How New York City is increasing participation and access to government contracts

Open Contracting Partnership

JANUARY 9, 2025

But until recently, like many governments, New York City relied on antiquated systems and lacked the tools to take full advantage of its procurement data. It offers the opportunity for good government groups and others to mine our data in new ways, and provide us with feedback that hopefully helps the procurement system.

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Government Should Brace for AI Disruption

FedTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2024

That’s why the Office of Management and Budget issued a March memo codifying the need for AI governance and establishing requirements and recommendations for how agencies should address specific risks of relying on the technology in their work, especially when it impacts public rights and safety.

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Bipartisan House bill to modernize government data would extend CDO Council

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act ( H.R. calls for an extension to the council’s lifespan until 2031, while also requiring the CDO Council to report to Congress about data governance challenges that prevent the adoption of emerging tech across the federal landscape. 10151 ), introduced by Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa.,

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NSA, NIST Release Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government

FedTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

Two agencies released guidance in late March to help the rest of government. The first seeks to mature federal identity, credential and access management for mitigating cyberattacks, and the second combats the misconception that end users don’t understand security.

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Automation Is Helping Government Cut Costs

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Agencies want to know they’re getting maximum returns on their digital initiatives because IT spending represents a major portion of their budgets. Technology helps agencies save money in addition to boosting efficiencies these days.

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How Does the Federal Government Keep Elections Secure?

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

The security of the electoral process has become a paramount concern for cybersecurity experts in recent years. From foreign meddling to disinformation campaigns, election officials and their cyber teams have security top of mind.

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Govology Webinar: An Introduction to Government Small Business Certifications (2025 Update), January 21, 2025, 1:00 pm EST

SmallGovCon

JANUARY 10, 2025

The post Govology Webinar: An Introduction to Government Small Business Certifications (2025 Update), January 21, 2025, 1:00 pm EST first appeared on SmallGovCon - Government Contracts Law Blog. Steven Koprince, Govology legal analyst and retired founder of Koprince McCall Pottroff will be presenting this webinar. Register here.

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After a career in procurement, she’s selling to the government

Federal News Network

DECEMBER 23, 2024

We do a whole host of activities and we manufacture products from scratch or we kit products, meaning put products together in packages for sale to the government. They’re not really subcontractors because they’ll actually have contracts direct with the government. But it’s also about that government mission.

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Legislative Agencies Adopt Paperless Strategies to Publish and Archive Records

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Government Publishing Office produces and distributes official government publications to Congress, agencies, federal depository libraries and the public. With the Congressional Record, we are essentially producing a daily newspaper, says GPO Director Hugh Halpern. Our staff compiles the

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The government confirms its rights to certain contractor intellectual property

Federal News Network

APRIL 2, 2025

The government has rights to certain intellectual property by challenging so-called markings such as notes on who can do what with images, drawings and technical data. But there are certain categories of data that the government reserves broader, in this case, unrestricted rights to use the data. So that may well be the case here.

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GDIT Partners with AWS to Drive Digital Modernization in Government

WashngtonExec

MARCH 16, 2025

Ben Gianni, GDIT General Dynamics Information Technology announced a new strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to drive digital modernization and advance government missions. federal customers during a crucial period of government digital transformation. David Appel, vice president of U.S.

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Where the Government Plans to Spend Next on Artificial Intelligence

FedTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Both the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, and the Office of Management and Budget released guidance in recent weeks on steps the government can take, or has already taken, to accelerate adoption of these capabilities. FedRAMP issued draft guidance on Jan. 26 establishing a framework for prioritizing…

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How the Federal Government Is Using Artificial Intelligence So Far

FedTech Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

Agencies should leverage foundational artificial intelligence models being crowdsourced by top universities and large tech companies so that they’re not starting from scratch as they embrace the technology.

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ECS Lands $60B GSA OASIS+ Contract to Boost Government Efficiency

ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

ECS, an information technology systems integrator specializing in data and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise transformation, has been selected by the General Services Administration as a prime contractor on a 10-year, $60 billion contract for consulting and enterprise transformation services.

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Deltek’s Government Contracting Study Reveals Challenges Facing Businesses in 2025

ExecutiveBiz

MAY 12, 2025

Delteks latest study on the government contracting industry identified the rising compliance costs related to the updated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements as one of the challenges facing contractors in 2025.

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An Update on the Government Procurement Efficiency List

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 4, 2025

On January 17 th the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement (the Coalition) launched the Government Procurement Efficiency List (GPEL) seeking recommendations from our members and stakeholders across the procurement community on opportunities to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal procurement system.

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Rancher Government Solutions and Kasm Technologies to Enhance Government Virtual Workspace

ExecutiveBiz

MAY 8, 2025

Rancher Government Solutions and Kasm Technologies have partnered to modernize government virtual desktop infrastructure with a cloud-native and Kubernetes-powered workspace designed for the demanding needs of defense and federal agencies.

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Document AI Saves Agencies Time and Money

FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The federal government relies on forms and other documents. The wealth of information available to government agencies is often locked in these forms due to a lack of manpower to process and analyze them for correlations and relationships. Many important forms sit on the web, while others sit in storage boxes.

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Meeting Agencies’ Supply Chain Sustainability Expectations

FedTech Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

Government customers expect the technology resellers they work with to employ certain sustainability practices, such as IT asset disposition, to maintain compliance with environmental, cybersecurity and human rights regulations.

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Patrick Markus Appointed VP, GM of Defense & Government Systems at Hughes

GovCon Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Patrick Markus shared on LinkedIn two weeks ago that he has been appointed vice president and general manager of the defense and government systems division at Hughes, an EchoStar subsidiary.

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Tyto Athene Buys stackArmor to Boost Cloud, Cyber Compliance for Government Clients

WashngtonExec

MAY 8, 2025

Dennis Kelly, Tyto Athene Tyto Athene has acquired stackArmor, a provider of cloud security and compliance solutions for government and defense contractors. A portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, Tyto helps government and defense leaders modernize and integrate enterprise operations to boost mission resilience and flexibility.

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Dentons Government Contracts Academy Presents: Intellectual Property Rights and Technical Data

Government Contracts Advisor

MAY 12, 2025

JoinDentonsfor our second program in our2025 Dentons Government Contracts Academy seriesonWednesday, June 11th at Noon-1pm ET. Dentons Government Contracts team […]

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Accenture Federal Services, Google Public Sector Launch MxDR for Government

ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 10, 2025

Accenture Federal Services said Tuesday the MxDR for government offering combines its expertise in federal cybersecurity with the Google Security Operation platform. Accenture Federal Services has partnered with Google Public Sector to launch the Managed Extended Detection and Response, or MxDR, service.

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AWS announces Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Organizations with high resiliency needs or regulatory requirements, such as government agencies and financial institutions, need to be able to rely on local data processing and machine learning (ML) in remote edge environments. Outposts allows them to do this by connecting them to the power of the Regions. “We

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Three Ways the Intelligence Community can Benefit from GenAI

FedTech Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

The requirement for high security in classified environments has meant that government IT teams at IC agencies have had to either do without the latest internet-focused technologies or build their own isolated and secured environments from scratch, at enormous expense.

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What DOE’s FASST Initiative Means for AI Technologies

FedTech Magazine

APRIL 28, 2025

The Department of Energy is spearheading an artificial intelligence initiative that aims to ramp up the technologys use across government. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security and Technology will rely on DOEs 17 National Laboratories to build potentially the most powerful integrated scientific AI systems in the world.

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Webinar Event: Legal Updates 2024 hosted by the Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship, November 20, 2024

SmallGovCon

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In this webinar, government contracting attorneys, John Holtz and Gregory Weber will discuss the most important legal developments for federal contractors in 2024. The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship is hosting this helpful, virtual workshop on Legal Updates 2024. Register here.

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Ransomware Attacks Require Improved Information Sharing

FedTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2024

Government needs broad visibility into the activity of bad actors to fight ransomware.

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Fact or Fallacy: 7 Tips for Cloud Migration

FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many government agencies lag in adoption of cloud computing and cite various obstacles as a deterrent. Fact: Government Agencies Struggle with Siloed Data Siloed data is a major obstacle for government agencies.

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CDOs Seek Clarity Around Their AI Responsibilities

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Critical gaps in guidance persist for chief data officers, particularly with regard to data governance for artificial intelligence, despite making progress on data maturity and mission goals.

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Microsoft and GSA enter agreement to address federal IT acquisition

FedScoop

JANUARY 17, 2025

The GMAS initiative seeks to establish improved standardized conditions through governmentwide engagement and enhanced cybersecurity measures to address critical risks in government IT systems, according to the press release. The company also has been the subject of a Cyber Safety Review Board investigation into an online exchange incident.

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FICAM: A Foundation for Zero Trust and IT Compliance

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

With the most recent Federal Information Security Modernization Act report cataloging 11 major incidents among government agencies in fiscal 2023, there is a clear need to continue improving overall cybersecurity. This unique federal government approach to identity, credential and access management is…

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GSA Schedules: A Guide to Simplifying Federal Procurement

USFCR

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

GSA Schedules: Your Path to Federal Contracting Success The General Services Administration (GSA) plays a vital role in simplifying government procurement. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of GSA Schedules, their benefits, eligibility requirements, and how to get started.

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No Protesting Canceled Contracts, Says COFC

SmallGovCon

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Often contractors will protest an award, then learn that the contract at issue was cancelled by the government due to corrective action. During that process, the government took corrective action, cancelling the contract, initially leaving in place the delivery orders. Later, the Government cancelled these delivery orders as well.

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4 Must-Listen Federal Technology Podcasts

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The federal government collects and produces almost unimaginable amounts of information. If you want to learn more about what’s going on in government but need a break from screens, we’ve got an option. The — 914 million unique files.

Influencing

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IBM wins $903M GSA contract to modernize federal travel and expense management

FedScoop

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

million contract to provide a next-generation travel and expense management service for the federal government. ETSNext aims to provide a consolidated approach that supports government efficiency through standardization across agencies. The General Services Administration announced Wednesday that it has awarded IBM a 15-year, $903.5

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Coming to a contract protest near you, loser pays legal fees

Federal News Network

JANUARY 9, 2025

It calls on the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office to develop a plan to test a novel idea: having companies that lose bid protests to repay DoD for legal costs. What are the differences in the conditions under which the government could recover? Tom Temin: OK, so what is the gambit now? Chris Griesedieck: Yeah.

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Dell Whistleblower Suit Leads to $4.3 Million Settlement over Non-Competitive Bids to the Army

Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Fraud in the government contracting process costs taxpayers untold dollars each year,” said U.S. We will continue to work with our federal law enforcement partners to investigate and pursue those who commit government contracting fraud.” Attorney Prim F. Escalona for the Northern District of Alabama. “We

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OpenAI further expands its generative AI work with the federal government

Strategies for Dealing with a Government Shutdown

Trending Sources

Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

Ransomware presents a growing threat to vulnerable local governments

The federal government wants to teach workers about AI prompt engineering

DOD Drives New Interest in 5G Networks Across Government

Tab for access: How New York City is increasing participation and access to government contracts

Government Should Brace for AI Disruption

Bipartisan House bill to modernize government data would extend CDO Council

NSA, NIST Release Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government

Automation Is Helping Government Cut Costs

How Does the Federal Government Keep Elections Secure?

Govology Webinar: An Introduction to Government Small Business Certifications (2025 Update), January 21, 2025, 1:00 pm EST

After a career in procurement, she’s selling to the government

Legislative Agencies Adopt Paperless Strategies to Publish and Archive Records

The government confirms its rights to certain contractor intellectual property

GDIT Partners with AWS to Drive Digital Modernization in Government

Where the Government Plans to Spend Next on Artificial Intelligence

How the Federal Government Is Using Artificial Intelligence So Far

ECS Lands $60B GSA OASIS+ Contract to Boost Government Efficiency

Deltek’s Government Contracting Study Reveals Challenges Facing Businesses in 2025

An Update on the Government Procurement Efficiency List

Rancher Government Solutions and Kasm Technologies to Enhance Government Virtual Workspace

Document AI Saves Agencies Time and Money

Meeting Agencies’ Supply Chain Sustainability Expectations

Patrick Markus Appointed VP, GM of Defense & Government Systems at Hughes

Tyto Athene Buys stackArmor to Boost Cloud, Cyber Compliance for Government Clients

Dentons Government Contracts Academy Presents: Intellectual Property Rights and Technical Data

Accenture Federal Services, Google Public Sector Launch MxDR for Government

AWS announces Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts

Three Ways the Intelligence Community can Benefit from GenAI

What DOE’s FASST Initiative Means for AI Technologies

Webinar Event: Legal Updates 2024 hosted by the Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship, November 20, 2024

Ransomware Attacks Require Improved Information Sharing

Fact or Fallacy: 7 Tips for Cloud Migration

CDOs Seek Clarity Around Their AI Responsibilities

Microsoft and GSA enter agreement to address federal IT acquisition

FICAM: A Foundation for Zero Trust and IT Compliance

GSA Schedules: A Guide to Simplifying Federal Procurement

No Protesting Canceled Contracts, Says COFC

4 Must-Listen Federal Technology Podcasts

IBM wins $903M GSA contract to modernize federal travel and expense management

Coming to a contract protest near you, loser pays legal fees

Dell Whistleblower Suit Leads to $4.3 Million Settlement over Non-Competitive Bids to the Army

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