(Getty Images) The walls we rebuilt with cloud modernization Efforts to dissolve the federal government's collaboration fragmentation problem with cloud modernization replaced a human problem with a technical one — and made it worse. Jul 27, 2026 By Laura Crabtree
(Getty Images) Cash out veterans’ preference in federal hiring, honor their debt In government hiring, veterans’ preference is badly structured compensation that also fails on policy grounds. Jul 20, 2026 By Abigail Haddad
(Getty Images) ‘Pay and chase’ is a confession. We should stop treating it as a fraud-fighting strategy. How the federal government combats fraud in benefits programs is a flawed operating doctrine, a former chief of staff to the U.S. CIO argues. Jul 10, 2026 By Jordan Burris
(Getty Images) FedRAMP 2026 is not a compliance update — it’s a new operating model Providers should be ready for a shift toward continuous evidence and away from static documentation, a former DHS CISO argues. Jul 6, 2026 By Hemant Baidwan
(Getty Images) Logging has entered the AI era. Here’s what federal cyber leaders should know OMB’s M-26-14 is about speed, visibility and operational resilience, an Elastic executive and former NSA analyst writes. Jul 2, 2026 By John Harmon
(Getty Images) Just having a ‘human in the loop’ is not AI governance Agencies need to have proper governance structures in place before AI deployment. Jun 25, 2026 By Arthur D. Sidney
(Getty Images) Agentic AI is coming to government faster than its guardrails A former FBI cyber special agent believes we’re having the wrong conversation about artificial intelligence in government. Jun 16, 2026 By Jason Truppi
(Getty Images) Let’s build the national data ecosystem America needs The data our country relies on is falling behind. Here’s how we can do better. Jun 15, 2026 By Richard Coffin Joel Gurin
(Getty Images) As government scales AI, data strategy will define success The major challenge facing federal agencies is data readiness, rather than model access. May 29, 2026 By Daniel Kent
(Getty Images) Beyond adoption: the three shifts needed for accountable federal AI Reporting on AI use case inventories shows adoption is moving fast and agencies need to rethink how work gets done. May 15, 2026 By Ryan Nguyen