Moving beyond pilots and chatbots, agencies are examining how AI agents operating within unified workflows could reduce operational friction and improve decision-making.
Amy Ritualo, the State Department’s acting chief data and AI officer, speaks during a fireside chat at AITalks on April 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)
The agency’s acting chief data and AI officer said State is in the “exploration stage” of agentic AI, focusing on guardrails and reducing administrative burden.
State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher, left, speaks during AI Talks in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2024, while State CAIO Matthew Graviss looks on. (Scoop News Group photo)
CIO Kelly Fletcher sees a future with agency consolidation and simplification, paired with AI agents that “make it easy for people to do their job” and “reduce…
From contested supply chains to real-time decision dominance, Salesforce VP for Logistics Allan Day details how agentic AI is enabling the Pentagon to move faster than emerging…
As threat velocity increases, Salesforce’s Paul Tatum says agentic AI is needed to shoulder the routine mission work that has long constrained defense readiness.
With autonomous AI agents on the rise, Salesforce’s Nadia Hansen says agencies must balance innovation with governance, training and human oversight to build trust and impact.
A new report warns that fragmented, opaque AI tools are slowing the DOD's race to achieve decision dominance and why a new enterprise-to-edge approach, centered on trusted,…