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Federal AI policy just changed again. Is your security stack ready?
The White House's Anthropic directive shows why contractors can't build compliance around any single AI tool or ruling, writes Mark Mitchell of Netskope.
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The third best practice GovCon keeps ignoring
Your Shipley process and CRM are only as good as the customer intelligence feeding them. Most firms have never measured that capability, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.
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New executive order pushes agencies toward quantum-ready AI security
EO 14409 sets a high bar for protecting AI models and training data — and agencies can't do it alone; they need help from their vendors, writes Gina Scinta, CTO of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies.
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Federal acquisition rewrite leaves cybersecurity confusion unresolved
As the government overhauls its procurement rulebook, contractors are still grappling with a persistent problem that shapes how they price, plan, and perform work. This includes information that must be protected and those responsible for identifying it, writes Lindy Kyzer of ClearanceJobs.com.
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FedRAMP Is filtering out innovation, not just risk
The compliance gauntlet isn't just slowing emerging tech vendors — it's eliminating them before agencies ever see what they're missing, writes Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems.
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A $1.5 trillion defense budget: The IT programs contractors should be watching
From a $63 billion autonomous systems push to $58.5 billion in AI investment, the fiscal 2027 request signals where the Pentagon is placing its biggest bets, writes ImmixGroup analyst Joshua Isler.
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The hardest transition in GovCon: From founder to visionary
Strong leadership, partnership, and management turn opportunities into growth even in rocky times in the GovCon industry, writes Evan Henris, CEO of Parabilis.
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How supply chain crises emerge with faulty assumptions
Commercial supply chains are built to operate in a different world and that often conflicts with how government agencies base their budgets and timelines, writes Don Baker.
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Don't let political rhetoric obscure what the 8(a) program actually does
From faster procurement cycles to 15,000 jobs in Alaska, the facts about this program are being ignored in Washington, writes Nicole Borromeo, president of the ANCSA Regional Association.
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Your PM heard it, but winning just isn't worth it to them
The intelligence is there. The relationships are there. But your operating model has taught your best people that sharing what they know creates more burden than benefit, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.
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The edge is where military AI meets reality
Deploying AI at the tactical edge isn't a software problem. It's a full-stack engineering challenge that commercial architectures weren't built to solve, writes Cale Stephens, vice president at Crystal Group.
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Cyber blind spots: The war room needs constant data, not a daily scorecard
The current architecture isn’t lacking capability—it’s constrained by design. When storage economics force teams to choose what to watch, adversaries choose for them, writes Collin Lee, CIO of Omni Federal.
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The best briefing ever. The customer said nothing.
The gap between how well you think you know your customer and how well you actually do is where your competitors live, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.
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The real reason CMMC costs are shocking companies
It's not the certification. It's the years of delayed compliance finally coming due, writes Redspin’s Thomas Graham.
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The federal market is entering a new operating model
Artificial intelligence, commercial-first buying and demands for proof of returns on investment are rewriting the rules for contractors, writes GovExec CEO Tim Hartman.
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How IT vendors should approach the federal post-quantum cryptography market
From inventory support to DARPA's $282M benchmarking initiative, here's where the opportunities are — and what to avoid, write immixGroup’s Joshua Iseler and Grier Egan.
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The data accountability trap: Why federal AI success hinges on stewardship over software
Agencies won't unlock AI's potential until they treat their existing data as a strategic asset, not an administrative burden, writes Tyler Morris of Iron Mountain Government Solutions.
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COMMENTARY: A year of OneGov: Over a billion in savings and still growing
COMMENTARY | The Trump administration's landmark initiative proved that consolidated, smart purchasing is not only good for government operations but also the bottom line.
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FedRAMP and CMMC compliance deadlines are looming
Federal contractors have less than six months to get their cybersecurity houses in order — or risk losing access to government work, writes immixGroup’s Amanda Mull.
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