The Small Business Administration (SBA) said Friday (March 21) that it will reduce its workforce by 43% and refocus its resources on its “core missions.” The agency will eliminate about 2,700 of its current 6,500 positions, it said in a Friday press release. It will do so...
OpenAI has submitted several policy proposals to the White House, saying they will preserve American competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s comments were submitted in response to the White House’s request for information as it develops its AI Action Plan, OpenAI said in a...
Federal government agencies should focus on the “maximum elimination” of functions that are not statutorily mandated, while enabling high-quality, efficient delivery of those are that statutorily mandated, according to a memorandum issued Wednesday (Feb. 26) to help agencies implement President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Booz Allen Hamilton said in a Friday (Jan. 24) press release that they will work together to help federal agencies accelerate their digital transformation. The companies’ expanded partnership and strategic collaboration will enable Booz Allen to offer these agencies “ready-made...
March 18, 2020
This week after what has felt like a steady drumbeat of bad news, American workers who’ve seen their employment either greatly truncated or completely evaporate in the face of the global COVID-19 outbreak finally got a piece of good news. Government relief is reportedly on the way. During a White House press conference Tuesday, (March 17), Treasury Secretary Steven […]
November 01, 2019
Though the launch of Healthcare.gov is likely a dim, distant memory for most people, at the time, it was front-page news — and not for a good reason. The site,...
April 10, 2019
Here’s a bit of heresy for 2019: Data’s not everything. Sure, data often gets called the oil of the digital age — and data, as a commodity, has an economic, political...
March 22, 2019
Government moves at its own pace, for better or worse or both, but that pace can provide opportunities for fraud and expensive errors – mistakes and missteps that can cost hundreds...
April 07, 2025
Federal agencies now have greater flexibility in adopting artificial intelligence (AI), the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said Monday (April 7). The OMB released two revised policies on federal agencies’ use of AI and federal procurement Monday, at the direction of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 23 executive order to remove barriers to […]
March 21, 2025
The Small Business Administration (SBA) said Friday (March 21) that it will reduce its workforce by 43% and refocus its resources on its “core missions.” The agency will eliminate about 2,700...
March 13, 2025
OpenAI has submitted several policy proposals to the White House, saying they will preserve American competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s comments were submitted in response to the White...
February 26, 2025
Federal government agencies should focus on the “maximum elimination” of functions that are not statutorily mandated, while enabling high-quality, efficient delivery of those are that statutorily mandated, according to a memorandum issued...
