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developments in AI, from policy implications to real-world applications in government and industry, helping decision-makers navigate the evolving AI landscape.
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Inside the Federal Buyer’s Mindset: What Changed in 2025 and What It Means for Contractors in 2026
The federal contracting marketplace underwent an unprecedented "recalibration" in 2025 due to workforce turnover and reform, causing established contractor relationships to fracture and requiring companies to reintroduce themselves. Winning contractors are those who embrace strategic boldness, maintain message consistency, and focus on internal alignment to rebuild trust and clarity with a new landscape of federal buyers.
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8 AI Trends to Watch in 2026
2026 is the year AI goes from bet to baseline in federal government. Explore 8 key AI trends, from institutionalization and operational reality to cybersecurity risks and DoD's focus on reliable defense applications.
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7 Ways BD & Sales Teams Can Use Federal Personas for Competitive Advantage
Explore 7 strategies for BD and sales teams to use research-based federal personas to sharpen pursuit strategy, tailor messaging, boost credibility, and gain a competitive edge in government contracting.
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Deep Dive: Department of Treasury
A look inside Treasury’s 2026-era tech strategy: AI isn’t a standalone budget line — but ~$48.8 M funding for a centralized fraud-detection platform points to growing use of chatbots, generative AI pilots, taxpayer services, fraud monitoring, and data-driven automation under its IT-modernization efforts.
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Decoding OMB Memorandums M-25-21 and M-25-22
Explains Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M‑25‑21 and M‑25‑22 — new federal‑AI directives that replace prior guidance, empower agencies to adopt AI faster, and streamline procurement, while aiming to balance innovation, governance and public trust.
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News Bite: AI Slop, Jon Oliver, and (Literally) Fake News
Examines the rise of ‘AI slop’ — cheap, AI-generated content masquerading as real media — and how it’s fueling viral fake news, degrading digital discourse, and undermining trust online.
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Deep Dive: Department of Defense
Overview of the Department of Defense’s FY 2026 budget: $961.6 billion total, with heavy investment in AI, unmanned aerial, ground, maritime, and undersea systems — spotlighting a modernization push across all domains.
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AI in Government: A Question of Trust
Explores how the use of AI by government agencies raises fundamental questions of trust — weighing the benefits of efficiency, fraud detection and streamlined services against serious risks around bias, transparency, accountability, and public confidence.
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Insights at a Glance: May 2025
A data driven rundown of the latest federal AI, policy and government‑tech developments from May 2025.
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