From Cybersecurity Sprint 2015, to CNAP 2016, the Federal government is building on previous cybersecurity-focused Executive Orders to bring cybersecurity to the forefront of the American public and national security discussion. […]

Catch up on some reading this weekend. Here are a few interesting items from MeriTalk.

Is the Obama administration’s election year lust for Silicon Valley’s dead presidents destroying the future of the career Federal technology leader?…The pace of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program is frustrating to some….And a near-miss for Snowden?

The only thing that is possibly growing more rapidly than the number of cybersecurity risks is the number of cybersecurity events. So why attend the 7th Annual AFCEA DC Cybersecurity Summit? Here are six reasons why Cybersecurity Summit on Oct. 11 -12 is a must-attend event.

Catch up on some reading this weekend. Here are a few interesting items from MeriTalk.

FITARA aims to empower CIOs by granting them authority over IT investments. But, shadow IT weakens FITARA efforts, leaving CIOs in the dark. What can agencies do to control shadow IT in order to protect data, but enable innovation?

The Secret Service has an interesting class photo….The CIA is taking cues from the advertising technology industry….IARPA is investing in research into homomorphic encryption—a potential game-changer in the worlds of privacy and security that enables encrypted queries of encrypted databases….And synthetic biology is keeping Jason Matheny up at night.

Introducing 21st Century State & Local—a new online publication from the leading government IT media organization, MeriTalk.

MeriTalk caught up with Cameron Chehreh, Federal chief technology officer, Dell, in anticipation of this year’s Dell EMC World 2016, Oct. 18-20 in Austin, Texas. We spoke with Chehreh about Federal IT modernization efforts and what’s driving agencies toward a more digital government.

We are a group of former Federal IT leaders, technology industry executives, and journalists. We believe the technology priorities embraced by the next President of the United States will be central to our nation’s ability to remain secure, competitive, open, innovative, and responsive to the needs of citizens. That is why we are endorsing Hillary Clinton for President of the United States.