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John Curran

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John Curran is MeriTalk's Managing Editor covering the intersection of government and technology.

A bill introduced in the House this week would task the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) with “formally” identifying foreign agencies, people, and other groups that are responsible for recent attacks against the United States and directs a separate effort to improve the current distribution of attack attribution data. […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Dec.1 that a majority of its commissioners approved the agency taking legal action against edtech services provider Illuminate following a breach, “which allowed hackers to access the personal data of more than 10 million students.” […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is on the prowl through Dec. 19 to identify potential cuts to federal agency senior executive rosters in line with a White House executive order issued in October of this year. […]

Stephen Ehikian – one of the driving forces behind implementing the General Services Administration’s (GSA) OneGov initiative – has been named chief executive officer at C3 AI, a Redwood City, Calif.-based enterprise artificial intelligence software company, according to a Sept. 3 announcement from the company. […]

Tech Tonic September 2025
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) on Thursday announced the launch of its new Integrated Data Systems and Services (NSF IDSS) program to build national-scale data systems and selected 10 datasets for integration into the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot. […]

CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Aug. 26 rolled out a new web-based tool that the agency said can help IT industry decision makers, procurement officials, and software suppliers “strengthen cybersecurity practices throughout the software procurement lifecycle.” […]

John Curran
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