We must significantly overhaul our compliance requirements and how they’re enforced and implemented.

"It's something we take for granted, but the water sector is one part of the national infrastructure of resources," said Dave Hinchman.

The nearly $400 million, 10-year contract is expected to deliver a single, governmentwide system for agencies to manage their human resources capabilities.

Bisignano stated that the SSA has cut phone wait times by 75% under his leadership, fixed frustrating website issues and served 50% more people.

Update federal patch timelines to reflect the reality that disclosure-to-exploitation windows are now measured in hours, not weeks.

Michael Garland, a federal procurement expert, explains why agencies should take steps now to avoid “emotional and cognitive incumbency” of AI tools.

CDC's Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology is on a mission to build a smarter, faster, more connected public health data infrastructure.

"Our adversaries, our foreign adversaries definitely have been taking some of our most precious IP in this country," said Emil Sayegh.

Instead of monolithic, all-in-one platforms, the Pentagon is shifting toward a model that looks more like modern cloud architecture.

A true agentic enterprise requires a fabric that connects goals to workflows, workflows to agents, agents to data and systems, and every action to governance.

"A large volume of the claims indicate that these billing issues could be widespread across lots of different types of providers overall," said Kari Lowery.

Technical skills still matter, but training the next generation of federal IT professionals must center on empathy and soft skills.

The imperative now is ensuring mission-critical data is validated through sources the adversary cannot reach or manipulate.

"The capabilities evolve very rapidly, so you can see new models get released fairly frequently with new potential capabilities," said Valerie Wirtschafter.

The shift to an agentic AI-powered ROC is more than just a technical upgrade; it is a strategic necessity.

AI is accelerating health IT integration, empowering providers and patients alike to more easily access and utilize data, according to Dr. Stephen Ferrara.

Digital accessibility is not a static achievement, but an ongoing commitment to the public that must evolve alongside technology.

In an era where adversaries use AI to scale their attacks exponentially, relying solely on human-speed defense is no longer a viable strategy.

5G is not just an upgrade to communication speed; it is the enabling technology for military superiority in a contested battlespace.

Demonstrating how agentic AI can empower the federal workforce illustrates the art of what's possible, according to Chris Kraft, Secret Service CIO.

We are entering an era where vulnerabilities are discovered at machine scale, far outstripping the human capacity to fix them.

Booz Allen and Future Tech leaders share how using hybrid design, edge AI and GPUs can accelerate secure federal AI deployment.

The agencies that benefit most will be the ones that treat governance as operating infrastructure.

A former VA clinician told lawmakers that new facilities adopting the new EHR are seeing the “exact same problems” as earlier deployments.

Agencies that manage assets effectively deliberately treat asset management as a governance function, not an administrative one–and invest accordingly.

"Rather than it being a separate domain, it is now part of a whole-of-state response and a whole-of-state action in those conflict situations," Kat Sommer said.

Inefficient data infrastructures carry economic costs, require more physical servers, more power and more cooling to brute-force the same problems.

Three agencies are turning OMB’s acquisition and consolidation policies into action by implementing these new approaches into solicitations

The strategy is a strong foundation. The harder question is what comes next.

As modernization initiatives expand system complexity and connectivity, ensuring identity and access controls keep pace will be essential.