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); //]]>//--> By John K. Higgins Aug 3, 2021 2:08 PM PT The U.S. government is moving quickly and aggressively to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting both the federal government and the private sector. In a sweeping executive order (EO), President Joseph Biden has directed federal agencies to set up multiple programs designed to mitigate the kinds of recent cybersecurity attacks that have gained national attention. The information technology sector, including companies that are dire...

Major information technology providers opposed to the broadening of class action litigation related to consumer protections have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The companies are hoping the court will strike down a lower court ruling which makes it easier for consumers to file class action suits. The tech companies may not have to wait too long for a decision.

The U.S. government is moving at a brisk pace to launch information technology projects authorized by the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Federal information technology providers are looking for the chance to participate in contracts flowing from the $1 billion allocated by the plan to the governments Technology Modernization Fund.

); //]]>//--> By John K. Higgins Mar 31, 2021 5:00 AM PT Major information technology providers opposed to the broadening of class action litigation related to consumer protections have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The companies are hoping the court will strike down a lower court ruling which makes it easier for consumers to file class action suits. The tech companies may not have to wait too long for a decision. The Supreme Court conducted oral arguments in TransUnion LLC v. Ra...

); //]]>//--> By John K. Higgins May 5, 2021 10:19 AM PT A legal dispute between Google and Oracle over software copyrights has now been decided, with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Google. The Courts decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. was released on April 5, 2021. The decision ended 10 years of tortuous litigation. While the Court definitively addressed the dispute between the two high tech giants, it put aside answering one critical infringement factor. Still, the ruli...

Major information technology providers opposed to the broadening of class action litigation related to consumer protections have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The companies are hoping the court will strike down a lower court ruling which makes it easier for consumers to file class action suits. The tech companies may not have to wait too long for a decision.

); //]]>//--> By John K. Higgins Jan 29, 2021 4:00 AM PT The incoming presidential administration has proposed a stunning increase in support of federal investments in high technology. As part of the administrations plan to deal with the economic impact of COVID-19, the Biden proposal includes $10 billion for various federal information technology programs. The single most visible component of the plan is a proposal to allocate $9 billion for the federal Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). The...

); //]]>//--> By John K. Higgins Mar 9, 2021 6:18 AM PT The United States government is trying to get smarter about getting smart. Throughout the federal government, and especially in defense and national security, artificial intelligence (AI) is getting an increased amount of attention, including the adoption of hefty AI budgets. That should lead to increasing contract opportunities for information technology vendors with high competence in AI. Federal civilian and defense contract spending f...

Nov 23, 2020 6:00 AM PT The rapid expansion in the use of cloud technologies to support remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that the U.S. governments increasingly high rate of cloud adoption will likely be sustained for the next several years. In fact, 2020 was a "historic year" for federal cloud migration, according to Alex Rossino, senior principal research analyst at Deltek. Federal spending on cloud technology reached $6.8 billion in the 2020 federal fiscal year, mo...