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Welcome to The Wrap for Monday, December 23! We've got everything you need to know today, from Fed's 2025 pay raise to FedRAMP's 2025 fee. Read the full newsletter at the link below:

Welcome to The Wrap for Friday, December 20! We've got everything you need to know today, including an exclusive the 17 tech teams who took home medals at MeriTalk's FITARA awards. Read the full newsletter at the link below:

Flexibility + Security = Hybrid Multi-Cloud 🌐 Discover how government can harness the power of hybrid multi-cloud solutions to optimize workloads and ensure seamless IT operations. Key benefits include: • Powerful functionality • Disaster recovery and high availability • Vendor choice Watch the video with Citrix to learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4giBrsV #HybridMultiCloud #CloudSolutions #GovIT #ITLeadership

Welcome to The Wrap for Thursday, December 19! We've got everything you need to know today, from Federal agencies' work on 1,700 use cases for artificial intelligence tech in 2024 to OMB's $100 billion in savings through the work of category management. Read the full newsletter below:

Update on Fed #AI 🚀 Office of Management and Budget released the 2024 Consolidated Federal AI Use Case Inventory yesterday – and it’s good news. Use cases have more than doubled this year, up from 710 in 2023 to 1,757 in 2024, with 46% tagged as "mission-enabling." Full inventory here: https://lnkd.in/g65pH5xm

#TechTonic, MeriTalk’s premier networking event, is tonight 🥂 We’re bringing together tech leaders, innovators, and enthusiasts for cutting-edge discussions on tech trends and our #FITARA Awards. There’s still time to register: https://bit.ly/3ZAg13C

Welcome to The Wrap for Wednesday, December 18! We've got everything you need to know today, from today's new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency guidance to protect “highly targeted” individuals against the cyber espionage activity of Salt Typhoon to the House Task Force's 253-page report on an “agile approach” to #AI. Read the full newsletter below:

#Federal agencies are prioritizing strategies to modernize operations and enhance constituent trust. Platforms like #Salesforce, backed by #FedRAMP Authorized solutions, empower agencies to replace outdated systems with streamlined, secure, and data-centric cloud technology. #Federal technology leaders should use FedRAMP Authorized solutions such as those from Own Company to adapt from arcane legacy technology to mission-centric and cost-effective cloud-based systems in a more rapid, consistent, and secure manner. Read More: https://bit.ly/3VKw4e4

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are crucial to government operations, but too many customizations can create inefficiencies. Join us at the ServiceNow Federal Forum on Feb. 12, 2025, in National Harbor, Md., to hear from experts like Thomas (Tom) Bruss, Managing Director ServiceNow Business Group, Accenture Global IT Platform Architect, Accenture and Adarryl Roberts, chief information officer, Defense Logistics Agency on how #AI, #automation, and low-code tools are optimizing #ERP systems, improving user experience, and cutting down on technical debt. Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4fbh8MV

👉 MeriTalk #TechTonic, our bi-monthly power networking event, is back tomorrow, December 19, at Morton's The Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. We’ll be joined by Fed CIOs for our #FITARA Awards. Register for a night of collaboration, celebration, and holiday fun☃️: https://bit.ly/4fdw90M ⁃ View our FITARA Dashboard to get the same great content as the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR)'s IT Scorecard, but a bit easier on the eyes: https://bit.ly/3VDwJho