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Government Contractors May See Changes in Cybersecurity and IT Procurement

July 6, 2017 By Jessica Sharron

On Monday, June 19, 2017, President Trump’s newly established American Technology Council met for the first time at the White House to begin discussions on modernizing government information technology (IT) systems. As President Trump reportedly stated during the meeting, “Our goal is to lead a sweeping transformation of the federal government’s technology that will deliver dramatically better services for citizens.… Government needs to catch up with the technology revolution.” Executives from companies such as Amazon, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Akamai, and Microsoft were in attendance. When [...]Read more

Filed Under: Information Technology, IP and Research in the Government World Tagged With: American Technology Counsel, Cybersecurity, Executive Order, Information Technology, President Trump, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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