Federal AI Landscape

Insights from the field.

Practitioner commentary on federal data and AI: OMB and NIST guidance, readiness, governance, and adoption. Written by the people doing the work, not marketing.

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Data FoundationJun 2026

The data layer is where AI pilots die

Most stalled federal AI programs fail before the model. A field view of the quality, lineage, and readiness gaps that sink them.

EnablementJun 2026

Access is not adoption: the federal AI workforce gap

Standing up tools is the easy part. Why behavior change is the real last mile, and how to measure it.

GovernanceMay 2026

Reading the NIST AI RMF as an operator, not a lawyer

A practitioner's take on turning the risk framework into controls your team can actually run.

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