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OMB wants to support 'first movers' to emerging technologies

FedScoop: As the federal government plots its course in the adoption of emerging technologies, the Office of Management and Budget wants to provide air cover for “first movers” to pilot new tech at their agencies, Deputy U.S. CIO Margie Graves said.

“What we do is to look at those new emerging technologies and to find ways that we either sponsor within an agency — call it the ‘first mover’ in a certain arena — and we actually get money to the table or we provide support and air cover and legislation that allows these agencies to adopt and go and demonstrate how these technologies are working in their mission space,” Graves explained at AFCEA’s Law Enforcement and Public Safety Technology Forum.

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