ORI’s Tech in Motion Newsletter | January 2026
The Year of Execution Over Experimentation
Welcome to 2026, a year where the conversation has already shifted from “What can AI do?” to “How do we scale AI responsibly and realize a return on investments?”
The January edition of ORI’s Tech in Motion LinkedIn Newsletter explores the major themes defining the public sector tech landscape as agencies graduate from novel tools to readiness, governance, and scale.
As federal agencies turn from AI experimentation to large-scale operationalization, this month’s topics include:
- How 2026 missions are being shaped by:
- Operationalizing AI and agentic systems
- The intersection of AI governance and cybersecurity
- Geopolitics and domestic tech resilience
- Autonomy and geospatial intelligence at scale
- The lowdown on Qlik’s Trends 2026 Outlook (now available on demand), including 12 trends built around 4 pillars underpinning 1 new framework for rewiring AI for ROI
- Voxel51’s analysis on why vision AI models fail in the real world—even when they look perfect on paper
- Why it’s time to make the switch to Qlik Talend before Informatica PowerCenter 10.5 support ends on March 31
- In-person and virtual industry events on the docket for February
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