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AP News Summary at 2:23 p.m. ESTAdministrations come and go. Priorities shift and new ones emerge. But there is one constant in the federal market – disruption. “The core missions of the agencies don’t change, but everyday there is disruption,” said Richard Crowe, president of Booz Allen Hamilton's civil sector. “We are in an age of constant change because of technology.” Crowe said change and disruption are normal with any new administration, but added he sees things as settling down. With this second Trump term, Crowe expects more of a focus on modernization and efficiency. Those were major themes of the first Trump term. “We saw a significant increase in implementing IT modernization across many, many agencies during the first term,” Crowe said. “Given what we are hearing publicly from the transition team, those themes are going to carry forward.” No matter what happens in the White House and with a Republican-controlled Congress, Crowe said that Booz Allen will follow the guideposts it has followed throughout its 110-year history. One of them is focusing on the outcomes its customers want to realize. Applying technology to those outcomes remains a critical component of Booz Allen’s strategy regardless of who is in the White House, he said. “I have a bias to growth, so I look for things that are going to grow,” Crowe said. “IT modernization will be a driver and catalyst of change.” The concept of migrating systems and applications to the cloud will be a big part of that strategy. While that is not a new concepts, there is still a lot to be done. “Once you start migrating to the cloud, then you’re in a better position to organize your data and use your data in ways that you haven’t been able to before,” Crowe said. “Once you have your data more readily available and assembled, then you can start thinking about things like automation.” Data modernization is the next wave in government efficiency because it will enable greater use of artificial intelligence which will enable automation, according to Crowe. Through acquisitions and internal investments, Booz Allen has become a major provider of AI in the federal market. The company has built complementary practices around the cloud, digital transformation, and AI. Booz Allen is also three years into its – an acronym of Velocity, Leadership and Technology. “It has crystalized our culture and how we are a digital disruptor in this space, and how we think about problem solving,” Crowe said. “We’re thinking about the problems of efficiency and how to apply technology to existing conditions that even five years ago, you couldn’t solve.” One example is a , where Booz Allen partnered with Amazon Web Services to implement a tech search capability for helping adjudicate benefits faster. Tech search uses AI and other tools to quickly scan and analyze large volumes of data in documents, such as PDFs and other file types. “These files can cover a veteran’s entire career. It can be hundreds and hundreds of static pages,” Crowe said. “We’re able to do tech searching and save literally hundreds of hours.” The result is a quicker process that yields better results. “Think about being able to search a 1,300-page PDF and you start finding things that you need to find to validate a claim,” Crowe said. “That’s a game changer for the adjudicator and think about the impact for the veteran.” One big piece of Booz Allen's strategy is to work with global commercial technology providers such as AWS, Microsoft and Salesforce. But to stay on the disruptive edge, Booz Allen also has that focuses on startups with promising technologies. “We aren’t static and waiting for what the big guys can provide us, but we also have one of the most active venture funds in the industry,” Crowe said. Booz Allen has made more than a dozen investments into companies whose solutions can be brought into customer challenges, he said. One of those saw Booz Allen participate in a $33 million Series A round for that specializes in spotting deep fakes. Booz Allen is also one of several investors in , a developer of a cloud-based software for national security programs. “I think it’s a strategic asset for us to have a corporate venture fund getting us into what’s next from a technology standpoint,” Crowe said. Booz Allen wants to be on the leading edge of disruptive technologies because eventually those tools will become the norm, Crowe said. AI is one of those areas where he wants the company to continue developing deep expertise. “I want more of our workforce to not only be fluent in AI as a user, but to be leaders, driving mission outcomes for our clients,” he said. As Crowe sees it, the key is to think of AI as more than just a tool but as a mission enabler. “A lot of it is, are you asking the right questions to solve the problem? And if you ask the right questions that will lead to what data sets do you need to answer those questions,” Crowe said. Under the VoLT strategy, Booz Allen’s pathway to success relies on matching its consulting heritage with the knowledge of emerging technologies. “Getting an AI fluent workforce is not just about getting people who can train a large language model but being comfortable with these tools to solve problems that we were never able to address as quickly or as effectively before,” he said.

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's attorney general pickFor the last several years, Jrue Holiday has been the guy who you trade for to win a championship. He has been a winner throughout his entire career, and now, the Spurs might have a player just like him on their roster. The best part is the Spurs drafted Stephon Castle in the 2024 draft, and he is proving his value in his rookie season. Crucially, they now have him for a cheap price for the foreseeable future. Fans around the league might not have heard of him, but his name will become popular sooner rather than later. The Spurs Have Found Their Jrue Holiday: Stephon Castle On the last episode of the Hoop Collective, the hosts talked about how the Spurs have been much better this season. Some of the reasons are they got veterans like Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes , but they also struck gold with their latest draft pick. ESPN reporter Tim MacMahon is among the latest people to praise Stephon. He said, “We’re going to learn how to say this guy’s name because he’s a really, really good player and you can’t necessarily always see it looking at the box score. He has had some good shooting nights lately, but his shooting numbers overall are not good. He is a winner, a national champion at UConn, and a hell of a defensive player. We’ll see how good of a scorer he becomes, but he impacts winning as a defender. He reminds me a lot of Jrue Holiday when you talk about all those things that Jrue does that impact winning. He’s got a chance to be a pretty dynamite two-way player.” Later on, MacMahon talked about how Spurs coaches value Castle and praise him. He mentioned an interview with Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, in which Johnson praised Castle’s demeanor and spectacular defensive plays. MacMahon said, “He’s stone-faced also like Jrue Holiday and when something goes wrong, he doesn’t get rattled and he is a really impressive rookie.” Castle and Wemby – Defensive Duo of the Future Stephon is playing another impactful player on the defensive end, Victor Wembanyama . Last year, the Spurs were 21st in defensive rating. This year, as of November 26th, they are 9th in defensive rating . They allow 110.6 points per 100 possessions. Of course, Stephon is not the only one responsible for such a jump, but he and Victor have a chance to be a special defensive duo. Impressively, Wemby and Castle post a 104.8 defensive rating when they are on the court together. At just 20 years of age, Castle is playing defensive chess with opponents, asserting himself as the best perimeter defender of his rookie class. Wemby is the backline guy, and Castle is the point-of-attack guy. Teams around the league will have to get used to that. The interesting part is that the Spurs can improve their defense even more. For example, they are allowing 15.4 second-chance points , which puts them at 25th spot in the league. With Victor in the paint, that shouldn’t be the case. They are also 20th in allowed fast break points, another area they can improve thanks to Castle. What About his Scoring? For the season, Castle has been averaging 10.9 points on 39.4% shooting from the floor. But his slow scoring start is a reason for that when he averaged only 5.2 points on 28.9% shooting over the first six games. Over the last nine games, however, he is averaging 15.3 points and 5.0 assists on 44% shooting from the floor. Rookies often have up-and-down periods when it comes to shooting, but Stephon can hang his hat on defense. Is the Jrue Holiday Comparison Real? When Jrue came into the league in 2009, teams were not shooting as many threes as they are today. Even then, Holiday was an amazing defender for his position, and similar to Castle, not a great scorer. During his rookie season, Jrue averaged only 8 points on 44% shooting. Yet, he also averaged 1.1 steals and 2.6 rebounds and was a pesky defender. Stephon might not end up being Jrue Holiday, but the Spurs are known for finding and developing these pesky and gritty players. After all, they had Bruce Bowen and Stephen Jackson on their roster. This article first appeared on Last Word On Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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