About - Staff Member - Megan Petersen
Megan Petersen
Megan Petersen serves as 91快活林’s Senior Vice President of Policy, Public Sector and Counsel. She works closely with 91快活林 member companies to develop and advocate for positions on policies, legislation, and regulations governing the acquisition, adoption, and implementation of innovative capabilities by federal civilian and defense agencies.
Megan brings years of federal government experience in IT acquisition and related issues and policies. Most recently, she served as Counsel to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In this role, Megan advised the CIO on developing and implementing FBI programs for supply chain risk management, cloud adoption and migration, data management, cybersecurity, and acquiring innovative technologies.
Megan previously served as an FBI procurement attorney, where she advised contracting officers on all aspects of acquiring and managing IT services, hardware, and software. She also worked as an FBI contracting officer, awarding and administering large IT services contracts and enterprise license agreements.
Megan began her government career with the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. She focused on legal and policy issues relating to contingency contracting practices across the Department of Defense, Department of State, and United States Agency for International Development.
Megan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from University of California, Davis, and a Juris Doctor from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She completed extensive volunteer legal work in Kampala, Uganda.
Blog posts by Megan Petersen
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Modernizing Acquisition is One Step Toward Government-Wide Tech Modernization
December 16, 2025
A Series Examining the Implications of the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation Reform Effort Federal acquisitions of commercial technologies are frequently criticized as being slower, more complicated, ...
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The Shutdown Is Over. How Did It Impact Government Acquisition Reform?
November 25, 2025
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended. Full or even partial government 鈥渟hutdowns鈥� can impact agency missions and the delivery of efficient and reliable government services. A lapse ...
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Change is Coming: What the Tech Industry Expects from the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
September 25, 2025
A Series Examining the Implications of the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulation Reform Effort The U.S. government鈥檚 monumental effort to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 鈥� the playbook ...
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Rewriting the Rules of Government Acquisition for Innovation
August 7, 2025
41 years old. 2,600+ pages. 53 Parts. What do these numbers have in common? They all describe the current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the comprehensive regulatory framework used by the U.S. government ...
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Section 5949鈥檚 Semiconductor Ban is a Major Roadblock for U.S. Government Contracts
August 1, 2024
Section 5949 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 represents one of the most comprehensive supply chain restrictions applied to U.S. government contracts. This section ...