D.C.-based attorney Dillon Guthrie joins the podcast| FedScoop
The disclosure comes after Amazon said in 2020 that it would institute a moratorium on police use of Rekognition.| FedScoop
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The Government Accountability Office found that a handful of agencies need to take additional steps to maintain a successful telework program.| FedScoop
As federal agencies continue to confront the impact of Friday’s worldwide IT incident, Congress signals future action.| FedScoop
Security chiefs at OPM, Interior and USCIS reflect on budgetary and cultural challenges ahead of a Sept. 30 due date to implement zero trust architecture.| FedScoop
A memo from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services raises concerns about the extent to which the Elon Musk-led group could access personal information related to immigration.| FedScoop
The White House also took a moment to document its progress on goals related to the tech.| FedScoop
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Evans, currently CISA’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, has been nominated as undersecretary for management at DHS.| FedScoop
One year after the White House released its landmark EO, agency tech leaders assess what’s working with AI and what’s coming next.| FedScoop
The agency often communicates with the FBI and TSA on transportation-related cyber challenges.| FedScoop
The agency made public 29 deployed use cases that are safety- or rights-impacting, with another 10 on the way.| FedScoop
A new DHS OIG report found massive drops in the use of the cyber agency’s Automated Indicator Sharing capability.| FedScoop
The cyber agency’s strategy document for PQC migration details how inventory tools should be used by agencies.| FedScoop
The cyber agency’s senior adviser for AI played “a central role” in efforts including CISA’s AI roadmap and a pilot for AI-enabled vulnerability detection.| FedScoop
Lisa Einstein, the cyber agency’s chief AI officer, made the case at two D.C. events for “strong human processes” when using the technology.| FedScoop
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign is displayed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) | FedScoop
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign is displayed at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) | FedScoop
CISA was paying employees without mission-critical cybersecurity backgrounds as part of a program for retaining cyber talent.| FedScoop
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The front of the U.S. Treasury building on Jan. 3, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J.David Ake/Getty Images)| FedScoop
Zach Whitman of the General Services Administration speaks during AI Talks on April 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo) | FedScoop
The departure of King follows exits from Treasury’s CTO and CISO and a host of other IT leaders throughout the Trump administration.| FedScoop
Corcos’ appointment to the position comes as several top IT leaders have left the department.| FedScoop
The CIO role at the VA is one of two in the federal government that requires Senate confirmation.| FedScoop
The Department of Commerce’s safety-centered AI organization will instead become the Center for AI Standards and Innovation.| FedScoop
The administration proposes that agencies “sweep” unused money to send to the TMF instead of calling on Congress for annual appropriations.| FedScoop
Though he’s leaving the role, he’ll stay on as an adviser to the intelligence agency.| FedScoop
Modernizing technology, centralizing data, and automation were among plans floated by Lutnick in response to bipartisan concern over National Weather Service staffing.| FedScoop
Salesforce joins Microsoft, Google and Adobe as the latest commercial tech vendor to enter an agreement with GSA to lower the cost of software licenses for federal agencies in 2025.| FedScoop
A top GSA acquisition official emphasized that while value-added resellers won’t be eliminated, the model could be “somewhat disruptive.”| FedScoop
In a class-action appeal, the terminated members say GSA lacked a “valid reason” for firing them and targeted them as an act of “retaliation” for their political beliefs.| FedScoop
U.S. Judge Susan Illston’s preliminary injunction prevents the administration from carrying out reorganizations and staff reductions at multiple agencies.| FedScoop
Two recent Trump administration executive orders illustrate the risks and rewards of emergent drone technology.| FedScoop
The decision dissolves the temporary pause the court placed on the deadline for workers to accept the Trump administration’s offer.| FedScoop
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Demonstrators stand outside the Office of Personnel Management headquarters Feb. 4 to protest the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency and a “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers from the OPM called “Fork in the Road.” (Photo by Madison Alder) | FedScoop
The National Science Foundation terminated the employees Tuesday, the agency confirmed.| FedScoop
The statement comes after reports that federal agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, were preparing to or had fired probationary workers.| FedScoop
Elon Musk, who oversees the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wears a “Tech Support” t-shirt as he speaks during the first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term, on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
While the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and other key CHIPS Act agencies would see boosts under Biden’s request, it still falls short of congressional authorizations.| FedScoop
The new law provides roughly $52.7 billion to help drive semiconductor research and innovation.| FedScoop
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on the department’s budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
In a letter to Howard Lutnick, leading tech associations say downsizing NIST “will have ramifications” for the country’s ability to lead on AI.| FedScoop
Modernizing federal systems — and reaping the efficiencies that come with that — requires expedited federal hiring.| FedScoop
Hackers are believed to have accessed the agency's Constant Contact email marketing service account.| FedScoop
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The agency is leaning heavily into the new technology, with a goal of hiring 50 AI experts throughout the year.| FedScoop
The White House is giving federal employees until Feb. 6 to accept the offer, President Trump’s latest move to drastically cut the government’s workforce.| FedScoop
The free electronic filing program has been targeted by Senate and House GOP lawmakers and the tax preparation industry since its 2024 launch.| FedScoop
The department’s deputy inspector general said the audit will examine access and security controls on Bureau of Fiscal Service systems.| FedScoop
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The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images) | FedScoop
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speaks during an event on Health Technology in the East Room of the White House as U.S. President Donald Trump and Acting Administrator of the United States Department of Government Efficiency Amy Gleason listen on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) | FedScoop
In an email obtained by FedScoop, Rajiv Uppal said his last day will be April 28.| FedScoop
A GOP policy rider zeroes out funding for government-run tax preparation software, a week after the agency said its free electronic filing program would be made permanent.| FedScoop
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The Trump administration has already hit the tax agency with thousands of firings.| FedScoop
When combined with retirements and deferred resignation, HHS’s workforce is set to go from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees.| FedScoop
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration who spoke to FedScoop believe that information from a recent “data call” on critical and essential systems informed staff reductions.| FedScoop
Some House Democrats have criticized the group’s access to IT systems, including those at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.| FedScoop
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Part of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate| FedScoop
Previously undisclosed use cases include an ICE facial recognition system and technology for identifying “proof of life".| FedScoop
Treasury's interest in these AI tools comes as its IT workforce has been slimmed under the Trump administration.| FedScoop
Nand Mulchandani, as then-acting director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, briefs reporters. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) | FedScoop
The decision is a blow to attempts by unions to prevent the mass firings of federal probationary workers.| FedScoop
DOE’s national labs play a big role in the TEST AI Act, which would establish a testbed pilot to develop and refine measurement standards used to assess AI systems.| FedScoop
The exits of the department’s CTO and CISO come amid major turnover in the agency’s IT shop.| FedScoop
The federal court order follows another win for probationary employees who challenged their terminations before the Merit Systems Protection Board.| FedScoop
The human capital agency updated guidance to say it’s “not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions.”| FedScoop
Deletions include a Facebook ad system used for collecting media clips and behavioral analytics for online surveys.| FedScoop
The new total more than doubles the figure from last year. Of those use cases, 227 were labeled rights- or safety-impacting.| FedScoop
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The Biden administration’s release of AI use case inventories is “a step” in the right direction, but tech policy experts have suggestions for ways to improve the government’s database.| FedScoop
The clarification comes after the U.S. Department of Transportation previously included ChatGPT in a public list of AI use cases.| FedScoop
Many of the roughly 180 artificial intelligence use cases recently reported by the Department of Energy began development or acquisition between 2017 and 2023.| FedScoop
The new Biden executive order instructs agencies to name people to the position.| FedScoop
Dorothy Aronson, the National Science Foundation chief data officer, has been selected to also serve as the agency’s chief artificial intelligence officer.| FedScoop
Pentagon, U.S. military| FedScoop
The memo and a corresponding framework for governance outline next steps for the federal government on advancing AI in national security.| FedScoop
A view of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23, 2022. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
As Washington putters on AI watermarking legislation, TikTok and Adobe are leading the way with transparency standards.| FedScoop
A sign marks the entrance to the Department of Commerce headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) | FedScoop
The Office of Science and Technology Policy highlighted efforts from federal agencies to support child online safety and privacy.| FedScoop
The Office of Science and Technology Policy also teased next steps for upskilling staff and recruiting talent.| FedScoop
White House officials said their 2050 cross-sector plan is aimed at bolstering competitiveness and diversifying the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine fields.| FedScoop
As the Biden administration teases a new AI executive order, federal agencies are still catching up with 2020 AI rules issued by the Trump administration.| FedScoop
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President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room flanked by Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank, Larry Ellison, executive charmain of Oracle, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the White House on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
Requiring the release of custom AI code, designating an “AI Talent Lead,” and extending deadlines were among the changes made to the final version of a White House memo on AI governance.| FedScoop
The Government Accountability Office finds “instances of incomplete and inaccurate data” in agencies’ artificial intelligence inventories and reveals about 1,200 total uses of AI reported by the agencies it analyzed.| FedScoop
New AI-enabled platforms promise to revolutionize scientific and governmental research — and unleash new considerations for federal agencies, says a new report.| FedScoop
The White House is pictured on the night of Nov. 8, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas / AFP via Getty Images) | FedScoop
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Long-awaited EO calls for new regulatory strategies for federal use of the technology and more AI jobs within the government, among many other provisions.| FedScoop