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EPA Chief Information Officer Carter Farmer appears on an episode of Fed Gov Today on Jan. 18, 2026. (Screenshot)

EPA CIO Carter Farmer picked to be the new federal CIO, sources say

Farmer would replace the Trump administration’s former top IT official, Greg Barbaccia, who left the office in August.

By K. Sophie Will Madison Alder

Exterior of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building on March 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

ICE IT shop looks to build ‘agentic software factory’

AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson

In this photo illustration, a Google Gemini logo is seen displayed on a smartphone on the top of a laptop. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Google extends GSA OneGov deal for Gemini

AI

By K. Sophie Will

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SBA gets another push to step up its AI game

By Matt Bracken
Trump launches AI-fueled America.gov in bid to tie government services together

By Madison Alder
Websites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSA

By Madison Alder
Agencies largely stonewall GAO on audit of DOGE’s data practices

By Matt Bracken
NNSA, counter-drone task force create framework for data sharing

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Popular Stories

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, accompanied by Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford, right, speaks during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sept. 28, 2026 in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

FAA asks Congress for $30B to finish air traffic control modernization

The call for additional investment is $10 billion more than the Department of Transportation previously said it would need.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

The Internal Revenue building is seen on Aug. 18, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Data documentation for IRS’s AI use cases is lacking, watchdog finds

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found inconsistencies in how the IRS tracks its procedures for evaluating data quality checks in high-impact AI models.

By Matt Bracken

Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano testifies during a hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on April 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

IRS launches new mobile app for individual tax services

Users can check refund statuses, balance statements and more in the app that replaces IRS2Go and that the agency’s CEO says advances the IRS’s “digital-first agenda.”

By Matt Bracken

A sign marks the location of the General Services Administration headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

A Trump team wants to automate U.S. Web Design System accessibility testing. Experts are worried.

GitHub community and accessibility experts are concerned about a reversal of progress amid potential AI reliance and plans to “automate as much accessibility testing as possible.”

By Madison Alder

ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Some GSA tech workers may be reassigned, given option to leave agency, email shows

By K. Sophie Will

IRS mired in backlog of identity theft cases, report finds

By Matt Bracken

USPTO has over 20 AI capabilities with more coming, CIO says

By K. Sophie Will

DHS plans ‘large investments’ in biosurveillance as it ramps up capabilities

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Insights

How to build observability for the agentic AI era

By Scoop News Group

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From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

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Turning defense workforce data into mission readiness

By James Herubin

Why unified data services are key to helping agencies escape AI ‘pilot purgatory’

By Scoop News Group

Videos

Why AI modernization doesn’t require the perfect enterprise overhaul

By Scoop News Group

‘Don’t let your AI strategy outpace your network strategy,’ say tech experts

By Scoop News Group

How Tennessee is using cloud and AI to modernize state services

By Scoop News Group

Balancing AI innovation with federal compliance and human oversight

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Carter Farmer tapped as next Federal CIO

By FedScoop Staff

Driving federal data policy from the outside-in

By FedScoop Staff

Trump’s America.gov goes live in bid to tie government services together using AI

By FedScoop Staff

Mobile driver’s licenses are now accepted on Login-dot-gov for ID verification

By FedScoop Staff

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A Utah Department of Motor Vehicle employee shows a sample of a digital driver’s license on a mobile phone at a Harmons Grocery store on Aug. 4, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Mobile driver’s licenses now widely accepted at Login-dot-gov for ID verification

Two individuals looking at technology — Graphic courtesy of Intel

Why federal leaders must reclaim the economics of AI

Sign for the 988 Lifeline mental health emergency hotline, Walnut Creek, California, on Dec. 20, 2024. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

HHS suicide, crisis lifeline needs cybersecurity improvements, watchdog finds

Department of Veterans Affairs seal, VA — (Diane Cordell / Flickr)

30,000-plus veterans affected by Baylor Genetics’ cybersecurity breach

A flight information display board shows several flights cancelled at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on August 27, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

FAA unveils AI aviation data tool in Washington airspace

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Inside the bipartisan backlash to the $27 billion VA-Oracle EHRM contract blindsiding Congress

A demonstrator holds a sign to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol on May 5, 2022 in Madison, Wis. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Interior to use facial recognition AI for missing and murdered persons, human trafficking cases

A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Despite upgrades, IRS cyber program still ‘not effective,’ watchdog says

Anthropic extends its GSA OneGov deal for Claude by one month

Dario Gil stands in front of IBM Q System One on Oct. 18, 2019 at the company’s research facility in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (Getty Images)

Energy competition aims to ‘maximize’ US chances in quantum race

Beyer speaks from behind a lectern with a yellow sign on it that reads "Pro-Human Assembly 2026." — Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks during the Pro-Human Assembly at the Marriott Marquis Washington on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Bipartisan coalition calls on House leaders to advance AI guardrails

Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

USDA launches new interactive data insights tool

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on May 7, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House passes bill to give financial agencies a technology boost

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