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The revolving door for tech officials at Trump’s DHS

IT leaders at the agency have flirted with the boundaries of ethical and legal limits with various ties to federal contractors, government experts say.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

The Anduril logo is seen at the company’s booth during the 34th International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) at Targi Kielce in Kielce, Poland. (Photo by Marek Antoni Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Former DHS CIO lands back at Anduril

Workforce

By Lindsey Wilkinson

GSA building — The General Services Administration headquarters in April 2012. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Hallelujah’: Stakeholders react with praise and concern to GSA AI acquisitions clause

Acquisition

By K. Sophie Will

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CIOs often underestimated investment risks on IT dashboard, GAO says

By Matt Bracken
VA piloting CLEAR identity verification on its website

By K. Sophie Will
Work needed to fortify systems against quantum threats, watchdog says

By Madison Alder
The government is buying AI by the token. It should buy results.

By Savan Kong
CFPB can’t say if it secured IT assets at regional offices it vacated, OIG says

By Matt Bracken

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What outer space teaches federal agencies about secure AI infrastructure

Agencies have to consider changes in how AI infrastructure is evaluated and how risk is managed.

By Jim Nottingham

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New TMF investments: $83M for agentic AI, fast environmental reviews and more

Four new investments at the departments of State, Agriculture and Transportation aim to speed up permitting and integrate artificial intelligence into the agency’s tech portfolio.

By K. Sophie Will

The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Watchdog: IRS skipped step meant to prevent ‘unnecessary spending’ on procurement hub

The agency’s “expedited” deployment of a platform to track costs as part of the Trump admin’s “defend the spend” initiative bypassed the market research phase, TIGTA found.

By Matt Bracken

People wait in a security line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 12, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

TSA’s weak IT access controls increased likelihood of ‘catastrophic damage,’ watchdog finds

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general office identified vulnerabilities that could enable an attacker to compromise networks and access sensitive information.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Why federal agencies need to rethink trusted access in the age of AI

By Gary Barlet

Bill to scrap education requirements in federal contracting jobs heads to Trump’s desk

By Matt Bracken

GSA issued an AI acquisition policy for new contracts. Here’s what it says.

By K. Sophie Will

Fed employee repeatedly removed sensitive files, watchdog finds

By Matt Bracken

ICE IT shop looks to build ‘agentic software factory’

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

How embedded AI is redefining federal leadership

By Scoop News Group

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

Podcasts

Why the CIO role is increasingly more about business than technology

By FedScoop Staff

Inside GSA’s new AI acquisition policy

By FedScoop Staff

Carter Farmer tapped as next Federal CIO

By FedScoop Staff

Driving federal data policy from the outside-in

By FedScoop Staff

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Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the Small Business Administration, testifies during her Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

SBA gets another push to step up its AI game

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Google extends GSA OneGov deal for Gemini

The logo for the National Nuclear Security Administration on the final day of the Great American State Fair, on July 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. NNSA falls under the Department of Energy. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

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

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

President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order related to the America.gov website during an event to unveil the website, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on Sept 29, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

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

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

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 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

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

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.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrive to push protesters back as cars enter and leave the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 12, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters

The General Services Administration building is pictured in Washington on Nov. 9, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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

A sign is displayed outside of the Internal Revenue Service building on Aug. 9, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

IRS mired in backlog of identity theft cases, report finds

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