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TikTok can be on government phones. Managing it comes next.

Agencies disclosed policies for TikTok that range from permissive to blanket prohibitions, following a DOJ opinion allowing the app on government devices.

By Madison Alder

Large lettering marks the main entrance to the General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters on July 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

OneGov AI deals are ending, but behavioral dependency might lock in federal workers

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By K. Sophie Will

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi during her confirmation hearing to be the U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House-passed cyber bill for small businesses gets Senate companion

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TSA agents screen passengers as travelers wait for passenger screening at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

TSA labor union sues agency regarding FOIA delay, Gold+ initiative

The lawsuit alleges TSA hid its privatization plans from the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 47,000 Transportation Security Officers.

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Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

DOGE ‘Wall of Receipts’ padded figures, included baseless claims: watchdog

The Government Accountability Office found DOGE’s supposed cost-cutting tally lacked transparency, including listing savings that came before its launch.

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A USPS mail worker casts a shadow while wheeling boxes near Japanese Cherry Blossom trees in the West Village, amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 07, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

USPS exploring AI in hiring, but reassures humans won’t soon be replaced

The Postal Service is drawing on international AI pilots to streamline operations and potentially save money amid its budget crisis, the Office of the Inspector General said.

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Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and the rest of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hold a business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Senate advances bill to eliminate education requirements in federal contracting jobs

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in a 10-0 vote.

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House Democrats target ICE, TSA data-sharing in new bill

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Tom Cotton prods Treasury for tax code tweaks to modernize OT

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DHS begins $1.5B spending spree on drone defense

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Senate stopgap would extend TMF’s new project deadline

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Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach victims, with expiration looming

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Elon Musk shows off a shirt that says “DOGE” as he walks on the South Lawn of the white House after stepping off Marine One upon arrival to the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Watchdog finds scant records of DOGE ethics training, financial disclosures

The FBI shows some of the drones agents confiscated during the World Cup on July 29, 2026. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

FBI counter-drone training isn’t keeping pace with demand

The General Services Administration (GSA) building is pictured in Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2016. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

FedRAMP director put on admin leave after veterans’ hiring preference comments

Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., embrace during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 16, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hold a hearing on July 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Tech-focused taxpayer services bill clears Senate Finance Committee

A Wing Delivery Drone is displayed at a news conference on drone safety at the Department of Transportation Headquarters on August 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Department of Transportation officials held a news conference to unveil a proposed new rule for drone operators, called Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), which would make it easier for companies, specifically delivery companies, to operate drones beyond the operator’s line of sight without needing a waiver. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DOT pushes back on drone industry calls for speedy rules

Industry tech professionals (from left to right) Jonathan Entwistle, Sanjeev Pulapaka, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Felipe Millon join General Services Administration Chief AI Officer Zach Whitman at the GSA’s Federal Emerging Technology Showcase held in the Interior Department’s Yates Auditorium on July 30, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

Federal IT leaders to agencies: collaborate, use AI to rethink workflows

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally in front of the Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Judge rejects move to dismiss case on DOGE access to Treasury, OPM data

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Homeland Security plans to add more AI to FOIA processing

A bronze plaque marks the main entrance to the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters building on July 23, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

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