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Federal officials tap open-source standard to improve GenAI access to public data

Officials are using a standard known as “Model Context Protocol” to ensure that queries to third-party AI chatbots like ChatGPT are informed by public data.

By Madison Alder

Jeffrey Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, participates in a fireside chat with Jerry McGinn, the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Feb. 4, 2026. (Scoop News Group photo by Miranda Nazzaro)

GSA procurement leader says ‘community readiness’ poses challenge to acquisition overhaul

Acquisition

By Miranda Nazzaro

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., confer during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bills to fund TMF, overhaul IT procurement move forward in House

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By Matt Bracken

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A view of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which served as the headquarters building for the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1975, in Washington, DC, on Dec. 29, 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on December 26 that the FBI has finalized a plan to permanently close the building and move the FBI workforce to a new facility. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI expands AI-powered biometric, facial recognition capabilities, inventory shows

In the past year, the Department of Justice division has added 31 new AI use cases with nearly half enabling law enforcement activities.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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Federal CIO sees website redesign as key to digital services’ ‘one government’ approach

Greg Barbaccia says the National Design Studio is helping to “coalesce” a governmentwide voice for the public online.

By Miranda Nazzaro

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Senators demand answers from Treasury on IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE

A letter led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hammers Treasury’s “refusal to answer basic questions” about the pact and requests responses from Scott Bessent by Feb. 16.

By Matt Bracken

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to speak at an artificial intelligence and energy summit. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump administration withdraws U.S. from global open government initiative

The General Services Administration cited the organization’s support for “LGBTQ+ advocacy, feminism, and climate alarmism” among its reasons the nation dropped its membership.

By Madison Alder

IRS ramps up AI use amid staff cuts, Treasury inventory shows

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Senate Democrats ask DHS watchdog to rein in agency’s surveillance use

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VA watchdog finds data privacy lapses in cancer testing program

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ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security

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National Taxpayer Advocate pins some IRS modernization blame on procurement hurdles

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

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Why automation is key to modernizing federal IT compliance

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Rebuilding the digital bedrock of government

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How AI is moving from dashboards to decision advantage across the Pentagon

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How Virginia is using enterprise IT modernization to improve constituent services

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Why federal agencies are turning to risk-based identity verification

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Bills to fund TMF, overhaul IT procurement move forward in House

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Department of Education tech employees lose union protections

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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)

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Republican lawmakers look to AI for agency rules review

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DOT reorganizes FAA to support modernization, other goals

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Bipartisan House bill seeks to boost NSF program to expand AI access

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gregory Bovino with his security team while a group of citizens opposed to the country’s immigration policies protested him in Minnesota on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House Democrats want ICE, CBP uniforms to feature identification tech

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Treasury eyes expanded data access for agencies in fight against fraud

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Quantum workforce isn’t meeting demand, federal officials tell lawmakers

ICE agents approach a house before detaining two people on Jan. 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

ICE’s IT shop eyes more automation, embraces AI chatbot

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