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Education IT chief Thomas Flagg hired for deputy federal CIO role

Greg Barbaccia announced the appointment in an email to agency CIOs Thursday.

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves after a meeting on AI at the Kennedy Caucus Room at Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 1, 2023 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments

Cyber

By Tim Starks

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

GSA touts federal AI adoption despite unanswered ROI questions

AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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OPM applies AI to modernize federal job description, retirement processes

By Billy Mitchell
SBA behind the eightball on AI use case reporting, GAO finds

By Matt Bracken
Why agencies need containment, not just more cyber tools

By Gary Barlet
With AI assist, CMS has ‘longer leash’ to fight fraud now, official says

By Matt Bracken
DHS watchdog flags lagging mobile device security, management

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Popular Stories

Workday’s Helena Wooden-Aguilar on improving HR with better data

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Workday’s Annamary Holbrook on overcoming HR data silos

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Workday’s Ashok Banerjee on revamping federal operations with secure AI

Ashok Banerjee | VP, Workday Government Engineering | Workday

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Workday’s Cliff Purkey on building a skills-first federal workforce

Cliff Purkey | VP, Product and Compliance | Workday

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Senators seek Labor-led database on AI workforce impacts

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Seekr’s Ben Paris on scaling AI beyond the cloud

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SAP’s Tahera Zamanzada on data integrity for AI success

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Red Hat’s Michael Epley on scaling AI with strong security

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Microsoft’s Paul Lizer on driving enterprise AI adoption

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From pilots to performance: Rethinking agencies’ approach to embedding AI

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New report highlights agency advantages of using smaller, open-source AI models

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Modernization without compromise: Building trust into every federal service moment

By Chris McDermott

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Mission readiness depends on workforce agility and resilience

By Mike Houlihan

Videos

DOT’s Neil Chaudhry on AI-powered productivity in government

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Army’s Mario Roberts on preparing soldiers for the AI era

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DOL’s Taylor Stockton on using AI to strengthen worker outcomes

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Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia on AI-ready federal talent

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Podcasts

OPM applies AI to modernize federal job descriptions

By FedScoop Staff

CISA warns of ‘weeks to months’ of critical infrastructure isolation amid conflicts

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DOD expands its classified AI work with 8 companies

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Trump orders big change to federal contracting structures

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Two FAA partners ramp up hiring, preparations for ATC overhaul

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The government’s AI efficiency numbers look good. That should worry you.

Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Todd Young, R-Ind., participate in a news conference about AI at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Senators take another swing at bill to codify federal AI resource

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A FedRAMP strategy for solving the cyber talent shortage

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on April 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump orders big change to federal contracting structures

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VA’s renewed EHR rollout ‘has been phenomenal’ so far, secretary claims

Lynn Martin, group VP and GM of Workday Government, interviews Aneel Bhusri, co-founder, CEO and chair of Workday, at the Workday Federal Forum in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2026. (Scoop News Group photo)

Workday Government has Trump’s HR overhaul in mind with coming agentic AI tool

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How to fix the $5 trillion maze that is federal lending

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Disclosed government AI use increased by 70% in 2025, per OMB

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House bill wants CIOs, agency heads to hit the gas on legacy IT phase-outs

An exterior of one of two Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services on Feb. 12, 2025 in Parkersburg, W.Va. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

DOGE duo ducked security rules during Treasury stint, GAO finds

Taylor Stockton, the Department of Labor’s chief innovation officer, speaks during a panel discussion at the FedScoop-produced Workday Federal Forum on April 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Labor Department nears launch of AI workforce hub

Three men in suits speak on stage into a microphone — Todd Brinson, deputy CIO of enterprise operations and shared services at the Department of Energy, speaks on a panel with John Walsh, DOE’s chief learning officer and director of the Office of Workforce Technology, during the Workday Federal Forum on April 28, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Energy Department eyes AI-enabled self-service features for workforce

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