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EPA has major role to play in Trump’s ‘AI capital of the world’ plans

The White House wants to cut the EPA’s budget by more than half while giving the agency $200M+ for AI. Some wonder how that squares with its…

By Matt Bracken

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Transportation Department targets gamers in ATC hiring push

Workforce

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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Social Security database added to Treasury’s fraud-checking system

Data

By Matt Bracken

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AI risk management deadline hits federal agencies. Not all were ready.

By Lindsey Wilkinson
Justice wants $110.3M to boost zero-trust cybersecurity in fiscal 2027

By Billy Mitchell
How agencies can operationalize the White House’s cybercrime order through identity

By Joe Ferrigno
Federal AI policy needs labor-centric approach, lawmakers tell White House

By Matt Bracken
ICE credits technology, data-sharing for exceeding arrest goals

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Popular Stories

Army’s Andrew Evans on scaling modernization across the force

Andrew Evans | Director, Strategy & Transformation, Office of the G-2 | U.S. Army

By Scoop News Group

DOT’s Ankur Saini on scaling AI for smarter transportation networks

Ankur Saini | Chief Product & Technology Officer | DOT

By Scoop News Group

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

White House wants to downsize DHS inspector general office

The proposed fiscal year 2027 spending package would trim funding of the key oversight unit at a time when calls for accountability and transparency at DHS are…

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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GSA sticks with plan to use agencies’ leftover money to fund TMF in 2027

GSA said it's committed to exploring alternative funding models to keep the TMF sustainable.

By Billy Mitchell

White House sets $75.7B topline IT budget for fiscal 2027

By Matt Bracken Billy Mitchell

FAA at higher risk of cyberattack given lagging security, transparency, watchdog finds

By Lindsey Wilkinson

When philanthropy mandates AI solutions, taxpayers pay the price

By Erie Meyer

DOT’s motor safety division stays clear of AI chatbot allure

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants

By Matt Bracken

Insights

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Why fixing the personnel action process is key to workforce readiness

By Annamary Holbrook

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Why configuration is the foundation of modern federal systems

By Annamary Holbrook

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Moving beyond the pilot: A mandate for mission-ready AI

By Mary Schwarz

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

By Jeff Huth

Videos

ECS’ Joanna Dempsey on accelerating response with unified data

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AWS’s Elliott Welton on moving AI from pilot to production

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Elastic’s Jared Pane on modernizing cyber defense with AI search

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Elastic’s John Harmon on boosting efficiency with context-driven AI

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Podcasts

OMB’s AI risk management deadline hits federal agencies, but not all were ready

By FedScoop Staff

How tech and data-sharing fueled record arrests for ICE

By FedScoop Staff

Trump admin sets $75.7B topline civilian IT budget for 2027

By FedScoop Staff

OMB wants more information and data about government IT purchases

By FedScoop Staff

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A sign masks the location of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters building on Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want FTC to take on ‘black box’ AI foundation models

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OMB wants more information and data about government IT purchases

WASHINGTON – APRIL 11: Department Of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building on April 11, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

HHS reverses Biden-era reorganization of top AI, data, tech roles

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FCC picks FDA, Army alum to lead its IT shop

A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

OPM isn’t using its own dashboard for cyber workforce planning

An entrance to the James Forrestal Building, the headquarters of the Department of Energy, in Washington, DC on June 22, 2022.

Energy Department speeds up nuclear regulatory process with AI

Meteorologist Brian Kyle monitors the area weather at the National Weather Service offices Monday, May 23, 2022 in Dickinson. (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

National Weather Service taps Accenture, Booz Allen for data system modernization

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AI can help government work better — if we use it wisely

Close-up of phone screen displaying Anthropic Claude, a Large Language Model (LLM) powered generative artificial intelligence chatbot. — (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

District court temporarily blocks Anthropic ban, supply-chain risk designation

Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Douglas Rissing/ Getty)

Energy Department taps Tech Force for development skills

ICE agents patrol Dulles International Airport on March 24, 2026 in Dulles, Virginia. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement sidesteps Congress’s authority, amicus brief argues

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., left, and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., center, participate in a news conference held by the bipartisan “Gang of 10” group to announce the New Energy Reform Act on Aug. 1, 2008. (Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images)

Energy supply is the key to the AI race with China

The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building houses the offices of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the United States Sentencing Commission, and the Office of the Clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / D Ramey Logan)

US courts would study AI speech-to-text under bipartisan, bicameral bill

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