FedScoop | Federal Government Tech News, Breaking Govt IT News

Voting is Now Open for the 2026 FedScoop 50 Awards

Vote Now!

(Illustration by Shanima Parker/Scoop News Group. Sources: mtcurado, Kayla Bartkowski, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, DNY59, Getty.)

Inside the bipartisan backlash to the $27 billion VA-Oracle EHRM contract blindsiding Congress

Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.”

By K. Sophie Will

Department of Veterans Affairs seal, VA — (Diane Cordell / Flickr)

30,000-plus veterans affected by Baylor Genetics’ cybersecurity breach

Cyber

By K. Sophie Will

A flight information display board shows several flights cancelled at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on August 27, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

FAA unveils AI aviation data tool in Washington airspace

AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Featured on FedScoop

Popular Stories

Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

USDA launches new interactive data insights tool

The Agriculture Department has launched a public data tool for the office that publishes official U.S. data on crop production and prices, it announced Wednesday.

By K. Sophie Will

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on May 7, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House passes bill to give financial agencies a technology boost

The FUTURES Act aims to close “talent gaps, procurement barriers, or technological blind spots” at the federal financial regulators, the bill’s Republican co-sponsor says.

By Matt Bracken

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission headquarters on March 12, 2026 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson)

NRC to reformulate its AI strategy amid OCIO reorg, other changes

The regulator’s refreshed strategy will debut in the coming months, and its modernized website is set to soft launch this week.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept.15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Treasury’s Scott Bessent says no liability exemptions for AI labs

The secretary told House Financial Services Committee lawmakers that the “best way to guarantee safety” is for AI creators to be held “liable for what they build…

By Matt Bracken

ICE plans AI assistant to have role in use case development, document shows

By Lindsey Wilkinson

A government data policy deadline is nearing. Data leaders are looking to help

By Madison Alder

USDA CIO Sam Berry departs role to focus on farmer record modernization

By K. Sophie Will

The digital front door to government has moved. Most agencies don’t know it yet

By Brian Chidester

Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications

By Matt Bracken

Insights

Getty Images

From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

Getty Images

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

Dr. Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer for Microsoft Federal’s National Security Group, speaking at AITalks, April 14, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Why governing agentic AI is the next mission for federal agencies

By Scoop News Group

Videos

‘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

Balancing AI innovation with federal compliance and human oversight

By Scoop News Group

Why phone fraud is rising as the new identity battleground for agencies

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

USDA CIO Sam Berry departs role to focus on farmer record modernization

By FedScoop Staff

OpenAI and GSA extend OneGov deal for ChatGPT through 2028

By FedScoop Staff

The Army moves its TITAN platform into production awards to Palantir, Anduril

By FedScoop Staff

OMB publishes anticipated memo enforcing Login-dot-gov use

By FedScoop Staff

The Latest

(Getty Images)

Federal AI needs an authority ladder before agents get the keys

DHS plans $440M governmentwide investment in biometric capture devices

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)

NWS transition to cloud supercomputing could help fuel AI weather prediction

A photo of a smartphone and a laptop displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

OpenAI, GSA strike OneGov deal for ChatGPT through 2028

National Nuclear Security Administration CIO James Wolff discusses the ongoing friction between vendors and their customers, including the federal government, during a panel at the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Billington CyberSecurity Summit)

Nuclear agency’s top IT official: ‘Industry has not done enough’ on security

Teresa Carlson spoke at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on Sept. 9, 2026. She was joined by Richard Horne, the CEO of the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Anthropic adds Fable 5.1 to Claude for Government

USAjobs website image.

OPM wants to crack down on federal job site spoofs with USAJobs data change

A Department Of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection sign is displayed at the CBP headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

CBP begins IT access control overhaul after watchdog finds vulnerabilities

A security camera is installed as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall on May 29, 2026 in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Appeals court keeps block on IRS from sharing taxpayer data with ICE

Closeup of an empty conference room before meeting. (Stock photo)

TMF adds new board members from DOJ, EPA, GSA, OMB

(Getty Images)

Government needs vertical AI’s rigor at a horizontal scale

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel speaks during an event on Aug. 2, 2023, in McLean, Va. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also attended the event and spoke on “the significant progress that’s been made on modernizing the IRS and improving taxpayer service in the first year of the Inflation Reduction Act.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Inflation Reduction Act funds dwindling, but IRS still has billions for tech

A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

ICE plans for robodogs met with concern by privacy experts

Upcoming Events

Sep 22 2026

DefenseTalks

Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City

Oct 1 2026

Defense Tech Week

Sept. 21- 25 | Washington, D.C.

Oct 13 2026

Rubrik Public Sector Summit: Building Resilience for the AI Era

Virtual Event

Nov 5 2026

Threat Response Forum

Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City

Nov 17 2026

FedTalks

Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C.