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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

The two government contractors will each build new cloud-based tools for forecasting and analysis as well as centralizing weather data, replacing a decades-old system.

By Madison Alder

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

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By Lindsey Wilkinson

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

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By Matt Bracken

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Why configuration is the foundation of modern federal systems

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

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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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Marine Corps’ Maj. Christopher Clark on aligning AI with real-world challenges

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A district court judge temporarily blocks the federal ban on Anthropic

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Why the White House’s two-year Tech Force stints are aimed at young people’s approach to work

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GSA looks to follow DOD’s lead with new AI clause for lawful government use

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The evolution of the defense industrial base in the age of AI and autonomy

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A view of the Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2014. (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Lawmakers aim to prevent sale of veterans’ data for AI, scams

Badges for CyberScoop’s Zero Trust Summit in Washington, D.C., are pictured on Feb. 15, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

For agencies, zero trust and TIC 3.0 are now mission requirements

Scott Kupor, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to speak with the witnesses about their history in government, goals for their roles and actions U.S. President Donald Trump has taken in his first few months of office. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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A group of ICE agents walk around Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 25, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. The travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents quit or work without pay during a partial government shutdown. U.S. President Donald Trump said ICE agents will be deployed to U.S. airports on Monday, with border czar Tom Homan in charge of the effort.(Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

TSA official blames shutdown for stalled tech efforts, praises ICE for airport assists

The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS cuts may mean agency’s ‘AI efforts will not succeed,’ GAO says

President Donald Trump is pictured during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 17, 2025. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump taps Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison for science, tech advisory panel

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Democratic members of Congress spoke about how President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are impacting Social Security. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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A view of an IRS Direct File promotional sign at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

IRS overestimated Direct File costs last year by $45 million

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

GSA extends comments on sweeping AI clause after industry pushback

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FAA seeks input on drone integration at airports

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. James Adams III and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Privacy advocates sound alarm on ‘data broker loophole’ used by FBI, other federal agencies

US President Donald Trump (C) listens as US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)(3L) speaks flanked by US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (3R) and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology David Sachs (2R) during a signing ceremony on AI the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

White House gives Congress its AI policy wishlist in new legislative framework

Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office is pictured in Washington D.C., on Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo by John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GAO’s IT division has been ‘hard hit’ by departures

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