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Demonstrators stand outside the Office of Personnel Management headquarters Feb. 4 to protest the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency and a “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers from the OPM called “Fork in the Road.” (Photo by Madison Alder)

OPM illegally shared millions of employee records with DOGE, federal judge rules

Judge Denise Cote said the government failed to provide a credible explanation for why DOGE needed access to personal information to modernize the human capital agency.

By Madison Alder

U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo on a federal building on March 8, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

What’s new in Homeland Security’s updated AI policy

AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson

The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, the current headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is seen on July 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

HUD officially elevates former EV engineer David Julian to CIO

Workforce

By Matt Bracken

Featured on FedScoop

HHS to make sole-source award to Anthropic ahead of broader AI competition

By Madison Alder
Google launches Gemini for government services as new ‘agentic solution’

By K. Sophie Will
Meet the 2026 FedScoop 50 winners

By FedScoop Staff
Survey shows falling satisfaction with government services amid DOGE hangover

By Matt Bracken
DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies

By Derek B. Johnson

Popular Stories

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Can government and industry prove they’re ready for a cyberattack?

Shared exercise criteria can help agencies and critical infrastructure operators prove they can act on threat intelligence together.

By Kathy Hsu

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GAO to monitor government AI use, hire AI experts in coming years

In its 2027-2032 strategic plan, the congressional watchdog laid out several goals revolving around emerging technology, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

By K. Sophie Will

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Tax fraud costs up to $304B a year. More can be stopped before the refund goes out.

Strengthening protections against tax refund fraud means putting greater emphasis on what happens before a refund exits the Treasury Department.

By Luke Wolf

Denice Ross is pictured on an episode of the DailyScoop Podcast. She is sitting in front of a microphone and is smiling. — Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist Denice Ross is spearheading efforts to build the field of data policy and monitor federal data at the Federation of American Scientists’ Data Policy Institute. (FedScoop)

Meet the former U.S. data chief taking the ‘Lorax’ approach to disappearing federal data

Denice Ross and her team at the Data Policy Institute are leading the charge to advocate for data policy and monitor data impacts under the Trump administration.

By Madison Alder

DOT sets up no-drone zone along southern border

By Lindsey Wilkinson

How government and industry can leverage AI to transform the federal IT marketplace

By Warren Suss

AI slop responses to RFPs, RFIs are overwhelming federal agencies

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Federal AI adoption metrics miss the human factor

By Gleb Tsipursky

House Democrats push FAA to pause AI tool deployed in DC airspace

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Insights

What it takes to build accountable AI in government

By Scoop News Group

Strengthening federal zero trust through identity modernization

By Scoop News Group

How to build observability for the agentic AI era

By Scoop News Group

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From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

Videos

Quantum is here: What federal agencies need to do now

By Scoop News Group

How AI embedded in pre-certified applications can fast-track modernization

By Scoop News Group

How embedded AI is redefining federal leadership

By Scoop News Group

Why AI modernization doesn’t require the perfect enterprise overhaul

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

DeepSeek set to be banned from federal civilian agencies

By FedScoop Staff

U.S. military debuts new Task Force Easy to enable drone tech ‘adaptation dominance’

By FedScoop Staff

How CISA’s partnership with Elastic is driving enhanced visibility across the federal cyber landscape

By FedScoop Staff

Antoine McCord returns to Anduril after leaving DHS CIO role

By FedScoop Staff

The Latest

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Dropping degree requirements from federal contracts opens the door to AI-enabled services

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks with reporters after attending a closed-door, classified briefing for Senators at U.S. Capitol Building on Feb. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dems demand answers on EHRM contract rise as VA says lawmakers knew the total price

Jennifer Franks, director of the GAO’s Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, speaks during the Elastic Public Sector Summit on March 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

GAO cyber chief eyes workforce investments as watchdog does more with less

A demonstrator holds an anti-Elon Musk sign in front of the Supreme Court on April 2, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Supreme Court to decide if DOGE records will stay hidden

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The government is asking industry to help rewrite how it buys technology. We should answer.

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 updates terms of service for USAJobs data following user confusion

Joe Gebbia, chief design officer at the National Design Studio, speaks during an event to unveil the new America.gov website, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

For America.gov, the front door is only as good as the back office

OPM launches beta AI chatbot for federal workforce data

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One front door: What OMB’s new Login.gov mandate means for agencies

Demonstrators rally outside Department of Labor headquarters on April 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C., in protest of DOGE workforce cuts to the agency’s Women’s Bureau, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Employee Benefits Security Administration and Bureau of International Labor Affairs. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Dems want DOL’s benefits agency to answer for ‘drastic’ enforcement cuts

NVIDIA company office building in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026. (Getty Images)

Tech sector pours $2.4B in AI tools, compute credits for Genesis Mission Consortium

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SSA to tighten up service to identity theft victims under new law

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The zero-trust controls federal agencies need for autonomous AI

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