FedScoop | Federal Government Tech News, Breaking Govt IT News

The votes are in for the 2025 FedScoop.

See the winners!

State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher, left, speaks during AI Talks in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2024, while State CAIO Matthew Graviss looks on. (Scoop News Group photo)

State Department is gearing up to ‘roll out agentic AI’

CIO Kelly Fletcher sees a future with agency consolidation and simplification, paired with AI agents that “make it easy for people to do their job” and “reduce…

By Matt Bracken

A high-angle aerial drone shot of the hydroelectric power infrastructure on the border of Ontario, Canada, and New York.

CBP ramps up surveillance tech without much-needed IT personnel, GAO says

Workforce

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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 reports changes in deputy IT, artificial intelligence leadership

AI

By Madison Alder

Featured on FedScoop

Popular Stories

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Senate takes up push to modernize environmental permitting process

The bipartisan legislation directs agencies to standardize data systems and use cloud-based platforms to digitize federal permitting. A companion bill already passed the House.

By Matt Bracken

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow, and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons watch a video clip during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Feb. 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism over law enforcement tactics targeting undocumented immigrants and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Acting ICE director denies existence of database tracking US citizens

Despite reports to the contrary, Todd Lyons said the agency is not surveilling American citizens or building a database of detractors.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., listens as Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Lawmakers take another shot at NSF-run prizes for using AI to solve problems

The bipartisan, bicameral AI Grand Challenges Act would task NSF with overseeing $1 million competitions where innovators use AI to solve problems in health, energy, cyber and…

By Matt Bracken

A view of the Department of Energy in Washington D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Energy Department unveils Genesis Mission Consortium to spur partnerships

The agency is continuing to deepen its collaboration with industry as it works to advance technical priorities amid a tight schedule and forthcoming deadlines.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM

By Derek B. Johnson

AI can speed research compliance — if agencies can explain the output

By Heidi Becker

Federal judge blocks ICE from using IRS taxpayer data in enforcement

By Matt Bracken

Roughly 50,000 could lose federal workforce protections under new OPM rule

By Madison Alder

Treasury pushing for ‘robust’ use of AI in banking, but in a ‘gradual’ way

By Matt Bracken

Insights

(Getty Images)

How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

By Jeff Huth

(Getty Images)

Why automation is key to modernizing federal IT compliance

By Jason Venner

Rebuilding the digital bedrock of government

By Scoop News Group

Building a future-ready federal workforce

By Scoop News Group

Videos

Why AI is central to federal identity assurance

By Scoop News Group

How agencies are closing the gap between systems and service

By Scoop News Group

How AI is moving from dashboards to decision advantage across the Pentagon

By Scoop News Group

How Virginia is using enterprise IT modernization to improve constituent services

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Customs and Border Protection personnel — not U.S. troops — used military laser to shoot object near El Paso

By FedScoop Staff

ICE director denies existence of database tracking US citizens

By FedScoop Staff

The 2026 tax filing season is upon us. Is the IRS prepared?

By FedScoop Staff

DHS watchdog launches privacy probe focused on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM

By FedScoop Staff

The Latest

Jeffrey Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, participates in a fireside chat with Jerry McGinn, the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Feb. 4, 2026. (Scoop News Group photo by Miranda Nazzaro)

GSA procurement leader says ‘community readiness’ poses challenge to acquisition overhaul

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., confer during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bills to fund TMF, overhaul IT procurement move forward in House

(Getty Images)

Federal officials tap open-source standard to improve GenAI access to public data

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

Energy Department offloads some emergency operations to AI

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees arrive for the “Rally to Save the Civil Service” in Upper Senate Park outside the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Education IT, tech employees lose union protections

Apple iPhone screen with AI app applications, including Grok, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Copilot and Claude.

An Energy Department-run national lab is piloting xAI’s Grok

Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks at a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House duo wants Treasury-led push to fight identity theft, fraud

Zack Schwartz, Census Bureau — Zack Schwartz speaks March 11, 2020, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group)

VA taps Zack Schwartz for OIT’s principal deputy assistant secretary

A view of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which served as the headquarters building for the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1975, in Washington, DC, on Dec. 29, 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on December 26 that the FBI has finalized a plan to permanently close the building and move the FBI workforce to a new facility. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI expands AI-powered biometric, facial recognition capabilities, inventory shows

Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia answers questions during a December 2025 interview with FedScoop. (YouTube screenshot)

Federal CIO sees website redesign as key to digital services’ ‘one government’ approach

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Senators demand answers from Treasury on IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to speak at an artificial intelligence and energy summit. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump administration withdraws U.S. from global open government initiative

The front doors of the Internal Revenue Service building are seen in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS ramps up AI use amid staff cuts, Treasury inventory shows

Upcoming Events

Feb 16 2026

CyberWeek

WASHINGTON D.C.

Feb 19 2026

CyberTalks

International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C.

Feb 25 2026

Webinar: Cyber Resilience – The Age of Persistent Threats

Virtual

Mar 19 2026

Elastic Public Sector Summit

Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C.

Apr 2 2026

MongoDB Public Sector Summit: Innovating Government Applications for AI

International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C.