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OPM launches beta AI chatbot for federal workforce data

The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned.

By Madison Alder

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

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By Paul Colangelo

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

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By Matt Bracken

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The revolving door for tech officials at Trump’s DHS

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

By Timothy Amerson
SSA to tighten up service to identity theft victims under new law

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

By Lindsey Wilkinson
Former DHS CIO lands back at Anduril

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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The zero-trust controls federal agencies need for autonomous AI

Three controls should anchor agencies’ approaches to ensuring boundaries for what AI agents can do.

By Duncan Greatwood

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CIOs often underestimated investment risks on IT dashboard, GAO says

The watchdog audited the process agency IT officials use to assess the risk of technology investments — though the IT dashboard where the information is posted is…

By Matt Bracken

In this photo illustration, the CLEAR Secure company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

VA piloting CLEAR identity verification on its website

While using CLEAR is free and not mandatory, the pilot is “one of the first steps of a larger VA modernization effort” and combats identity fraud when…

By K. Sophie Will

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Work needed to fortify systems against quantum threats, watchdog says

None of the 24 agencies the Government Accountability Office audited had fully addressed selected post-quantum cryptography practices.

By Madison Alder

‘Hallelujah’: Stakeholders react with praise and concern to GSA AI acquisitions clause

By K. Sophie Will

The government is buying AI by the token. It should buy results.

By Savan Kong

CFPB can’t say if it secured IT assets at regional offices it vacated, OIG says

By Matt Bracken

What outer space teaches federal agencies about secure AI infrastructure

By Jim Nottingham

New TMF investments: $83M for agentic AI, fast environmental reviews and more

By K. Sophie Will

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Strengthening federal zero trust through identity modernization

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How to build observability for the agentic AI era

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From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

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Turning defense workforce data into mission readiness

By James Herubin

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How embedded AI is redefining federal leadership

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Why AI modernization doesn’t require the perfect enterprise overhaul

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‘Don’t let your AI strategy outpace your network strategy,’ say tech experts

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How Tennessee is using cloud and AI to modernize state services

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Antoine McCord returns to Anduril after leaving DHS CIO role

By FedScoop Staff

Why the CIO role is increasingly more about business than technology

By FedScoop Staff

Inside GSA’s new AI acquisition policy

By FedScoop Staff

Carter Farmer tapped as next Federal CIO

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People wait in a security line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 12, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

TSA’s weak IT access controls increased likelihood of ‘catastrophic damage,’ watchdog finds

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Why federal agencies need to rethink trusted access in the age of AI

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., attends a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on June 30, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Bill to scrap education requirements in federal contracting jobs heads to Trump’s desk

Large lettering hangs on the side of the General Services Administration building on July 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

GSA issued an AI acquisition policy for new contracts. Here’s what it says.

The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Annabelle GORDON / AFP via Getty Images)

Fed employee repeatedly removed sensitive files, watchdog finds

Exterior of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building on March 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

ICE IT shop looks to build ‘agentic software factory’

EPA Chief Information Officer Carter Farmer appears on an episode of Fed Gov Today on Jan. 18, 2026. (Screenshot)

EPA CIO Carter Farmer picked to be the new federal CIO, sources say

Kelly Loeffler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be administrator of the Small Business Administration, testifies during her Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

SBA gets another push to step up its AI game

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Google extends GSA OneGov deal for Gemini

The logo for the National Nuclear Security Administration on the final day of the Great American State Fair, on July 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. NNSA falls under the Department of Energy. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

NNSA, counter-drone task force create framework for data sharing

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Agencies largely stonewall GAO on audit of DOGE’s data practices

President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order related to the America.gov website during an event to unveil the website, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on Sept 29, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump launches AI-fueled America.gov in bid to tie government services together

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Websites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSA

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