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OPM Director Rob Shriver testifies during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

OPM official defends federal telework as Trump seeks in-office policy

Acting Director Rob Shriver said a one-size-fits-all policy for remote work would “dramatically impact” the government’s ability to handle challenges.

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President Joe Biden signs proclamations in the East Room at the White House on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Stanford report: Despite federal AI progress, barriers to governance persist

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OpenAI’s GPT-4o gets green light for top secret use in Microsoft’s Azure cloud

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Trump chooses spy agency official Troy Meink for Air Force secretary; OpenAI’s GPT-4o gets green light for top secret use in Microsoft’s Azure cloud

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USPTO Headquarters, Alexandria, VA — The interior of the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2019. (Antony-22 / Wikimedia Commons)

USPTO releases AI strategic plan

The agency detailed its approach to artificial intelligence, specifically regarding intellectual property and internal use.

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Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 10, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate bill would track computer usage of agency teleworkers

Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, attends a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Oct. 7, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: Arati Prabhakar (R), the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, arrives to a classified all-Senate briefing on Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Briefers included members from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House official says R&D funding and AI advances are ‘at risk’

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on the fiscal year 2025 budget in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks to members and supporters of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA on the picket line outside Netflix and Warner Bros. on Aug. 17, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

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Agriculture inspection specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspect imported goods for invasive insect and plant species at the Port of Baltimore July 26, 2017. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Glenn Fawcett / Flickr)

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Guy Cavallo takes part in a fireside chat panel session at FedTalks on Aug. 24. 2022. (Image credit: Pepe Gomez with Pixelme Studio)

OPM CIO Guy Cavallo announces retirement

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Top acquisition agencies want cyber workforce changes in federal contracting rules

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NIH’s acquisition arm launches online educational courses for IT contracts

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GSA awards 102 small businesses spots on Polaris governmentwide IT services contract

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Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaks with Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Senate bill eyes agency reviews of AI systems before deployment

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