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DHS-built surveillance apparatus to surge in year ahead, documents show

The agency is expanding detection and tracking technology projects while simultaneously loosening the reins on oversight.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Scenes from outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM launches shared service center for federal human resources

Workforce

By Madison Alder

Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House passes 5-year reauthorization to fund small business tech programs

Policy

By Matt Bracken

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FAA aims to build better defenses against cyber, quantum threats

By Lindsey Wilkinson
CDC releases AI strategy, guidance with eye toward ‘agentic’ uses

By Madison Alder
IRS cuts leave filing season operations, modernization work ‘in flux’

By Matt Bracken
Trump anti-fraud order eyes stronger data-sharing on federal programs

By Matt Bracken
NRC uses more AI than its inventory suggests

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot approved for use with Senate data

The approvals could open the door to more widespread use of the technology in the chamber.

By Madison Alder

Charles Worthington, chief artificial intelligence officer at Department of Veterans Affairs, testifies during a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Charles Worthington, top VA tech and AI official, departs agency

The U.S. Digital Service alum is exiting the Department of Veterans Affairs after leading its artificial intelligence and digital modernization initiatives.

By Matt Bracken

From left, Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, attend a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee markup in the Dirksen building on July 29, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Warner, Rounds float federal commission to guide AI policymaking

The bipartisan Economy of the Future Commission Act seeks to deliver bipartisan policy solutions geared toward solving AI workforce challenges.

By Matt Bracken

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Government tech largely falls short on accessibility requirements, GSA finds

Federal agency compliance with a statute known as Section 508 is lacking, with nearly a quarter of agencies failing to test at least one of their top…

By Madison Alder

Sen. Peters pushes for new probe of DOGE’s Social Security Administration data dives

By Matt Bracken

Agencies must shift to governing federal data by their domains

By Kshemendra Paul

Federal IT leaders rarely build tools amid workforce gaps, private-sector partner push

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Trump administration is still touting a $50B Anthropic investment amid agency ban

By Madison Alder

Labor Department elevates Mangala Kuppa to full-time CIO

By Matt Bracken

Insights

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

By Mary Schwarz

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

By Jeff Huth

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Why automation is key to modernizing federal IT compliance

By Jason Venner

Rebuilding the digital bedrock of government

By Scoop News Group

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Why AI is central to federal identity assurance

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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

CDC targets agentic AI use in new AI strategy

By FedScoop Staff

Army awards Anduril $20B counter-drone contract

By FedScoop Staff

ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot approved for use with Senate data

By FedScoop Staff

Federal agencies still falling short on tech accessibility requirements

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Secret Service ditches Anthropic’s Claude

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Meeting White House cyber priorities requires AI-driven standardization models

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Bipartisan Senate coalition calls for data about AI impact on labor market

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DHS CISO, deputy CISO exit amid reported IT leadership overhaul

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SBA-IRS data-sharing process for disaster loans needs better tech, GAO says

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OPM drops Claude, adds Grok and Codex to AI use disclosure

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GSA leaders on OneGov: ‘We’re not anti-reseller. We’re anti-fragmentation’

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Secret Service begins recruiting for AI working group modeled after DHS AI Corps

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

IRS chief says agency is engaged in a ‘thorough’ cybersecurity review

NASA chatbots, Treasury coding, OPM drafting: How agencies have deployed Claude

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Alleged ICE, DHS location data purchases under scrutiny by Democrats

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Data experts see new Labor Department portal as ‘an important first step’

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CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency

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