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Flight Director Kerri Englert goes over details for an emerging tech test day aboard “Miss Piggy,” one of NOAA’s two Lockheed Orion WP-3D aircraft, on April 7, 2026. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Simultaneous drones, better data: NOAA hurricane tech hits milestones

As hurricane season begins, the weather agency is seeing promise in drones and other emerging plane-deployed technologies.

By Madison Alder

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

VA IT official to contractors: Bring your AI game or get axed

Acquisition

By K. Sophie Will

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) logo on the side of its Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Fla. on April 7, 2026. The Lakeland facility is the home of the agency’s Hurricane Hunters and their fleet of aircraft designed to collected environmental data. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Bipartisan Senate bill would codify NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters, expand fleet

Tech

By Madison Alder

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IRS live chat apps have room for improvement, watchdog finds

By Matt Bracken
Trump’s pick to lead FEMA plans IT overhaul

By Lindsey Wilkinson
EPA piloting AI on ‘everything,’ but experts still needed for highest levels

By K. Sophie Will
Treasury planning online system for people to report suspected fraud

By Matt Bracken
Agentic AI is coming to government faster than its guardrails

By Jason Truppi

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AWS stand during day one of Web Summit Rio 2026 at Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo By Paul Devlin/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)

AWS secures $2.6B DHS-wide cloud project

The massive contract is the first to be announced in an estimated rolling award schedule for the Cumulus initiative, which will include Oracle, Google Cloud and Microsoft.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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IRS IT department has shrunk 42% under Trump

A Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report found that 29% of IT staffers exited via workforce reduction efforts while another 13% were involuntarily reassigned.

By Matt Bracken

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Let’s build the national data ecosystem America needs

The data our country relies on is falling behind. Here’s how we can do better.

By Richard Coffin Joel Gurin

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 wants to leverage talent exchanges that would place feds in industry

Such an exchange is being eyed for NASA, per the leader of the Tech Force.

By Madison Alder

Fraud-focused bills passed by House follow ‘DOGE playbook,’ privacy experts warn

By Matt Bracken

VA clinical staff rushed to use generative AI without oversight, watchdog finds

By K. Sophie Will

FBI, DHS emphasize no-drone zones as World Cup kicks off

By Lindsey Wilkinson

NIH contracting arm announces sunset of all governmentwide vehicles

By Madison Alder

AI can save veterans’ time, but TMF head says reauthorization needed for more investments

By K. Sophie Will

Insights

Dr. Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer for Microsoft Federal’s National Security Group, speaking at AITalks, April 14, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Why governing agentic AI is the next mission for federal agencies

By Scoop News Group

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Zero trust, zero guesswork: Securing the defense workforce platform

By Amanda Day

Illustration of workers being productive using technology. — Scoop News Group illustration.

Federal business system modernization: New clues regarding readiness, reality and the road ahead

By Scoop News Group

SAP's Jamison Braun, SVP and managing director , U.S. Public Sector, speaking at AITalks in. Washington, DC. — Jamison Braun, SVP and managing director, U.S. Public Sector at SAP, speaking at AITalks, April 14 in Washington, DC.

From pilots to performance: Rethinking agencies’ approach to embedding AI

By Scoop News Group

Videos

Resolute’s Chris Cadle on modernizing joint logistics with AI

By Scoop News Group

OTOT’s David Record talks agentic automation for faster ROI

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Invoke’s Johnny Ramondino on aligning automation with agency priorities

By Scoop News Group

EY’s Joe Baptiste on scaling AI across HR and mission operations

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Trump’s FEMA nominee is planning an IT overhaul

By FedScoop Staff

AWS wins $2.6B DHS-wide Cumulus cloud project

By FedScoop Staff

Under Tech Force, OPM wants to send some feds for tours of duty in industry

By FedScoop Staff

Oracle wins OPM’s massive governmentwide HR modernization contract

By FedScoop Staff

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Oracle — The Oracle logo on an office building in Irvine, California. (REUTERS / Mike Blake)

Oracle wins contract for first-ever governmentwide HR system

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

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Innovation on ice: How DOGE derailed an SBA tech program

General Services Administrator Edward Forst speaks with IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn at the IBM Think Gov 2026 event held at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on June 9, 2026. (Photo by K. Sophie Will)

GSA playing catch-up with industry on AI and tech, agency head says

A close-up of GDIT’s AI-powered autonomous surveillance towers that are expected to be deployed across the southern border. (Photo courtesy of GDIT)

New AI-powered surveillance towers are coming to the southern border

ICE agents are seen at the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 7, 2026 in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Watchdog flags security issues with IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement

Scott Kupor speaks at the UiPath Fusion conference in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop)

Cisco, Scale AI among new batch of Tech Force partners

ICE agents are seen at the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 7, 2026 in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

ICE investments in data analysis tools continue with renewed Whooster deal

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Democrats push SSA on reported DOGE plan to ‘kill off’ living individuals in database

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents patrol near the Washington Monument on the National Mall on Aug. 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DEA looks to add Skydio, Parrot drones to its arsenal

Department of Veterans Affairs — (Veterans Health / Flickr)

‘A lot to fix’: VA needs an IT program management office, CIO nominee says

blue digital check box answers test survey census — (Getty Images)

Roadmap for IT modernization ahead of 2030 Census ‘unreliable,’ per watchdog

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Bipartisan ‘Great American AI Act’ draft proposes new federal AI governance framework

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