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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

The move against OCIO and FSA CTO staffers follows a March 2025 Trump executive order barring collective bargaining agreements for nearly two-thirds of the federal workforce.

By Miranda Nazzaro

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

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By Lindsey Wilkinson

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

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By Miranda Nazzaro

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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

The tax agency accounts for nearly half of Treasury’s AI use cases, with a heavy focus on IT and some fraud-fighting tech, but no results for “collections”…

By Matt Bracken

U.S. Senators and former Virginia Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine arrive at the Inauguration ceremony for Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger at the Virginia State Capitol on Jan. 17, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia.(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats ask DHS watchdog to rein in agency’s surveillance use

The Virginia lawmakers sent a letter urging the agency’s inspector general to investigate current and upcoming DHS procurements that enable broad data collection and analysis.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Detroit, Michigan, The John D, Dingell VA Medical Center. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

VA watchdog finds data privacy lapses in cancer testing program

In one project, protected health information was shared with non-VA investigators without proper approval, a new report states.

By Miranda Nazzaro

ICE agents leave a residence after knocking on the door on Jan. 28, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security continues its immigration enforcement operations after two high-profile killings by federal agents in recent weeks. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security

From searches of mobile devices to facial recognition, the Homeland Security division has nearly doubled its use cases since July 2025, according to the Wednesday report.

By Lindsey Wilkinson Madison Alder

National Taxpayer Advocate pins some IRS modernization blame on procurement hurdles

By Matt Bracken

Senate Finance leaders press SSA on data practices following DOGE court filing

By Miranda Nazzaro

IRS faces inventory backlog, IT project delays this filing season, watchdog says

By Matt Bracken

DOT reopens drone-related RFI amid plans for new FAA office

By Lindsey Wilkinson

NASA has a new acting AI and data chief

By Madison Alder

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

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Why automation is key to modernizing federal IT compliance

By Jason Venner

Rebuilding the digital bedrock of government

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Building a future-ready federal workforce

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

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How Virginia is using enterprise IT modernization to improve constituent services

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Why federal agencies are turning to risk-based identity verification

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Modernizing public health services to deliver better constituent experiences

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Podcasts

As Trump targets fraud, the government’s identity focus reaches a new peak

By FedScoop Staff

The US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world

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

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ICE’s AI pilots drive growth of use cases within DHS

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Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, arrives to the House Budget Committee in Cannon building on May 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Republican lawmakers look to AI for agency rules review

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) building is seen at 600 Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP).

DOT reorganizes FAA to support modernization, other goals

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, 2026. (Photo by Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Treasury scraps Booz Allen contracts, citing ex-employee who leaked tax returns

Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Dec. 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House bill seeks to boost NSF program to expand AI access

A view of the North Lawn of the White House on Sept. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House taps a new chief statistician

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gregory Bovino with his security team while a group of citizens opposed to the country’s immigration policies protested him in Minnesota on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House Democrats want ICE, CBP uniforms to feature identification tech

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Treasury eyes expanded data access for agencies in fight against fraud

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Quantum workforce isn’t meeting demand, federal officials tell lawmakers

ICE agents approach a house before detaining two people on Jan. 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

ICE’s IT shop eyes more automation, embraces AI chatbot

A global technological blackout caused chaos at border crossings between Mexico and the United States on July 19, 2024, resulting in long lines and significantly increased waiting times for travelers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)

CBP advancing use of scanning tech as ICE pulls some staffers away

Leidos, RSA 2019 — (Scoop News Group photo)

OpenAI, Leidos partner to deploy AI for federal agency missions

A sign marks the location of the General Services Administration headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

GSA seeks industry input on improving reseller market value

Ha Nguyen McNeill, senior official performing the duties of the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

TSA official clarifies passenger data-sharing protocols with ICE

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