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Transportation Security Administration officers screen passengers and check their luggages as they go through security in Terminal 7 of Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, on March 23, 2026. (Etienne Laurent / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

DHS taps dataset of baggage images to improve TSA scans

The agency’s science and technology group contracted with a vendor for synthetic data capabilities to support algorithm development and testing.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Frank Bisignano arrives to a House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate Dems say IRS chief may have ‘misled’ Congress on staffing answers

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By Matt Bracken

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TMF-backed projects to bring $1B in cost savings in coming years, watchdog finds

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Drones in Dallas: How one World Cup host city enforced FAA flight restrictions

While the city is unique in some ways, the collaboration between DHS, FBI and local police departments is a microcosm of what happened elsewhere.

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The circular Department of Commerce seal appears on a white flag attached to the front of the agency's federal-style building. The flag blows in the wind, displaying a majority of the seal. — A flag with the Department of Commerce seal is pictured outside of the agency’s headquarters in Washington in June 2025. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Commerce selects six Tech Hubs winners for re-awarded funds

Hubs in Maine and Missouri were the only two projects to receive awards again after a Trump administration decision to rescind funds last year.

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Bill to modernize federal procurement passes House after stalling last Congress

The bipartisan Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement Act would raise purchase thresholds and allow for pre-payments on cloud services.

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Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Senate Democrats press Bessent for answers on DOGE access to Treasury systems

In a letter shared first with FedScoop, Sens. Warren and Wyden asked the secretary for information on DOGE’s data access and what Treasury is doing to “ensure…

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Senators sound alarm on unaddressed conflicts of interest in government contracting provision in FAR

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Watchdog flags security issues with IRS’s Zero Paper Initiative

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Homeland Security’s updated AI inventory raises more questions than it answers

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh arrives to testify to the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill on July 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Fed won’t outsource AI decisions to task force helmed by tech titans, chair says

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., attends a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on July 15, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP senator blasts ‘amateurish’ DOGE work, lack of detail on savings

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Energy adds more AI startups to Genesis Mission Consortium

A sign for the General Services Administration’s listening session on a proposed artificial intelligence rule is displayed at the George Washington University Law School on July 14, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

Despite revisions, GSA’s proposed AI acquisition rule still falls short, stakeholders say

Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Democrats grill Vought over DOGE’s CFPB data dives

The digital flight strip system going live in the largest airports around the country, which was developed by Leidos in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, on Monday, July 13, 2026 at the vendor’s Air Traffic Management Innovation Center in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson / FedScoop)

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Fed chair says AI ‘hasn’t displaced workers’ so far, has boosted productivity

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US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum testifies at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2027 budget requests for the Department of Interior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

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